A Land Trust's role is to preserve and protect open spaces. It is an ongoing job. We identify critical habitat and wetlands that could be developed in the future and contact the owners, explaining how the city, the land-owner, and the natural ecosystem all gain when land is protected from inappropriate use. We are a tax exempt 501(c)3 organization which means a donation of property to the Norwalk Land Trust provides abatement of local property tax and a tax deduction under the IRS code as well.