| Tall Pines Conservancy |
The Tall Pines Conservancy operates in beautiful northwestern Waukesha County, Wisconsin. To date the nature conservancy has preserved over 160 acres through purchase and donated easements. In the coming months we will be identifying parcels in the NW portion of the county which are critical to the rural character of the area in which we all live |
| Dodge County Land Trust of Wisconsin |
The Dodge County Land Trust permanently protects the lands and waters that define our communities and enrich our quality of life. |
| Wills and Trusts Lawyer |
Find wills and trusts lawyers or law firms specializing in wills and trusts. Cases including living wills, estate planning, probate law, trusts law, and asset protection |
| The Land Trust Network of Jefferson County |
The Land Trust NETWORK of Jefferson County focuses on the protection of natural areas and agricultural lands in Wisconsin. Landowners voluntarily sell or donate land and/or conservation easements to the land trust and always receive compensation in some form. |
| The Rideau Waterway Land Trust |
If you love and enjoy the beautiful Rideau waterway, and would like to see it protected for future generations, join us today! Contact [email protected] or [email protected]. |
| Nature Noted - Watching the world of Land Trusts |
Blog on the topic of land trusts. |
| Valley Land Fund |
P.O. Box 522, Hadley, Massachusetts
www.valleylandfund.org
Contact: David Ziomek, President (413) 863-3221
Since 1986, Valley Land Fund (VLF) has worked to protect the special
places of the Connecticut River Valley and hilltowns, saving over
8,000 acres alone and in partnership with other conservation agencies
and organizations. The land trust has worked in 42 of the 69 towns of
Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin Counties in Massachusetts.
Although the Fund does hold several properties, it is unusual in
its mission. As distinct from the several local and area land trusts
in the Valley, the essence of VLF's charter is to act as a regional
resource, as it assists local trusts, ad hoc groups, local and state
governments, and private landowners in land protection, as well as
carrying out its own land conservation projects.
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| Kona Land Trust |
Located on the Big Island of Hawaii, the Kona Land Trust is working towards the preservation and stewardship of open spaces, including lands with environmental, agricultural, cultural, or historic importance for present and future generations. |
| Prescott Creeks Preservation Association |
Prescott Creeks Preservation Association is a non-profit organization striving to protect the ecological integrity of Central Arizona's riparian systems and their associated wetlands through preservation, conservation, and education. |
| Opacum Land Trust |
A regional land trust working in South Central Massachusetts in the towns of Sturbridge, Southbridge, Charlton, Brimfield, the Brookfields, Holland, Wales, Monson, Palmer & Warren. An all volunteer, non-profit group seeking to proactively protect the natural and cultural resources in our communities. |
| Nova Scotia Nature Trust |
Nova Scotia has a rich and diverse natural heritage. From the blazing colour of an autumn hardwood forest to the stark beauty of a granite barren; the high energy of waves crashing on the shore to the tranquility of a riverside marsh; the beaches of the Northumberland Strait to the cliffs scoured by the Fundy tides. Nova Scotians are stewards of many natural treasures. But these landscapes and the many species that inhabit them need protection if they are to persist. With less than 30% of the province's land publicly owned, private landowners have an important role to play in protecting these places. |
| The Urban Forest Initiative |
THE WOODBERRY LAND TRUST. Environmentally speaking, we are looking to inform and to gain endorsement to protect and - with the community at large - preserve, and renew the woodlands and wildlife habitat in Woodberry, a neighborhood in Northwest Baltimore. |
| Pascommuck Conservation Trust, Inc. |
The Pascommuck Conservation Trust is a local, non-profit organization, which protects important land and other natural resources in Easthampton, MA for the public benefit. LAND CONSERVATION: The Trust is given or buys land or easements (legal rights which protect natural resources on a property) with scenic, natural, agricultural, or recreational value. LAND STEWARDSHIP: The Trust works with its neighbors to protect and improve the Trust's 18 current land holdings which total over 188 acres. ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION: The Trust sponsors an annual environmental scholarship at Easthampton High School. COMMUNITY PARKS & TRAILS: The Trust creates and maintains neighborhood parks and passive recreational areas such as the John Bator Park, Old Pascommuck Conservation Area and the newly created Brickyard Brook Conservation Area on East Street in Easthampton. |
| The Land Trust of Huntsville |
