[SierraWasp]

No! Not quite! Can somebody help explain the devastating consequences of Land trusts and conservancies to Tony? I'm right in the middle of something here and don't have time right now.

[The Westerner]

I don't feel like it. This idea of a farmer unable to sell his own property after years of building up its value is too depressing. Like cockroaches or ants that live in the walls, they just keep crawling out all around us, stealing private property under the stealth justification of do-goodism. Sorry, I just can't see the good of cockroaches.

[farmfriend]

Can somebody help explain the devastating consequences of Land trusts and conservancies to Tony?

Somebody we know wrote a whole book dealing with this stuff.

There are some great threads on FR as well.

BIG GREEN : Inside the Nature Conservancy Nonprofit Land Bank Amasses Billions

Environmentalists Organizations Exposed

And my personal favorite, please pay attention to the wonderful posts by our own Carry_Okie who has some wonderful photographic "evidence" on this thread.
Water rights fight--farmer regrets selling to an open space trust