Killbuck Watershed Land Trust

TO ACQUIRE AND HOLD AGRICULTURAL AND CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, ENCOURAGE LAND PRESERVATION AND ASSIST INDIVIDUALS IN CREATING AGRICULTURE AND CONSERVATION EASEMENTS.

AT THE END OF THE 2023 TAX YEAR, THE KILLBUCK WATERSHED LAND TRUST HELD A TOTAL OF 83 EASEMENTS TOTALING 10,435 ACRES. FIVE PROPERTIES WERE OWNED BY THE ORGANIZATION: A PROPERTY OF 114 ACRES, A PROPERTY OF 27 ACRES, A PROPERTY OF 157 ACRES, A PROPERTY OF 194 ACRES, AND A PROPERTY OF 91 ACRES. DURING THE 2023 TAX YEAR, SEVEN NEW EASEMENTS VALUED AT $1,095,750 WERE RECEIVED. NONE OF THE EASEMENTS WHICH ARE CURRENTLY HELD BY THE ORGANIZATION FALL INTO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES: ENCUMBERMENT OF A GOLF COURSE; WITHIN OR ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OR HOUSING SUBDIVISIONS; ACQUIRED UNDER PURCHASE OF REAL PROPERTY FROM CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION IN NOTICE 2004-41. ALL 83 CURRENT EASEMENTS WERE PERIODICALLY REVIEWED AND MONITORED BY VARIOUS BOARD MEMBERS. BOARD MEMBERS SPEND AN AVERAGE OF TWO HOURS ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS PER EASEMENT FOR MONITORING NEW AND EXISTING EASEMENTS. NO ADDITIONAL EXPENSES WERE INCURRED BY THE ORGANIZATION FOR THE MONITORING AND ENFORCING NEW OR CURRENT EASEMENTS.

MAINTAIN OVER 114 ACRES OF WOODS AND NATIVE PRAIRIE IN HOLMES COUNTY AND 469 ACRES OF WETLANDS AND WOODS IN HOLMES COUNTY IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THESE PROPERTIES AND TO PROTECT SEVERAL ENDANGERED, THREATENED AND RARE PLANT AND BIRD SPECIES. THE PROTECTED WETLANDS ARE PART OF THE KILLBUCK CREEK WATERSHED.