Resources For Land Trusts
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Last reviewed 11/15/2024.
Resource explaining Massachusetts, General Law c. 21 sec. 17C, which affords any owner who allows the public to use their land for recreation at no charge relief from liabili...
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Last Reviewed by MLTC: 1/13/2026.
UMass Amherst, University of Vermont, and the National Institute of Applied Climate Science (NIACS) publication for foresters, landowners, and managers interested in ...
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Last Reviewed by MLTC: 12/11/2025
Regional tools that compile funding opportunities, grants, and resource guides for agricultural producers in the Northeast, helping farmers access cost-share, beginni...
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Last Reviewed by MLTC: 01/07/2026.
Article and fact sheet describing the policy goals and legislative intent behind Massachusetts tax title reform, including efforts to speed foreclosure and return ta...
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Rooted in Nature: Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Resiliency is a web series consisting of five thematic sessions, showcasing experts from indigenous communities in Massachusetts. This series offers ...
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"This messaging guide is intended to uplift the vision in our Platform for Real Food in a way that is 1) linked to the current pandemic in ways that are timely and resonant, and 2) true to our values ...
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Resources include:Model solar zoning bylaws to assist cities and towns throughout Massachusetts in establishing reasonable standards to facilitate development of small-, medium- and large-scale ground...
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Last Reviewed by MLTC: 01/07/2026.
Online calculator that helps land trusts estimate annual stewardship costs and the stewardship fund investment needed to support long-term conservation easement mon...
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DEI goals and related objectives, actions, and metrics for success.
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How to grow your land trust's membership. Lessons learned by the Harwich Conservation Trust.
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Last Reviewed by MLTC: 01/07/2026.
Organization providing tools, resources, and real-world examples to support sustained collaboration among nonprofits. Their website offers guidance on partnership d...
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Syndications involving the allocation of tax deductions deserve close scrutiny by the land trust community. Conservation easement law specialist Tim Lindstrom describes the problem in laymen’s terms a...
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This presentation was given at the 2018 Mass Land Conservation Conference. Also included are flyers on specific invasives: kudzu, mile-a-minute, and giant hogweed.
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Last Reviewed by MLTC: 09/27/2025.
Seminar materials that the federal and Massachusetts tax incentives available to landowners who donate land or conservation restrictions. It explains income, estate...
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Last reviewed by MLTC 11/25/2024.
A brief overview of federal and state income tax, estate tax and local property tax considerations for the donation of conservation restrictions or land
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This article documents the growing incidence of local governments requiring nonprofit organizations to pay payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT). Provides evidence to support the defense of the importan...
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Stewardship volunteers and staff are responsible for upholding lasting conservation. That's a big job. Here are some tips to keep risk management at the forefront:
File timely claims. Watch Terrafirm...
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The costs when land conservation and protection of drinking water are not a priority.
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The Mass Conservation Land Tax Credit recorded presentation given by Mark Robinson of The Compact of Cape Cod Conservation Trusts at the Mass Land Trust Coalition's May 11, 2012 Steering Committee Mee...
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Last Reviewed by MLTC: 01/07/2026.
Step-by-step guidance for protecting local drinking water supplies through land conservation, including how to understand watersheds, prioritize land for protection,...
