Resources For Land Trusts
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One response to the alarming, emerging issue of local assessors taxing non-profit land trusts on all or some of their properties.
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The purposes clause of a land trust's Articles of Incorporation needs to accent any and all approaches that the organization does or plans to take to accomplish its goals of protection. A well-writt...
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Racial Equity Stages resource linked here.
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The guide endorses nine strategic recommendations for adoption by the Commonwealth's public and private sectors. The recommendations are based on regional and national best practices. View guide here
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Resources to help you improve your land trust's record keeping practices.
Toolkit summary sheet and descriptionVideo of Standards and Practices: How to Run a Land Trust ResponsiblyLink to LTA's summar...
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An Act relative to the recovery of attorney's fees for conservation restriction enforcement, Chapter 184, Section 32.
View legislation
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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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This factsheet describes forest soil composition and soil carbon, forest harvesting, and management guidelines in line with new land use changes.
Read the article.
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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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Progress made and challenges we face in the areas of Air quality, Waste management, Water quality, Land preservation and Coast and Ocean status.
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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...
