Updates

The Family Forest Carbon Program: Climate-Smart Forestry Guidance and Incentives for Small Family Forests. Thursday, September 21, 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. via Zoom. Register here. As of July 2022, the American Forest Foundation and The Nature Conservancy have expanded the Family Forest Carbon Program into western…

This Stronger Together networking discussion provides an opportunity for land trust staff and board members to exchange ideas on efforts to advance racial justice, equity and inclusion initiatives within their organizations. This session will focus on sharing ideas on how to build and strengthen relationships with communities that have been…

A group of land conservation and environmental organizations advocating on behalf of An Act preserving open space in the Commonwealth, also known as the Public Lands Preservation Act (PLPA), issued this statement upon conclusion of the formal 2021-2022 legislative session…

Are you self-directed and comfortable taking initiative, and excel at handling operational and member relations / development logistics and details? Are you FB and Insta-savvy, with a knack for design (read: Canva, etc.)? Do you like to contribute to projects and learn? Then the Development and Operations Coordinator position might be…

View our Strategic Plan to learn about our goals for the next five years. For details, feel free to contact Robb Johnson, Executive Director, at robb@massland.org...

If you registered for the 2022 Mass Land Conservation Conference, instructions for accessing the conference portal are in your Eventbrite confirmation email, all the way at the bottom. If you can't find the email, look in your spam folder, where many of them landed. Click here for portal link...

Are you self-directed and comfortable taking initiative, and excel at handling operational and member relations / development logistics and details? Are you FB and Insta-savvy, with a knack for design (read: Canva, etc.)? Do you like to contribute to projects and learn? Then the Development and Operations Coordinator position might be…

The Green Budget Coalition advocated for the five increases outlined below. The House adopted two of our coalition’s recommendations, and the Senate adopted all five! The FY23 budget is now in a Conference Committee, and we are advocating for the highest funding amount for each…

On May 10, the Massachusetts Senate released their FY23 State Operating Budget, and Senator Bruce Tarr has filed an amendment addressing one of MLTC’s highest legislative priorities -- to increase the annual cap for the Conservation Land Tax Credit (CLTC) program. Please contact your Massachusetts State Senator by Monday, May 23…

S.2820, the Massachusetts’ Senate’s version of An Act preserving open space in the Commonwealth (H.851, also known as the Public Lands Preservation Act, or PLPA) has been approved by the House. We need your help to pass it in the Senate later this week (week of April 11)...