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Lone Star Ranch
The Lone Star Ranch conservation easement acquisition on a spectacular 199-acre property just west of Philomath has been completed.
The property contains a beautiful mix of oak woodlands, grasslands and uplands prairies, all rare habitats in the Willamette Valley. The Noble family, who has owned the site since the early 1960’s has managed the property to maintain a healthy upland prairie habitat and many of the nectar species associated with this habitat type.
To read the full article on this significant land protection project please click here (1.5MB PDF).
current projects
Land Acquisition
Greenbelt Land Trust protects properties in two ways:
- We work with willing, interested landowners to establish agreements that protect their land in perpetuity. Landowners typically receive significant tax and estate benefits from these agreements. To learn more, see Protecting Your Land.
- We purchase and manage critical open space and endangered habitats on select properties in the mid Willamette Valley.
- On occasion, we participate with other agencies to purchase especially important or threatened land, such as Owens Farm.
Greenbelt Land Trust is currently focusing on protecting the Muddy Creek corridor, important lands and riparian areas in the Wren and Kings Valley region, and land corridors along the Willamette River and its tributaries.
We are also working on a 200-acre easement covering upland prairie on a working ranch in Benton County.
We recently completed acquisition of a conservation easement on a 199-acre upland prairie and oak woodland property that contains a working ranch in Benton County. We are working with our partners, the USFWS, ODFW, and other conservation organizations to identify and conserve important upland prairie and oak woodlands properties in the Willamette Valley.