The Land Trust of Huntsville & North Alabama offers a balance between growth and preservation. We are dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for present and future generations. This quality of life will ensure our region's prospects for continued economic prosperity. |
| Help save the AT on Saddleback! |
The Appalachian Trail community needs your help to save Saddleback ridge in Maine from development that will degrade the hiking experience in this "wilderness" region. The National Park Service is considering four alternatives that will determine the future of the AT on Saddleback Ridge in Maine, and has asked for comments from the public. We have created an easy way that you can share you comments about saving Saddleback with the Park Service and other decision makers by e-mail. See the "Save Saddleback" link on the opening page of http://trailplace.com It is critical that everyone who loves and enjoys hiking on the Appalachian Trail make their voice heard, and critical that they do it now. The public comment period closes August 31, 1999, so an immediate response is of the essence. |
| American Wildlands |
American Wildlands is a science-based non-profit conservation organization with a 22-year history of wilderness legislation and natural resource advocacy in the American West. American Wildland's mission is to promote, protect and restore biodiversity and advocate for sustainable management of the West's wildlands, watersheds, and wildlife, with special attention to the Northern Rocky Mountain region. |
| Hollow Oak Land Trust |
The Hollow Oak Land Trust is a nonprofit organization that focuses on conservation of land and natural resources in western Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The Hollow Oak Land Trust acquires land for conservation and works to educate the public about the benefits of land conservation. |
| Oregon Sustainable Agriculture Land Trust (OSALT) |
We currently hold title to 2 pieces of land: a double city lot in Portland, Oregon (Ariadne Garden) and a 20-acre farm about halfway between Portland and Salem (Natural Harvest Farm). |
| The Rock Creek Trust |
The Rock Creek Trust works to enhance Rock Creek's famous "blue ribbon" trout waters, the health of its nationally acclaimed wildlife habitat, its unusual biodiversity, and the open space beauty of the drainage. Specifically, the Trust seeks to protect open space through the use of conservation easements and other land protection tools, and to help protect water quality and wildlife habitat through cooperative projects with landowners, agencies, or other organizations. The Trust seeks to accomplish these goals before growing pressures cause irreversible damage in this treasured drainage. |
| Martinez Regional Land Trust |
The Martinez Regional Land Trust was formed by active community members in the Briones Hills Agricultural Preserve Area. Many of members and workers live in Martinez or the Alhambra Valley. The organization has one paid staff, the very dedicated Ms.Tina Batt, our Executive Director. Everyone else is a volunteer. The organization is funded by grants, donations, members dues, and hard volunteer labor. |
| The Land Trust for Tennessee |
The Land Trust for Tennessee is a land trust headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee whose mission is "to preserve the unique character of Tennessee's natural and historic landscapes and sites." |
| Preserving Family Lands |
Steve Small, is considered to be the nation's leading authority to saving land and taxes with conservation easements. He wrote the actual Federal Tax Law for conservation easements when he worked in the Chief Counsel's Office of the Internal Revenue Service some 20 years ago. He has his own law practice in Boston where he represents landowners across the country to help them save their family land by using conservation easements and other tax tools. He is the author of two widely knowm and respected books, Preserving Family Lands: Book I and Preserving Family Lands: Book II. As an independent publisher, he had sold over 100,000 copies of the books to individual landowners, their advisors, and land trusts. Mr. Small speaks to groups of landowners, land trusts, attorneys, and others interested to learn how to save land. He speaks all over the country to educate landowners about conservation easements. The 2,000 land trusts from all over the country buy the two Preserving Family Lands books in bulk and use them to help educate landowners about conservation easements. |
| Darby Creek Land Conservancy |
Purpose: To preserve for future generations the truly unique natural attributes found in the Darby Creek watershed by promoting the preservation and protection of the integrity of the Darby Creek system, and to encourage community participation in these preservation efforts. Objectives: 1. To preserve and protect traditional cultural heritage, open space and sensitive natural areas within the Darby watershed by securing fee-simple acquisition, conservation easements, or other interests in real property. 2. To establish cooperative relationships with other private organizations and governmental agencies sharing common goals. 3. To promote and support education about and scientific activities within the Darby Creek watershed. |
