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Vermont Land Trust Reevaluates the Costs of Easement Stewardship and How to Cover Them

Additional information and order form

General GIS education material

Texas-specific GIS information

More Texas-Specific GIS information

BioMap -- Online Presentation

Living Waters -- Online Presentation

Public Easement Data

State Endangered Species Requirements
Michael Bean

Sources of Funding for Habitat Restoration and Management
Michael Bean

Biodiversity

Room to Roam Website -- http://www.wildlandsproject.org/roomtoroam/

Community Outreach & Communication

Media Relations: A Strategic Approach for Land Trusts
Carol Hassell
Exchange

Tips and Talk Summer 2001
LTA
Exchange

Conervation Easement Stewardship

Records Policy and Management: A Key Aspect of Protecting Land "in Perpetuity"
Darla Guenzler
Exchange

Connecting Land and People

The Land Trust Movement Goes Global: Private Land Conservation in Latin America
Zdenka Piskulich
Exchange

Conserving Land Privately: Spontaneous Markets for Land Conservation in Chile
Elisa Corcuera, Claudia Sepúlveda and Guillermo Geisse

Conservation Easement Stewardship

Practice 7C: Managing Volunteers
LTA
The Standards and Practices Guidebook

Standard 7: Staff, Consultants, and Volunteers
LTA
The Standards and Practices Guidebook

The Conservation Easement Stewardship Guide -- LTA Publication For Sale
Brenda Lind
LTA

Standard 14: Conservation Easement Stewardship
LTA
The Standards and Practices Guidebook

Easement Stewardship: Building Relationships for the Long Run
Leslie Ratley-Beach
Exchange

Digitally Documenting Baseline and Stewardship Data
Eric Erler
Exchange

An Examination of Court Opinions on the Enforcement and Defense of Conservation Easements and Other Conservation and Preservation Tools: Themes and Approaches to Date
Melissa K. Thompson and Jessica E. Jay
Denver University Law Review

Conservation Easements

Law Update: Federal Estate and Gift Tax Consequences of Donated Term Conservation Easements
William Silberstein and Lawrence R. Kueter
Exchange

Creating Collective Easement Defense Resources
Darla Guenzler
Bay Area Open Space Council

Appendix 14.7: Sample Conservation Easement Amendment Policies
Anonymous
Standards and Practices Guidebook

Conservation Easement Amendments: Results from a Study of Land Trusts
Rene Wiesner
Exchange

Amending Conservation Easements: Legal and Policy Implications
William P. O'Connor
Exchange

Appendix 14.7: Sample Conservation Easement Amendment Policies
Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust
Ausbon Sargent Land Preservation Trust

Fundraising

Some Basic Steps to Marketing Success
Will Murray and Shelli Bischoff
Exchange

Raising Big Money: Land Trusts Across the Nation Launch Capital Campaigns to Protect Open Space
Alan Dessoff
Exchange

Keys to Capital Campaign Success
Donna Fletcher
Exchange

Stepping Up to a Big Deal
Jennifer Andes

Stepping Up to a Big Deal
Jennifer Andes
Exchange

A Common Sense Guide to Direct Mail
Gail N. Jones
Exchange

Fundraising consultant Ellis Robinson answers questions on retaining and increasing individual donors and members.
Ellis Robinson
Exchange

The First Steps of a Planned Giving Program
Karmin Wilson
Exchange

Ask an Expert
Emily Morrow
Exchange

Exploring Opportunities with Charitable Remainder Trusts
Todd D. Mayo
Exchange

Appendix 11.2: Sample Letter of Agreement on Remainder Interest
Sonoma Land Trust

Land Conservation Planning

A Land Preservation Methodolgy -- How One Organization is Achieving its Goals
Becky Thornton
Exchange

Land Transactions

Practice 11A: Technical Expertise
LTA
The Standards and Practices Guidebook

Local Markets Shape Land Trusts' Conservation Buyer Programs
McQueen, Mike
Exchange

Law Update: The Conservation Buyer Dilemma: Structuring a Land Sale to Achieve a Conservation Easement Donation and Tax Deduction
Kueter, Lawrence R.
Exchange

