The same views of every easement, every year.
A land trust looks over every easement it holds once a year, and some are hundreds of acres of woods and wet ground. We fly each one to the same points as last year, so this year's photos sit beside last year's, and anything new in the open is plain to see.
Opening for commercial work in the first quarter of 2027.
Why a drone
Walking the boundary of a large easement can take a day, and parts of it can't be seen from the ground. From the air the open land is seen in one visit, and the hardwoods once the leaves are down. The photos are taken from the same points every year, so a change shows.
What we look for
A new building or track
A shed, a building or a road that wasn't there last year.
Trees cleared
Woods cut back or cleared since the last visit.
Dumping
Fill, rubbish or old equipment left on the land.
A fence moved
A fence that has shifted, set against last year's photo.
The landowner's consent, and what the photos can't tell you
The landowner's consent
Where an easement doesn't say whether it can be flown, the landowner's written consent comes before the first flight.
What it can't tell you
Whether a change breaks the easement. That is the trust's to judge from its own terms. The photos show what changed and where, and they support your own visits and your talk with the landowner rather than replace them.
We can't see the ground under evergreens, or under any trees in leaf, so a track or dumping there can be missed. That is why wooded land is flown with the leaves down.
What each year's flight gets you
What you get
| The report | Each easement flown, this year's photos beside last year's from the same points, and anything new we saw |
| What a finding says | In words: New building, Trees cleared, Dumping, New track or Fence moved. An easement with none of them is marked No change, once every photo has been checked. |
| How it reaches you | An email tells you when the report is ready and what was found. It is kept with the easement's earlier visits. |
| For your file | The report and its photos, as files to keep with the trust's own record |
| When | Once a year, with the leaves down where the land is wooded, or after a storm |
| The aircraft | The Matrice 30T, with zoom and thermal |