Resources For Land Trusts
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Please download this spreadsheet before using!
Updated for 2010. Spreadsheet opens to an overview of grants listed by agency with conservation targets listed across the top. Hyperlinks on the overvie...
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https://www.eddmaps.org/distribution/
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Last Reviewed by MLTC: 11/11/2025
Summary:Resources offer land trusts and nonprofits both a high-level overview of fiscal sponsorship models and a focused examination of how sponsorship can advance eq...
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Article linked here.
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Overview of IRS Form 8283 - deductions for noncash charitable contributions - including links for instructions, revisions and the form at: www.irs.gov/uac/about-form-8283
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This resource includes the follow up from Mass ECAN's December workshop on Funding for Watershed-Scale Collaboration. This piece includes summaries of what they heard along with recommendations and ta...
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Last Reviewed by MLTC: 11/11/2025
Summary: Companion resources providing comprehensive guidance for land trusts considering mergers, alliances, or other partnership structures. They address board and ...
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https://www.mass.gov/news/get-to-know-animal-tracks
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A presentation given at the 2016 Mass Land Conservation Conference: Open Field Management: Managing Fields for Wildlife Habitat.
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A compilation of all of the great ponds known in Massachusetts.
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The Green Budget contains budget recommendations that, if followed, will help ensure that the agencies responsible for protecting public health and natural resources have sufficient funding to carry o...
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Last reviewed by MLTC 11/18/2024.
Green Burial Massachusetts provides current information on green burial practices at www.greenburialma.org/.
Q and A sheet was last updated in January 2023, and the ...
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Written by the Massachusetts Attorney General, this report documents the obligations and rights of all charitable trustees and board members of charities.
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A guide to basic skills in financial management for nonprofit leaders and managers published by the Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits.
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Step-by-step guidance for landowners and land managers in developing specific plans for the effective management of invasive plants. View guide here
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Last reviewed by MLTC: 9/27/2025
Conservation Restriction Provisions that Land Trusts Should Pay Careful Attention to (Stephen J. Small, Esq; 03/24/2024)
Highlights the most important provisions to...
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In the movement to improve the health and wellness of adults and children across the country, parks have a critical role to play. This report, From Fitness Zones to the Medical Mile, details more than...
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How Parks Help Keep Americans and Their Communities Fit and Healthy, published by The Trust for Public Land
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Housing and Land Conservation – It Doesn't Have to be Either/Or, a panel discussion moderated by Wellesley’s Heather Sawitsky, features professionals from the housing, conservation, and planning secto...
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Practicing racial equity will transform the way you approach your communications work. These tools can help teams integrate practices that support racial equity.
