Resources For Land Trusts
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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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Includes links for grant programs, technical assistance, service providers, and other resources for farmers across New England. View the page.
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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.
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The term “planned giving” refers to charitable gifts that require some planning before they are made. This document describes various reasons to get involved in planned giving.
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Presentation and accompanying article from the 2024 Massachusetts Land Conservation Conference.
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Sample policy describing the conditions of acceptance, land trust services, procedure, grantee and grantor obligations for a conservation restriction.
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Explores opportunities available under Section 2031(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, in particular the post-mortem donation of a conservation easement. Demonstrates that a personal representative may ...
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The guide presents the principles of ethical conduct, accountability, and transparency that the panel encourage all organizations to follow.
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Background information intended to assist attorneys in locating cases that cover some of the major legal issues surrounding property tax exemptions for nonprofit organizations.
