Community

Good conservation begins with listening—to landowners, neighbors and the towns of Tropic, Bryce Canyon City and Cannonville.

A 3D view east from the Bryce Amphitheater: ravines lined with hoodoos in front, the Bryce Creek wash running east across open land, and the green fields of Tropic in the distance. — Derived View toward Tropic from a model based on USGS lidar and USDA aerial imagery; no property is marked.

If you own land here

We’re interested in buying land for conservation or helping owners protect land they keep.

Ways to work together

Sell to the conservancy

We would buy the land at a price agreed with you, and record a conservation easement at closing, so the land stays protected whoever owns it later.

Keep it, and protect it

An easement lets you keep owning, using and passing on your land while ruling out development forever. An independent organization holds it; we would help you find one.

A mix

Sell part and protect the rest, or sell in stages. We would work out what fits your plans.

Just talk

No obligation. We would like to hear what you want for the land before anything else.

What happens to the land

These are the terms we intend to write into the easement for any land we protect. The exact wording is agreed with you and the easement holder.

How an easement makes protection last

Protection that stays with the land. A conservation easement, recorded at closing and enforced by an independent organization, binds every later owner, including us.
Dark nights. No outdoor lighting. Our instruments give off no visible light.
No new traffic. No parking lots, paved roads or visitor facilities.
A light touch. Instruments are small, quiet and removable, and come out if we can’t keep them maintained.
Privacy. Owners’ names, negotiations and the locations of sensitive wildlife stay private.

How it would work

A conversation about what you want for the land and what matters most to you.
A walk on the land together, with your permission.
Independent checks of title, survey, value, water rights and existing uses.
An agreement on price and terms, reviewed by your advisers and the conservancy’s legally authorized representative.
Protection at closing. The easement is recorded the day the land changes hands, not promised for later.
Care begins: a record of the land’s condition, a stewardship plan and regular visits.

Staying involved

Owners could stay involved through visits, seasonal updates and the stewardship plan. We would also like to record the land’s history with you.

Who to contact

Chase Kaczmarek, the founder, lives in the area and is at Bryce two or three times a week. He is a software developer and plans to do much of the fieldwork himself.

Bryce Canyon Conservancy Trust was established on October 11, 2026, with Chase as sole unpaid trustee. The earlier corporation remains during the transition. The trust does not own or protect any land yet. Organization status.

Questions owners ask

How would the conservancy pay for land?

Future work depends on actual funding and agreements; public donations are not currently accepted. We won’t make an offer that depends on a grant we haven’t received. Price and payment are worked out privately with you.

Would the land be open to the public?

That is decided property by property, with you and the easement holder, around what the land needs. We won’t build trailheads, parking or visitor facilities.

What about grazing, water rights and neighbors’ access?

Existing rights and uses are part of the first conversation. Some can continue under an easement. We would work through each one with you before any agreement.

Are there tax benefits?

Our federal tax-exemption application was filed October 14, 2026; IRS recognition is pending. We make no tax-benefit promise; please ask your own independent adviser about any proposed transaction.

What if the conservancy didn’t last?

The easement stays with the land and binds whoever owns it next, and the independent holder keeps enforcing it. The trust dedicates its assets to charitable purposes.

Will you share my name or our conversations?

No. Conversations with landowners stay private. We don’t publish owners’ names, their land or our negotiations without permission.

Local meetings and notices

We plan to follow land-use decisions in the surrounding towns and Garfield County.

Work with ranchers, farmers, water users and irrigation companies.
Some decisions rest with the county, state or a federal agency. Garfield County planning · Utah Public Notice Website
We are not seeking to increase tourism on the land around the park.