Resources For Land Trusts
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Form 990, Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax, is used by tax-exempt organizations, nonexempt charitable trusts, and section 527 political organizations to provide the IRS with the informati...
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Last reviewed by MLTC: 9/27/2025
Guidance regarding appraisal requirements for noncash charitable contributions.
Website can be found here: Instructions for Form 8283 (12/2024) | Internal Revenue Serv...
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In a speech delivered at an educational conference in April, Lois Lerner, Director of the Exempt Organizations Division at the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), reported the preliminary findings from ...
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Record keeping is essential for protecting your conserved lands. Understand the importance of good record keeping, how to identify your critical records and how to plan for getting them organized and ...
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This workshop presents an overview of the arc that a typical conservation project will follow, with an emphasis on the elements of the real estate transaction, deal discipline, and funding sources. Fi...
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Land conservation as an investment that pays many dividends, including economic ones. How land conservation affects government revenues and expenses, business and employment.
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Last reviewed by MLTC 11/18/2024.
A guide for Massachusetts landowners to the opportunities to protect their land. Published by Essex County Greenbelt in 2014.
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A guide / glossary / definitions of terms, phrases, buzz-words, and acronyms commonly used in the land conservation community. (Updated 2024)
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Link to the Land For Good resources webpage: https://landforgood.org/resources/
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Non-Native Invasive Earthworms in the Midwest and Eastern United States: A Primer covers the distribution and ecological grouping of invasive earthworms, their effects on the physical and chemical pro...
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The land trust's position, protection methods, and focus for involvement in various types of land conservation.
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How to keep your land trust legal and responsible, starting out and planning for the future.
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The Land Trust Alliance works to secure public policies on a national scale that support land trusts' efforts and their conservation goals. See discussions of Tax Policy, Land Conservation Funding, Lo...
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Thank the Superhero in Our Midst: An OpEd in the Cape Cod Times describes the many benefits of conserved land for all.
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This 2-part presentation was given at the 2016 Mass Land Conservation Conference
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Ethical and Technical Guidelines for the Responsible Operation of a Land Trust. Revised in 2017.
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How municipalities and conservation organizations can use Chapter 61 laws to protect important natural resources in their communities.
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This report uses data and methodologies to study the impact of the decline of forest cover and the increase of agriculture or urban land cover in a drinking water source drainage areas (2008)
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Learn how a partnership between Sebago Clean Waters, Portland Water District and many others developed with the goal of protecting 25% of the local watershed, which is only one of 50 public surface wa...
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How to Communicate Effectively to Build Support for Conservation. Based on extensive qualitative research and a representative national survey of American voters commissioned by The Nature Conservan...
