2022 Highlights


  • Closed two easements protecting an additional 92 acres (over 24,500 acres now protected by TVCT).  One agricultural easement funded by the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) LAEPP program and a donated easement that protected mitigation wetlands at the Molson Coors Trenton Brewery.
  • Submitted ten applications for federally-funded (NRCS) easements and eleven applications for state-funded (ODA) easements.
  • Currently have six pending easements.  Two donated conservation easements, two agricultural easements funded through the NRCS ACEP-ALE program, and two agricultural easements funded through ODA's LAEPP program.
  • Secured funding from Ohio Environmental Protection Agency on behalf of the Fernald Natural Resource Damage Trustees to install an 11.2 acre wetland on a TVCT agricultural easement in Butler County.  The wetland will expand vital amphibian breeding habitat in the area and reduce nonpoint source pollution.
  • Installed an additional 100 fee of limited mobility accessible boardwalk at Ruder Preserve.
  • Received a $10,000 grant from Land Trust Alliance to continue our Soil Health Program, which was developed with a $10,000 grant from the American Farmland Trust in 2021.
  • Received a $20,000 grant from the Northern Cincinnati Foundation to establish native seed libraries throughout Butler County.
  • Became the host organization for the Southwest Ohio Woodland Association.





Our Impact

Three Valley Conservation Trust holds easements on a variety of properties primarily in the counties of Butler, Preble and Montgomery Counties with additional ones in Darke, Hamilton, Union and Warren Counties. Maps can be found on our Resources page.
County
# of Easements
Acres                             Agriculture                   Forested         
Butler
94
9,441                             5411                               3100
Darke
1
149                                 146                                2
Preble
72
8,822                             6305                              1507
Montgomery
28
3,196                             2578                              606
Hamilton
9
938                                722                                 187
Union (IN)
2
100                                79                                   15
Montgomery/Preble
3
1,138                              767                                337
Montgomery/Warren
1
45                                  35                                   8 
Total
211
24,043                         16,043                              5,762

The amount of money paid by state and federal funding sources directly to landowners for easements:

$39,878,377.00

This is money going directly into the local economy, jobs, and community.