Resources For Land Trusts
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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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Last Reviewed by MLTC: 01/07/2026.
Resources explaining how conservation and recreation land is protected under Article 97 of the Massachusetts Constitution and how those protections are maintained ov...
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Guidelines for 501(c)(3) organizations who wish to lobby.
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A presentation on the Department of Justice (DOJ) rules regarding access to recreation facilities by people with mobility disabilities, effective March, 2011. This presentation was given at the Mass...
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One response to the alarming, emerging issue of local assessors taxing non-profit land trusts on all or some of their properties.
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The purposes clause of a land trust's Articles of Incorporation needs to accent any and all approaches that the organization does or plans to take to accomplish its goals of protection. A well-writt...
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Racial Equity Stages resource linked here.
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Resources to help you improve your land trust's record keeping practices.
Toolkit summary sheet and descriptionVideo of Standards and Practices: How to Run a Land Trust ResponsiblyLink to LTA's summar...
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An Act relative to the recovery of attorney's fees for conservation restriction enforcement, Chapter 184, Section 32.
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Last reviewed 11/15/2024.
Resource explaining Massachusetts, General Law c. 21 sec. 17C, which affords any owner who allows the public to use their land for recreation at no charge relief from liabili...
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Last Reviewed by MLTC: 1/13/2026.
UMass Amherst, University of Vermont, and the National Institute of Applied Climate Science (NIACS) publication for foresters, landowners, and managers interested in ...
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Last Reviewed by MLTC: 12/11/2025
Regional tools that compile funding opportunities, grants, and resource guides for agricultural producers in the Northeast, helping farmers access cost-share, beginni...
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Last Reviewed by MLTC: 01/07/2026.
Article and fact sheet describing the policy goals and legislative intent behind Massachusetts tax title reform, including efforts to speed foreclosure and return ta...
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Rooted in Nature: Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Resiliency is a web series consisting of five thematic sessions, showcasing experts from indigenous communities in Massachusetts. This series offers ...
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"This messaging guide is intended to uplift the vision in our Platform for Real Food in a way that is 1) linked to the current pandemic in ways that are timely and resonant, and 2) true to our values ...
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Resources include:Model solar zoning bylaws to assist cities and towns throughout Massachusetts in establishing reasonable standards to facilitate development of small-, medium- and large-scale ground...
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Last Reviewed by MLTC: 01/07/2026.
Online calculator that helps land trusts estimate annual stewardship costs and the stewardship fund investment needed to support long-term conservation easement mon...
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DEI goals and related objectives, actions, and metrics for success.
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How to grow your land trust's membership. Lessons learned by the Harwich Conservation Trust.
