Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust

What Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust does

The Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust (WSGLT) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit land trust founded in December 2000 by the Wyoming Stock Growers Association and federally registered in July 2001. Headquartered in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the organization conserves working agricultural landscapes across the state by partnering with private ranching and farming families to place voluntary, perpetual conservation easements directly on their properties. As of recent reporting, WSGLT has partnered with 97 families to conserve more than 331,000 acres of working lands, with no reported acquisitions of fee title and a focus on voluntary landowner-driven deals.

WSGLT's core product is the perpetual conservation easement, a legally binding restriction that limits subdivision, development, and certain land uses while preserving agricultural operations. Easements are typically structured as bargain-sale transactions in which landowners receive payment of up to 75% of the appraised easement value, with the donated portion qualifying as a charitable tax deduction. The trust partners operationally with the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service under the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP), through an approved deed template that has unlocked approximately $19 million in federal cost-share funding for 37 easements over a 16-year period.

The revenue model combines federal and state grants (NRCS ACEP, USDA Farm Bill programs, the Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resource Trust), charitable donations accepted via cash, check, cryptocurrency, and planned giving vehicles, and conservation easement payments retained from bargain sales. Notable episodic grants include $1.95 million from the Wyoming Legislature in 2017 and $4.1 million from the USDA under the 2018 Farm Bill. The organization is staffed by 7 to 11 employees, accredited or aligned with the Land Trust Alliance, and is a member of the Partnership of Rangeland Trusts, a 12-state collaborative that extends its operational reach and best-practice exchange.

Name

Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust

Legal name

Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust

Website

https://wsgalt.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that partners with ranching and farming families to place voluntary, perpetual conservation easements on more than 331,000 acres of working agricultural lands across Wyoming, funded through federal, state, and private sources.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Land Conservation Services

NAICS

Farm Management Services (115116)

SIC

Agricultural Services (700)

akta.pro primary industry

Land Trusts & Protected Areas (BPAGAGAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Conservation Easements & Land Trust Services (AFAMAMAH)

Keywords

• Agricultural land conservation
• Conservation easements
• Ranchland preservation
• Wildlife habitat protection
• Estate planning services

Headquarters

HQ city

Cheyenne

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Charitable Donations: The organization accepts various forms of charitable donations including cash, check, electronic transfers, and gifts in-kind to support conservation efforts. Donations help cover operating costs and enable conservation work.
2. Cryptocurrency Donations: Accepts Bitcoin, Ethereum, and over 80 additional leading cryptocurrencies as charitable gifts.
3. Monthly Giving Program: Monthly donor program allowing supporters to spread their impact throughout the year with automatic payments.
4. Planned Giving: Legacy Society accepting various planned giving vehicles including bequests through wills or revocable trusts, charitable remainder trusts (annuity and unitrust), charitable lead trusts, gifts of appreciated assets (stocks, securities, mutual fund shares, real estate), gifts of life insurance, and gifts of residence with retained life estate.
5. Conservation Easement Fees: Revenue generated through conservation easement transactions including bargain sale easements where the organization purchases a portion of easement value (up to 75%) with cash from public and private funding sources.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels12 records

Core offering

Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust is a nonprofit land trust that helps Wyoming ranching families permanently conserve their working agricultural lands through voluntary conservation easements, while providing associated tax, estate planning, and stewardship services. It supports landowners with baseline documentation, annual monitoring, and access to public and private funding sources, and holds each easement in perpetuity. The organization also generates operating support through charitable donations, grants, sponsorships, and bargain-sale easement transactions.

Product overview

Wyoming Stock Growers Land Trust operates as a single unified service offering focused on conservation easements for Wyoming's working agricultural lands. Their core product is the conservation easement—a voluntary, perpetual legal agreement that limits development while allowing landowners to retain property ownership. Supporting services include financial benefits consultation (tax incentives, bargain sales), planned giving programs, cryptocurrency donations, and the Legacy Society for planned estate gifts. The organization also offers landowner resources, annual monitoring, and hosts the Annual Roundup Barbecue event with the Kurt Bucholz Conservation Award. Merchandise includes commemorative scarves celebrating western heritage. The organization is affiliated with the Wyoming Stock Growers Association and is a member of the Partnership of Rangeland Trusts (PORT).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Conservation Easements Voluntary, perpetual conservation easements placed on working ranches in Wyoming to permanently protect agricultural lands from subdivision and development while allowing continued ranching operations. Available to Wyoming ranching families and agricultural landowners.
• Financial Benefits Services Advisory and transactional services that help landowners monetize a portion of easement value through bargain sale and claim federal and state income, estate, and property tax deductions associated with donated or bargain-sold conservation easements.
• Landowner Resources and Stewardship Monitoring Baseline documentation, annual monitoring, and resource support provided to landowners after easement closing to ensure conservation outcomes are upheld in perpetuity. Available to the 97 ranching families and additional landowners holding WSGLT easements.
• Planned Giving Program Charitable planned giving vehicles, including bequests and estate-planning gifts, that allow donors and landowners to support WSGLT's conservation mission through long-term gifts.
• Cryptocurrency and Stock Donation Program Program that accepts cryptocurrency and appreciated stock donations, allowing donors to receive tax benefits while contributing non-cash assets to WSGLT's conservation work.
• 25th Anniversary Commemorative Scarf Limited-edition commemorative scarf produced to mark the organization's 25th anniversary and offered to supporters, donors, and members of the ranching community.

