Land Preservation

Our name has changed, but our work continues…

To better communicate the full range of work we do, CorLands is now known as Openlands Land Preservation, and we're providing the same high-quality services we've delivered for over thirty years:

Recognizing that public agencies often could not work fast enough to protect open space and natural areas, Openlands created a non-profit land-acquisition affiliate in 1978 to help communities in northeastern Illinois and the surrounding region increase the quantity and quality of open space for public enjoyment.

Since then Openlands Land Preservation has employed a variety of conservation tools to help local governments and private landowners alike save more than 15,000 acres of open space, valued at over $500 million.

Click on the links below to discover how Openland Land Preservation can help you.

Services

Land Acquisition and Planning

Openlands serves as an open space land acquisition consultant, providing technical assistance to local government entities that own and manage property in northeastern Illinois and the surrounding region.

Services

Conservation Easements

A conservation easement—a voluntary agreement between a landowner and a qualifying organization that permanently limits uses of the land to protect its conservation values—is one of many legal tools available to preserve land. Property receives protection but remains in private ownership, under private control.