Updates

Learn how to communicate more effectively about climate change using research-based guidance developed specifically for land trusts by LTA. The workshop will also include structured time to workshop your own communication products with feedback from peers. Date: Thursday, September 12, 2019. Location: Mass Audubon Farm Life Center at Drumlin Farm…

CLTC update provided by TNC. The effort to raise the annual cap on the CLTC continues. There are two parallel tracks, with an urgent opportunity to support the standalone bills: There are standalone bills in both the House and Senate to raise the annual cap (H.2522/S.1767). These bill were…

Please contact your Massachusetts State legislators TODAY and ask them to contact the members of the State Operating Budget Conference Committee in support of including raising the annual cap for the Conservation Land Tax Credit (CLTC) program in the budget for the 2020 fiscal year. The Conference Committee has already…

Please contact your Massachusetts State Senator ASAP and ask him/her to support Amendment #1 to the State Operating Budget, which would increase the annual cap for the Conservation Land Tax Credit (CLTC) program. Filed by Senator Bruce Tarr, Minority Leader, this amendment is identical to the one that was…

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…