Resources For Land Trusts
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Checklist of things to do prior to, during, and after the conservation restriction monitoring visit.
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A summary of tips, lessons learned and a checklist for managing collaborative campaign and fundraising efforts. Resulted from the Cape Cod Land Trust Conference, January 2006, but evergreen.
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https://communityprogress.org/resources/land-banks/national-lb-clt-map/
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The purpose of the Department of the Interior Nature Based Solutions Roadmap is to provide Department of the Interior (DOI) staff with consistent and credible information about nature-based solutions,...
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Recommendations of the New England Governors' Blue Ribbon Commission on Land Conservation, adopted by Resolution in September of 2009.
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You may recall that during the NFN Zoom meeting in November 2021, members voiced unanimous support for developing shared messaging in support of the five pathways described in a draft of the 2022 repo...
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In this case, the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled strongly in favor of the New England Forestry Foundation, affirming the property tax exemption for land trusts because of the significant public b...
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NELF Explorer is an online mapping tool that uses scenarios of the future to help us think more expansively and act strategically on land-use issues. The tool shows maps of a business-as-usual scenari...
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Sample language describing how land trusts can deal with becoming fee owner of a parcel on which they already hold a conservation restriction.
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The Non-Profit Risk Management Center offers an extensive Resource Center on managing all manner of risks, from cyber security to HR to DEI, employee retention and more, as well as articles, workshops...
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Challenges, successes, and recommendations for management of coastal sandplain grasslands as regional biodiversity hotspots in the northeastern United States
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.111...
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Resources on how to prepare your community's Open Space Plan.
Open Space and Recreation Plan Workbook (PDF)
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This workbook provides step-by-step explanation of how a community can develop an Open Space and Recreation Plan.
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This guide will help you find ways in which conservation can help meet the needs of your specific community. It is not meant to be a one-size-fits-all tool. Throughout the guide you will find case stu...
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The Massachusetts Easement Defense Subcommittee guidance on operating principles that all land trusts, municipalities, and state agencies that hold CRs should seek to implement.
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Caring for communities; conserving our Commonwealth. How land conservation affects the quality of life.
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Outdoor Afro celebrates and inspires Black connections and leadership in nature. Our national not-for-profit organization reconnects Black people to our lands, water, and wildlife through outdoor educ...
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Blankets and Belts and Suspenders: Using protective overlays to ensure permanent conservation of land trust properties
by Mark H. Robinson, Exec. Dir.The Compact of Cape Cod Conservation Trusts, Inc....
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An overall perspective on the basic processes involved in nonprofit financial management, published by the Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits.
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Conservationists have to win again and again. Mark Robinson presents a plan to to ensure that the land we love and that we have all fought so hard to protect, will remain open and wild.