Resources For Land Trusts
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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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Last reviewed by MLTC 11/25/2024.
A guide to community conservation in MA, including information on conservation restrictions, land protection tools, funding information, and local conservation boar...
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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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Last reviewed by MLTC 11/25/2024.
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 plann...
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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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Last reviewed by MLTC 11/25/2024.
Explores opportunities available under Section 2031(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, in particular the post-mortem donation of a conservation easement. Demonstrates t...
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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.
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This workshop discusses how recent tax case rulings may affect property tax exemptions on land owned by land trusts for conservation purposes; how land trust Articles of Incorporation support their pr...
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How to ensure land acquired by municipalities for conservation is not disposed of or put to another use.
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The scientific, economic, and public health justifications for land conservation as a critical strategy for protecting America's drinking water sources and recharge lands
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