Resources For Land Trusts
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Last reviewed by MLTC 09/18/24
A presentation by Katharine Otto, Farmland Action Plan Coordinator at MDAR, describing the Plan, and outlining how and where land trusts could get involved in its implem...
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This program supports and encourages private forest landowners' efforts to manage, enjoy, and care for their land using a long-term approach.
View program at: www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dcr/conservatio...
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Programs to serve the owners of forest land in Massachusetts and the forest they care for. If you have questions or simply care about the forests of Massachusetts this is a good place to start.
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GEAR provides Massachusetts communities access to data and guidance to assess climate change impacts, as well as actions and case studies for building community resilience.
https://resilient.mass.gov/...
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Program to assist communities and nonprofit groups in protecting, growing, and managing community trees and forest ecosystems, with the ultimate aim of improving the environment and enhancing livabili...
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This 2009 report from The Trust for Public Land provides information on the benefits of city parks to such issues as property values, human health and tourism in several cities, including Boston.
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Weekly content from Black, Latinx, Asian, Indigenous and Queer People of Color who love the outdoors.
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Guidelines for acceptance of memorial benches and the like donated to be placed on conserved property.
Memorial Bench Sample Policy - Sudbury Valley Trustees
Memorial Bench, Rock, Tree Sample Pol...
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In late 2017 the Land Trust Alliance released “An Introduction to Mergers for Land Trusts” (link at end), which lays out guidelines based on established best practices. This article highlights the pub...
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The Attorney Advisory Panel of the Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition issues legal advisories from time to time on subjects of interest to the land conservation community. These advisori...
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A brief self-assessment worksheet from the May and June 2021 Learning Collaborative.
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A tool to more comprehensively address land use decisions involving commercial wind energy.
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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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View the Finder here. Post a property, find farmland, find a farmer.
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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...