| GreenKeepers |
GreenKeepers.com introduces a new site featuring KuKura, guardian of the rain forest, who protects and preserves the rain forests. This site is geared towards educating children and adults about the dangers threatening the survival of the rain forests. In addition to GreenKeepers own forest preservation program, $1 is donated to each KuKura buyer's favorite Environmental Organization to expand educational efforts. |
| The Big Sur Land Trust |
The mission of The Big Sur Land Trust is to protect for public benefit, lands in Monterey County that are significant as natural habitat, open space, agricultural, watershed and recreational property. |
| Conservation Partners, Inc |
Conservation Partners is a real estate brokerage and consulting firm committed to managing transactions that preserve land for the public benefit. Over the past 15 years, Conservation Partners has closed over 100 conservation transactions that have resulted in the preservation of tens of thousands of acres. We provide brokerage services, land & easement management and conservation planning for organizations, individuals and the Bureau of Land Management. |
| Long Green Valley Conservancy |
The LGVC is a non-profit land trust working to preserve open space, farmland, and historic sites in Long Green Valley, Maryland. The volunteers directing the Conservancy work to provide neighboring landowners with alternatives to the sale or development of land |
| Gathering Waters, Inc. |
Provide technical assistance to land trusts and landowners, education and outreach, land protection services. Website with index of all Wisconsin land trusts. Contact Vicki Elkin. |
| Keep Sedona Beautiful |
Keep Sedona Beautiful is 26 years old, predating the city of Sedona. In the past we primarily gave awards for breautification projects in the area, host a group of 200 "leytter lifters" who pickup trash along the highways all around Sedona. We also have a water conservation project, and we host a Native Plant WOrksthop evey other year to teach locals how to landscape with native non-water using plants.@ years ago I started a group at KSB for the preservation of the unique sensitive lands around Sedona, primarily land privately owned but within the Coconino National FOres. To date we ahve acquired 15.4 acres of riparian land in Oak Creek Canyhona and doanted it to the U S FOrest Service for stewardship. We are currently in the process of acquiring 110 acres in a valley surrounded by WIlderness, and have options on 2 more properities. We feel good about our success to date andlook forward to more success. Sedona is a beautiful location and wee are dong our best to Keep Sedona Beautiful. Currently we have no website but, as chairman, I head up what we call our Land Preservation task Force. Bill Eich @ [email protected] |
| The Greater Worcester Land Trust |
The Greater Worcester Land Trust was formed in 1987 to respond to the rapid rate of development in Central Massachusetts. Since that time the Greater Worcester Land Trust has preserved overfour hundred acres of land in and around Worcester, Massachusetts. The challenge of preserving lands in and around the second largest city in New England poses unique difficulties and opportunities. The Greater Worcester Land Trust has partnered with the Worcester Office of Planning and Community Development for the preservation of land on several occassions, and the Greater Worcester Land Trust has a property under the Massachusetts Forest Stewardship Program. Properties include recreational trails. http://www.ultranet.com/~gwlt/gwlt.html. |
| Green Peace |
http://www.greenpeaceusa.org Updated Green Peace site. |
| [email protected] |
Combining County, township and agencie support and create a funded Foundation for a nature conservancy to promote awareness and stewradship of our natural resources and heritage. Much like Honey Hollow in Bucks County PA., Please Read Priliminary Press in Phil Inquirer Sunday Nov 1 1998 Neighbors/ Montgomery County Cover Story BATTLING TO SAVE SPACE FOR WILDLIFE 2. |
| Jericho Land Trust |
Jericho Land Trust was established in 1989 in Jericho, Vermont. We are a private, nonprofit organization that was formed for the purpose of protecting and enhancing the rural and historic aspects of our region's character. We work closely with town committees and commissions, school boards and citizen groups in order to facilitate the conservation of significant lands. Jericho Land Trust is most interested in networking with other similar organizations. |
| Bright Angel Frontier |
