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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Last reviewed by MLTC: 12/11/2025.
A guide to community conservation in Massachusetts, including information on conservation restrictions, land protection tools, funding information, and local conserv...
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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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Last Reviewed by MLTC: 01/07/2026.
The Compact of Cape Cod Conservation Trusts Inc. documents highlighting how land trusts can add an extra layer of legal protection to land they own to ensure it rema...
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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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Last Reviewed by MLTC: 01/07/2026.
Materials that explore the legal, practical, and organizational challenges of protecting conservation land in perpetuity. Includes enforcement responsibilities, risk...
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Last Reviewed by MLTC: 1/26/2026.
Planned giving refers to charitable gifts that require some planning before they are made. These resources introduce what planned giving is, outline reasons land tru...
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Presentation and accompanying article from the 2024 Massachusetts Land Conservation Conference.
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Reviewed on: 9/22/2025
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: 01/07/2026.
Explores opportunities available under Section 2031(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, particularly 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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Last Reviewed by MLTC: 01/07/2026.
Provides official state guidance on Massachusetts tax title law, including procedures for collecting delinquent taxes, foreclosing on tax title property, and disposi...
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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...
