Keep the land.
Keep the character.
Local land protection can be quiet work: watching a wooded slope, honoring a conservation easement, and making sure open space remains part of a changing city.
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A different kind of map.
Yonkers is a city of hills, rock, trees, neighborhoods and water. Our work focuses on keeping pieces of that natural landscape from disappearing.
Land protection is not only about acreage. It is about what a place gives a neighborhood over time.
The Conservancy is classified as a charitable organization for land resources conservation. Public records place its federal tax-exempt ruling in June 1997.
The work, in four movements.
Our new site is organized around the ideas that define land conservation: place, protection, stewardship and community.
Know the land
Understand the natural and neighborhood context around protected places.
Protect the land
Conservation easements can limit development rights while land remains in private ownership.
Watch over it
Conservation work continues after an agreement is signed through stewardship and monitoring.
Bring people in
A strong conservation story connects neighbors, natural beauty and long-term civic care.
“Preservation of dwindling natural beauty and open space” is a community issue — not just a property issue.Park Hill community reporting, 2025
