Action Alerts

MLTC occasionally issues an Action Alert to the land conservation community when legislation or a policy issue of high importance to land conservation is under consideration at the state or federal level, or when timely attention is needed to address a threat or opportunity. Our Action Alerts describe the issue and how you or your organization can express your opinion or address the threat or opportunity.

Please contact us to be added to the Action Alert list. 

  • April 19, 2021

    Action Needed on a Bill to Protect Public Lands

    We encourage you to contact your State Senators urging them to co-sponsor S.B. 524, An Act Preserving Open Space in the Commonwealth. Previous known as the Public Lands Protection Act, this longstanding MLTC priority has more momentum than ever, having passed the House at the end of the last…

  • January 12, 2021

    Act Before Jan. 14: Urge Governor Baker to Sign the Climate Bill

    On January 4th, the Massachusetts Legislature passed An Act Creating a Next-Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy with overwhelming bipartisan support. The Governor has until midnight on Thursday, January 14th to sign the bill into law, or the legislature will have to start from scratch in the new session. Please…

  • December 15, 2020

    Help Override the Governor's Vetoes

    In an incredible acknowledgement of the critical role nature plays in our wellbeing and economy, all four Green Budget Coalition priorities got increases in the operating budget approved by the legislature in early December. Unfortunately, the Governor vetoed three of those increases. There is still hope, but we need you…

  • October 27, 2020

    Protect Federal Tax Incentives for Conservation

    Not all donations of conservation easements are created equal. While the vast majority are truly charitable endeavors, a few bad actors are promoting conservation easement donations as a way for investors to make a fast profit by gaining access to very large federal tax deductions. These transactions are essentially tax…

  • October 13, 2020

    Protect Farmland from Solar Development

    On September 17, 2020 the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) released its SMART Agricultural Solar Tariff Generation Units Straw Proposal, which proposes greatly expanding the use of farmland for solar development. In part, the expansion relies on the premise that certain agricultural activities could continue under elevated solar panels…

  • July 24, 2020

    Ensure the Great American Outdoors Act is Signed into Law

    On Wednesday, July 22nd the U.S. House of Representatives took historic action and passed the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) to permanently and fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and help fund the backlog of maintenance projects on federal public lands, including national parks and national…

  • June 23, 2020

    Act Now to Secure Major Funding for Conservation!

    On June 17, the federal Great American Outdoors Act (S. 3422/H.R. 7092) passed the Senate by a wide bipartisan margin, 73-25. This was an historic day for conservation! If passed into law, this bill will provide long-sought full and permanent funding of $900 million a year through the…

  • March 17, 2020

    Support the Conservation Land Tax Credit

    Massachusetts Senators are meeting with leadership to discuss their budget priorities, so now is the time to ask your state Senator to 1) make CLTC a budget priority when they meet with Senate Ways and Means; and, 2) support CLTC either as a standalone bill or as a budget amendment…

  • September 17, 2019

    Join the Climate Strike in Boston on Friday, Sept. 20

    Greta Thunberg didn't know what would happen a year ago when she began her solitary school strike outside the Parliament building in her hometown of Stockholm, Sweden protesting the lack of action to respond to climate change. On Friday, September 20, make your voice heard in solidarity at the Boston…

  • June 4, 2019

    Conservation Land Tax Credit

    Please contact your Massachusetts State legislators TODAY and ask them to contact the members of the State Operating Budget Conference Committee in support of including raising the annual cap for the Conservation Land Tax Credit (CLTC) program in the budget for the 2020 fiscal year. The Conference Committee has already…