Quantifiable outcome

• 331,000+ acres of working agricultural land permanently conserved
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Wyoming Stock Growers AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 December 2000Founded by a general membership vote of the Wyoming Stock Growers Association in December 2000. WSGA is a trusted advocate for Wyoming's agricultural community, providing organizational legitimacy and connection to ranching community. WSGLT became federally registered charitable organization in July 2001.
• Partnership of Rangeland Trusts (PORT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMember of PORT, a group of agricultural-focused state associations spanning 12 Midwest and western states. Only one statewide land trust eligible for PORT membership. Together, PORT members have partnered with over 2,000 families to conserve more than 3.1 million acres.
• Wyoming Game and Fish DepartmentmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on wildlife habitat protection and conservation projects. Department has designated conserved properties for Species of Greatest Conservation Need and participates in monitoring efforts. Commissioner appointed to Wyoming Game and Fish Commission.
• Heart of the Rockies InitiativeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with other conservation and natural resource organizations to produce materials raising awareness of conservation in Wyoming. Example collaborative publication: Wyoming Conservation Easements.
• Ruckelshaus Institute (University of Wyoming)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative publications with Ruckelshaus Institute to raise awareness of conservation in Wyoming. Publications available through UW Haub School.
• Mirr Ranch GroupminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual partner supporting conservation efforts; logo displayed on organization materials.
• Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual partner supporting conservation efforts; logo displayed on organization materials.
• Fremont MotorsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnnual partner supporting conservation efforts; logo displayed on organization materials.
• Land Trust AlliancemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational association of more than 1,700 land trusts. WSGLT maintains accreditation and good standing with the national group. Collaborated on H.R. 2807 conservation easement tax provision advocacy.
• Johnson County Wool GrowersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal agricultural organization partner in Beartrap Meadows conservation project. President Peter John Camino noted importance of securing stock trail from development.
• Johnson County CattlemenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal agricultural organization partner in Beartrap Meadows conservation project. President Dale Graves noted easement serves vital role for producers.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Trust for Public Land: National nonprofit that protects land through acquisitions, conservation easements, and community conservation projects across all 50 states. A much larger, diversified conservation organization with overlapping easement activity but broader urban/parks focus versus WSGLT's working-lands specialization.
• The Conservation Fund: National nonprofit that works with landowners, agencies, and communities to conserve land and working resources, including through conservation easement transactions. Has actively partnered with WSGLT (e.g., transferring conservation easement interests on properties like North Cottonwood Ranch).
• Partnership of Rangeland Trusts: National coalition of agricultural-focused state land trusts spanning 12 Midwest and western states, of which WSGLT is a member. Provides shared learning, advocacy, and infrastructure for state-level rangeland trusts—broader umbrella organization serving similar mission at network scale.

Others

• Land Trust Alliance: National association of more than 1,700 land trusts that WSGLT belongs to and maintains accreditation through. Provides accreditation standards, policy advocacy (including H.R. 4719 conservation easement tax provision), and shared services to land trusts—industry association rather than direct competitor.

Direct peers

• Oregon Agricultural Trust: Oregon-focused nonprofit land trust that works with farmers and ranchers to protect working lands through conservation easements. Comparable mission, voluntary easement model, and Pacific Northwest/western ranching customer segment.
• Montana Land Reliance: Montana-based agricultural land trust focused on conservation easements on working ranches, directly comparable in mission, customer base (multi-generational ranching families), and product offering (voluntary conservation easements with federal tax incentive structure). Closest geographic and functional peer to WSGLT.
• Texas Agricultural Land Trust: Texas-based agricultural land trust focused on conserving working lands through voluntary conservation easements with ranching and farming families. Comparable in product offering (conservation easements) and customer segment (multi-generational agricultural landowners) though operating at much larger scale in Texas.
• Colorado Cattlemen's Agricultural Land Trust: Colorado-based agricultural land trust established by cattlemen, focused on conservation easements on working ranch lands. Directly comparable in agricultural-producer-led governance model and similar service offering to ranching families in an adjacent western state.
• California Rangeland Trust: California-based rangeland land trust that partners with ranchers to conserve working landscapes through voluntary conservation easements. Comparable product structure and ranching-family customer segment, though operating in a different state with distinct geographic and regulatory conditions.

Regional players

• Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resource Trust: Wyoming state-chartered trust fund that provides grants for wildlife habitat and conservation projects. WSGLT's Executive Director (Bob Budd, prior) was publicly associated with this organization and it serves as a state funding partner. Operates within Wyoming but as a funding entity rather than direct easement service provider.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/WSGLT
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCMzuskPvL0RumR60LzyuHAQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/WyomingStockGrowersLandTrust
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/wyoming-stock-growers-land-trust
• Instagraminstagram.com/_wsglt_

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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