Conservation easements are the fastest growing private conservation strategy in the United States. However, mechanisms to assess private land conservation as well as their support by the general public are not well understood. This study uses the ecosystem services framework for assessing existing private lands in Idaho and identifies areas for future conservation easements. Using conservation targets of the land trust as a guide for selecting ecosystem services, we (a) mapped the spatial delivery of conservation targets across public and private lands, (b) explored public awareness in terms of social importance and vulnerability, and (c) mapped future priority areas by characterizing conservation bundles. We found that public lands provided the highest levels of conservation targets, and we found no difference in conservation target provision between private areas and conservation easements. The spatial characterization of conservation target bundles identified potential future priority areas for conservation easements, which can guide planning of land trust conservation efforts.

保护地役权是美国发展最快的私人保护策略。然而，评估私人土地保护的机制以及公众对它们的支持还不是很清楚。本研究使用生态系统服务框架来评估爱达荷州现有的私人土地，并确定未来保护地役权的区域。使用土地信托的保护目标作为选择生态系统服务的指南，我们 (a) 绘制了公共和私人土地上保护目标的空间交付情况，(b) 探讨了公众对社会重要性和脆弱性的认识，以及 (c)通过描述保护捆绑包来绘制未来的优先领域。我们发现公共土地提供了最高水平的保护目标，我们发现私人区域和保护地役权之间的保护目标提供没有差异。保护目标束的空间特征确定了保护地役权的潜在未来优先区域，这可以指导土地信托保护工作的规划。