Our site explores a new approach to the management of public lands in Utah and the Southwest, which would re-create a meaningful western frontier for the country. While we are not a land trust ourself, such trusts could play an important role here by bringing private lands in the area into harmony with the overall plan. Our proposal is for an area to be called the Bright Angel Frontier. In short, we would aggregate the existing inventory of federal lands in certain areas into larger tracts, two hundred miles across, and then would subdivide each of those tracts into five graduated, concentric development rings. Controlled development would be encouraged through privatization and other means in the outermost ring, and development would then progressively "thin out" from ring to ring until a wilderness area is reached at the center. This relatively simple managerial change would have several attractive features: (1) it would substantially resolve the conflict between development and preservation by designating, on a principled basis, places for each type of activity; (2) it would permit interesting innovations in some of the intermediate inner rings, such as pre-industrial areas where scattered new towns and agricultural valleys might be created but where electricity and internal combustion engines would be barred; (3) it would permit substantial wilderness areas at the center of the tract and along important corridors such as the Colorado River; and (4) it would establish, as a single unit, an area of land large enough to re-create a true western frontier, and one that will have a real frontier quality of civilization gradually thinning out to nothing. The Bright Angel proposal can do these things while still leaving room for a certain amount of acceptable and even beneficial economic development. For this reason, in particular, we suggest that this proposal is worth careful consideration by the practical-minded. It is a way of seeking most of the traditional goals of the conservationist movement, while doing so in a form that is considerably more likely to be acceptable to the western congressional delegations than a wilderness-only bill would be, and therefore more likely to pass Congress. |
| Trumbull Land Trust |
The Trumbull Land Trust, located in Southwestern Connecticut, was founded with three missions:(1) to preserve, protect, and acquire environmentally significant lands in Trumbull, (2) to open those lands and open spaces to the public, and (3) to encourage and participate in the environmental education of all (goes beyond Trumbull). We won close to 13 acres of wetlands and uplands in town, and lease a few acres from the State Department of Transportation that will be aprt of a Greenway. Our educational mission is carried out through a number of avenues: newsletter, website, seminars, hands-on hikes. Our seminars and hikes are open to all, and we try to bring our message to young and old alike, in our neighboring towns. With that in mind, we run classes for youth at the YMCA, we are involved in environmental education for a group of youth involved in Youthbuild (a carpentry course/life changing course for economically disadvantaged youth 18-24), we have been involved with Habitat for Humanity families and their gardens/landscapes, we are creating a Trumbull GREENMAP, and we have a backyard habitat progarm called TRUMBULL GREENSPACE. The organization is a non-profit, all-volunteer organization. |
| The Foundation Center |
The Center's mission is to foster public understanding of the foundation field by collecting, organizing, analyzing, and disseminating information on foundations, corporate giving, and related subjects. The audiences that call on the Center's resources include grantseekers, grantmakers, researchers, policymakers, the media, and the general public. |
| Free Nonprofit Grassroots "MBA" |
Self-Directed, Community-Based Management Development Program. Learners can complete this entire 12-course, basic program on their own for free anywhere in the country! The program is useful to nonprofit leaders, managers, staff, board members and service providers. To get started in the program, just follow the directions in the program's Study Guide. However, you should scan the rest of this program description to get a better understanding of what this program is all about. Please don't be intimidated by the several sections in this document. The document is written to be straightforward and well-organized. |
| Maine Land Trust Network |
The Maine Land Trust Network, www.mltn.org, lists and locates the land trusts in Maine. This site includes a discussion forum and allows convenient communication between trusts, provides links to related sites, news, announcements, and other useful information for land conservation. |
| School of Living |
The School of Living is an educational organization dedicated to learning and teaching the philosophy, practices and principles of living that are self-empowering for individuals within the general aim of establishing decentralized, ecologically-sound, self-governed and humane communities. All its resources, but most specifically the land it holds in trust, are held in responsible stewardship for present and future generations. |
| Larimer Land Trust |
The Larimer Land Trust facilitates the preservation of environmentally sensitive areas, critical wildlife habitat, and other lands which are important for the enrichment of present and future generations. The conservation of these lands is necessary for the economic, social, and environmental health and well being of our communities. |