Conservation Buyer Form
Willistown Conservation Trust

Practice 11H: Title Investigation
LTA
Standards and Practices Guidebook

Land Trusts 101

Standard 10: Examining the Property; Practices 10A-E
LTA

Land Trusts and GIS
Peter Kostishack
GreenInfo Network

GIS for Conservation Planning
Brian McMahon
Exchange

Statement of Land Trust Standards and Practices
LTA
LTA

Assessing Your Organization
LTA

Assessing Your Organization
LTA

Legal Issues

Standard 4: Basic Legal Requirements; Practices 4A-D
LTA
The Standards and Practices Guidebook

Law Update: Staying Within the Bounds of the Income Tax Code and Public Perception: Private Inurement and Private Benefit
Jessica Jay and William Silberstein
Exchange

Law Update: Staying Within the Bounds of the Income Tax Code and Public Perception: Conflict of Interest and Excess Benefit
Jessica Jay and William Silberstein
Exchange

Protecting Western Waters: Land Trusts Develop Partnerships to Keep Rivers Flowing
Heidi Binko
Exchange

Organizational Management

Investing in Strategic Planning
Dyan Oldenburg and Jeff DeBonis
Exchange

Recognizing and Preventing Staff Burnout
Brenda Biondo
Exchange

The Budget Building Book for Nonprofits: A Step-by-Step Guide for Managers and Boards
Dropkin, Murray and Bill LaTouche
www.financeandprofitabilitybooks.com
Rally 2002 Session 3U

Partnerships & Collaboration

Curecanti Resource Protection Study
National Park Service
National Park Service

Public Policy & Partnerships

Forest Legacy Program -- LTA Public Policy Update
LTA

Voters Approve $2.9 Billion for Land Conservation
LTA
Newsroom Section of LTA's public website

LandVote 2001: Americans Invest in Parks & Open Space
LTA and The Trust for Public Land

Federal Farmland Programs -- LTA Public Policy Update
LTA

Making the Case for State Tax Incentives for Private Land Conservation
Philip Tabas
Exchange

The Maryland Experience: Private Local Land Trusts Co-Holding Conservation Easements with a Public Agency
Nick Williams and John Bernstein
Exchange

LTA's Public Policy Webpage
LTA

Special Topics

Brownfields to Parks
The Trust for Public Land
www.tpl.org

Working Where the Grass Isn't Greener: Land Trusts in Urban Areas
Steve Rosenberg and Joyce Rowley
Exchange

Taking the High Road
The Trust for Public Land

TEA-21, A New Resource for Land Trusts
LTA

Economic Benefits of Parks and Open Space
The Trust for Public Land

Cost of Community Services Studies
The American Farmland Trust
Farmland Information Library

Saving Land Saves Money
Montgomery County Lands Trust
Montgomery County Lands Trust

Wetlands & Water

Permanently Protecting Water Supply Lands With Conservation Easements
The Society for the Protection fo New Hampshire Forests

Working Lands

Reaching the Public on Sprawl and Smart Growth
Cindy Coffin
Exchange

Protecting Land Through Conservation Design
Randall Arendt
Exchange

Using Conservation Easements to Protect Working Forests
Brenda Lind
Exchange

Using Conservation Easements to Protect Working Forests
Brenda Lind
Exchange

Trends in Working Forest Conservation Easements: A report from the April 2001 meeting of the Land Trust Alliance Working Forest Conservation Easements Advisory Panel
Brenda Lind
LTA

Working Forest Conservation Easements
LTA

Developing Consensus on Conservation Easements on Managed Forests
Laurie Wayburn
Exchange

Working Ranchland Conservation Easements
Brenda Lind and Marty Zeller
LTA Easement Series

Agricultural Easements: Allowing a Working Landscape to Work
Judy Anderson and Jeremiah P. Cosgrove
Exchange

Farms: Preserving the Land, Preserving the Business
Jeremiah P. Cosgrove
Exchange

Working Ranchland Conservation Easements
Brenda Lind and Marty |Zeller
LTA