Resources For Land Trusts

  • Climate Change and Adaptation

    A report on the expected extent of climate change, the impacts on Massachusetts ecosystems, and what can be done.

  • Community Preservation Coalition

    The Community Preservation Coalition (the Coalition) plays a leading role in working with the state and local governments and key partner organizations to understand, adopt and implement the Community...

  • Conservation and Climate Change

    In the summer of 2008 the Lincoln Land Institute held a conference on Conservation and Climate Change: Building a Framework for Adaptive Management. Professionals from many different sectors participa...

  • Conservation Easements and Tax Benefits

    Last reviewed by MLTC 11/18.2024. This document provides detail on the tax benefits of conservation easements. Conservation Easements and Tax Benefits document

  • Conservation Easement Revitalization Guide

    This guide presents a structured process for evaluating easements, identifying problems and implementing solutions. This material was used as a resource for the 2016 MassLand Stewardship workshop.

  • Conservation Finance Resources

    The Conservation Finance Network (CFN) advances land and resource conservation by expanding the use of innovative and effective funding and financing strategies. CFN provides an overview of finance re...

  • Conservation Gifts

    Last reviewed by MLTC 9/23/2024. All about donating land, or a conservation restriction on a piece of land, to a qualified land trust or governmental agency.

  • Conservation Grant Programs from Massachusetts

    A guide to the Massachusetts Executive office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) grant programs, presented at the 2024 Mass Land Conservation Conference.
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  • Conservation Land Tax Credit Program

    Last reviewed by MLTC staff on 9/30/2024. Resources about the Conservation Land Tax Credit Program. A 2019 documents summarizing examples of land conservation projects completed with support from th...

  • Conservation Mapping Tools

    BioMap Sponsor: MassGIS URL: https://biomap-mass-eoeea.hub.arcgis.com Recording on how to use BioMap (from Steering Committee meeting of December 9, 2022) Description: BioMap conservation targets are...

  • Conserving Nature in a Changing Climate

    A three-part guide to land trusts' critical role in conserving climate-resilient lands. Two-page summary here: http://climatechange.lta.org/wp-content/uploads/cct/2016/09/Climate-two-pager8.pdf Comple...

  • Conservation Pays

    How protecting endangered and threatened species makes good business sense. View article

  • Conservation Restriction Application and Model

    Massachusetts Division of Conservation Services reviews conservation restrictions (CRs) in order for the Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs to approve the CR in the public interest pursuant...