| The American Community Gardening Association |
ACGA and its member organizations work to promote and support all aspects of community food and ornamental gardening, urban forestry, preservation and management of open space, and integrated planning and management of developing urban and rural lands. |
| The American Community Gardening Association |
ACGA and its member organizations work to promote and support all aspects of community food and ornamental gardening, urban forestry, preservation and management of open space, and integrated planning and management of developing urban and rural lands. |
| Finger Lakes Land Trust |
The Finger Lakes Land Trust is a non-profit community-based organization dedicated to protecting the natural integrity of the Finger Lakes region. By protecting key habitats and the region's forests, farms and open spaces, the Land Trust provides many benefits for the public�clean air and water, plant and animal diversity, scenic views and opportunities to learn about and enjoy the natural world. |
| AgriSurf |
AgriSurf! - the worlds largest searchable agricultural web index.
The AgriSurfer - the worlds first HTML compliant email newsletter
for agriculture.
AgriSurf! has links to everything agricultural on the internet - from wheat cropping to fish farming, from forestry to tillage equipment. If you are looking for agricultural info on the WWW - this is a great place to start. |
| Riverside Land Conservancy | Riverside County experienced unprecedented growth and development in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The resulting population increase and corresponding land-use activities have crowded into the County's remaining open spaces and threaten to eliminate the native landscapes that first attracted newcomers to the region. The Riverside Land Conservancy was founded in 1988 in response to the critical need for a local community organization dedicated to the conservation of open space and natural areas. The Conservancy is a non-profit land trust that can accept donations of land and conservation easements or purchase land outright. |
| MALT - Marin Agricultural Trust | Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT) is a nonprofit conservation organization that preserves farmland in Marin County, California, through conservation easements, public education (including hikes and tours of farms, ranches and gardens) and advocacy. Created in 1980 by a coalition of ranchers, environmentalists, and community activists, MALT was the first land trust in the United States to focus on agricultural land preservation. MALT has become a model for agricultural land preservation efforts across the nation. |
| PRESERVING FAMILY LANDS |
Preserving Family Lands is a book by Stephen Small.
YOU NEED THIS BOOK:
Stephen J. Small is a tax attorney at his own firm, the Law Office of Stephen J. Small, Esq., in Boston. He is the author of The Federal Tax Law of Conservation Easements (Land Trust Alliance, 1985). Preserving Family Lands has sold more than 70,000 copies. |
| Chattowah Open Land Trust | Chattowah Open Land Trust is a non-profit organization based in Alpharetta, Georgia. We help North Georgia landowners preserve and protect their property through a variety of methods, some offering estate, income and property tax benefits. It operates under the standards and guidelines provided by the National Land Trust Alliance. |
| Natural Resources Law Home Page |
Natural Resources Law is a specialized consulting company and
law firm dealing with forest resources plus aboriginal and treaty rights
issues. Ben van Drimmelen, the principal, is a registered professional
forester, a professional biologist and lawyer with an active practice in
British Columbia, Canada. Natural Resources Law offers a variety of legal and consulting services on natural resources law. In particular, the practice centers on such law concerning management of fish, wildlife, forests and water resources and the regulation of users of such resources, including aboriginal users. The company also provides habitat conservation expertise, advising local land trust organizations and national conservation organizations on options to protect natural features and amenities on private land. Basic information is provided free upon request. Covenant agreements are negotiated, prepared and filed for clients. |
| Foothills Land Conservancy | An independent, non-profit land trust, the Foothills Conservancy's mission is the preservation of the unique ecological, agricultural, and scenic resources of the Foothills of the Southern Appalachian Mountains in Tennessee. For a cool topo view visit . |
| Sky and Land | Like so many sensors spreading out to feel the condition of the human predicament....everywhere. You are invited to send your ideas / images on the concepts of Sky and Land. Special emphasis is given here to the continued understandings of time and place in a complex framework of world situations. |
| Trust for Public Land |
TPL is who you want to contact if you need help.
