The Fleming Conservancy sign posted on the Fleming's family land which was donated to the Sunflower Land Trust of Kansas

Family Legacy Program

Landowners often desire to create a permanent family legacy to honor the strife and struggle their ancestors vested in creating their family estates. The legacy program becomes a way for families to permanently record their historical presence in a community. The creation of the site can be accomplished using a variety of legal instruments that are tailored to meet the needs of the individual family. The following two exhibits are excellent examples of family legacies that were created to honor a family’s historical presence in a community.

 

Fleming Conservancy

In 2004, Mr. Raymond C. Fleming, and his wife Joanne, decided to create a living legacy on the family's  1891 homestead.  They chose to work with the Sunflower Land Trust, Inc. to protect the agricultural endeavors in the community. Collectively, they created an agricultural open space in a rapidly urbanizing landscape.  Today, the land supports the agricultural aspects of the community and increases the wildlife habitat of the area.

Amazingly this living legacy is host to forty acres of untilled, native grassland, two hundred plus acres of continual cropland, and another forty acres dedicated to cropland and wildlife endeavors. The property has now become a community treasure among the urbanizing landscape.

A slab of limestone carved out showing the Fleming's family name on their old home-site in southeast Sedgwick County. This land is protected and conserved by the Sunflower Land Trust of Kansas.
A hedge tree on the Flemings property in southeast Sedgwick County. This land is preserved and protected by the Sunflower Land Trust of Kansas.
A pond on the Fleming's land in southwest Sedgwick county. This land is preserved by the Sunflower Land Trust of Kansas.
 

Satterthwaite Wildlife Preserve

This unique parcel of land borders Stewart Creek in Cowley County near the Town of Udall. The 80 acres was owned by the Satterthwaite family since 1906 and has remained in the family as crop and pasture land until 1999 when it was transferred to the Sunflower Land Trust to create a wildlife conservation area. After the dedication of the land for the Wildlife Conservancy the community is enhanced through the utilization of the Conservation Reserve Program, stream bank stabilization programs, and good agricultural practices. The site can also be used as a local educational endeavor.

The Satterthwaite family continues to use the land for recreational purposes and will continue to do so for generations to come.

TheSatterthwaite family gathering around their familial sign posted on their property serving as a wildlife preserve. The Satterthwaite family donated this land to the Sunflower Land Trust of Kansas, who preserves and protects the land and wildlife.
The Satterthwaite property in Udall, KS. This wildlife preserve is owned and protected by the Sunflower Land Trust of Kansas.
A creek running thru the Satterthwaite property in Udall, KS. This wildlife preserve is owned and protected by the Sunflower Land Trust of Kansas.