Updates

Please contact your Massachusetts State Senator and ask him/her to support Amendment #3 to the State Operating Budget which would increase funding for the Community Preservation Act! Amendment #3, filed by Senator Cynthia Stone Creem, has the same language that was used to support the funding increase in the…

Please contact your Massachusetts State Representative ASAP and ask him/her to support Amendment #1202 to the State Operating Budget, which would increase the annual cap for the Conservation Land Tax Credit (CLTC) program. Filed by Minority Leader, State Representative Bradley Jones, this amendment has 23 co-sponsors! House budget debate…

Thanks to all who participated, our 2019 Spring Challenge was a great success! Every dollar donated was matched by one additional dollar (up to $10,000), doubling your conservation impact. Thank you for your support in advancing land conservation throughout Massachusetts. To explore other ways to give, please visit here…

2019 MassLand Conference workshop materials are now available here. We continue to receive items, so if you don't see what you're looking for, please check back...

Registration for the 2019 Massachusetts Land Conservation Conference is now closed. Thanks to tremendous interest this year, we are at maximum capacity as of March 11, 2019. We will be unable to accept additional registrations or walk-ins. Thank you so much your interest in joining us…

This year, the Green Budget Coalition (led by ELM, MassRivers, AMC, and TNC) are advocating for increased funding on four line items: Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) state parks and recreation, DCR’s Office of Watershed Management, Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) administration and the Division of Ecological Restoration. If…

The staff at the Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition, along with Pete Land of Tamarack Media Cooperative, have been working hard for months to bring you a new, user-friendly website and new Coalition logo. Welcome! We hope the information featured on our new website will be helpful for you in your…

The 2017-2018 legislative session is now entering its most critical phase - July 31st is the deadline for most bills to be considered by the legislature, after which the legislature will break for summer and then the fall campaign cycle. Operating Budget: FY19 state operating budget has been passed…

Please renew your membership or consider becoming a member of the Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition! MassLand depends on the generosity of its members in order to strengthen and connect land trusts, and to be the voice of the land trust community on advocacy issues. Please join us in advancing land…

The 2017-2018 legislative session is now entering its most critical phase – July 31st is the deadline for the majority of bills to be considered by the legislature, after which the legislature will break for summer and then the fall campaign cycle. The February 7th deadline, by which committees must have…