The Trust for Public Land (TPL) is a national, nonprofit land conservation organization that conserves land for people to enjoy as parks, gardens, natural areas and open space. As a problem-solving organization, TPL works in partnership with government, business, and community groups to:
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| Aiken County Open Land Trust | This web site was created for and by the Aiken County (South Carolina) Open Land Trust to promote its activities, which are to encourage dedication of easements on land, and to procure park and other open land. Such land may later be transferred to appropriate goverment (Aiken city or county) agencies. |
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The Back Forty : The newsletter of land conservation law |
The Back Forty"is dedicated to serving the land conservation
community's need for accessible legal information. The Back Forty
covers developments in real estate, land use, taxation, and exempt
organization law that affect conservation and preservation efforts. The Back Forty is published by The Hyperion Society, a conservation law center operated in connection with the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. The Back Forty is published bimonthly. A one-year subscription is $110 and a two-year subscription is $195. To subscribe or to receive more information, please call, fax, or write.
The Back Forty |
| American Farmland Trust | American Farmland Trust's mission is to stop the loss of productive farmland and promote farming practices that lead to a healthy environment. It's a great resource with tons of information. |
| The Farmland Information Library | Specializes in resources for protecting farmland. |
| Leaving a Living Legacy: Using Conservation Covenants in British Columbia | A very detailed and practical page on land trusts. A must see. |
| Southwest Michigan Land Conservency | Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy protects the natural diversity and beauty of southwest Michigan by preserving significant land and scenic areas and fostering appreciation for, and understanding of, the environment. |
| The WWF Global Network - the world's largest independent conservation organization | A beautifully well done page in a magazine type format with many interesting articles. |
| Interactive Guide to Protecting Land | Guides you through the legal tools available to you. |
| Eco-Compass Monthly News Letter | |
| Radio Safari | |
| Wicken Fen | A site celebrating Wicken Fen, Britain's oldest Nature Reserve. |
| Bodega Land Trust | |
| The Adopt a Hawk Program | Lets you help keep these species alive. |
| Save the Redwoods League | |
| Land for Nature an initiative by the Federation of British Columbia Naturalists | |
| Galaxy Environmental Activism Link | |
| Treaty with the New York Indians | |
| The Canadian World Parrot Trust | |
| Mendocino County Environmental Groups | |
| Yahoo! Environment and Nature List | |
| Legal Tools for the Voluntary Protection of Private Land in British Columbia | |
| The Trust for Public Land | |
| Jefferson Land Trust | A good home page model for other land trusts. |
| Speak Out- Contact Government Officials | Talk to the congress and make them listen! |
| McDowell Sonoran Land Trust | |
| International Bulldozer Blockade | |
| BARABOO RANGE PRESERVATION | BRPA is dedicated to preservation of contiguous wooded areas in Sauk County, Wisconsin. The BARABOO RANGE has been listed as "One of the Last Great Places" by The Nature Conservancy. |
| Narrow Ridge Literacy Center |
More than 100 acres have been set aside as a wilderness area for community members to use for recreational activities such as hiking. Other areas have been designated as homesites. These sites vary in size and are protected by a set of restrictions known as a conservation easement. This protects the land from any industrial or mining activities, commercial farming, logging, etc. It means that our homes are safe from polluting chemicals in our neighbor's yards. It means we are protected from industrial noise. As a group, we make decisions about the use of the common areas. Because this is a community land trust under this conservation easement, the land is preserved for all time. For this parcel of 500 acres (and we hope to grow in size) the wildlife habitat will be honored. In legal terms, we hold perpetual leases for our homesites. The deed is held by Narrow Ridge Center and will always be kept under the conservation eastment. |
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