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Administrative
By-laws (.pdf)
Job descriptions (.html)
Mission statements (.html)
Volunteer responsibilities
Volunteer training guides
501(c) 3 application (.html)

Board of Directors
Basics of board development (.html)
Board recruiting process (.html)

Land Protection and Stewardship
Budget for land protection projects
Conservation restrictions
Conservation restriction baseline documents
Conservation restriction monitoring checklist
Criteria for Evaluating Land Protection Projects (.html)
Declaration of Trust (.html)
Gift Deed (.pdf)
Land protection assessment checklist
Land protection policy (.html)
Land protection priorities (.pdf)
Policy on holding easements on land trust preserves (.html)
Policy on no extinguishment through merger (.pdf)
Public access policies
Right of first refusal
Species inventory lists
Stewardship guidelines
Title report

Development
Budget for fundraising event
Capital campaign materials
Common Grant Proposal (.html)
Common Report Form (.html)
Fundraising plan (.html)
Membership categories
Membership database
New member recruitment letters
Planned Giving, Gift Annuity (.pdf)
Renewal letters
Special appeals

Communications/Outreach
Advocacy letters
Brochures (.html)
Consultant contract (.pdf)
Editorials (.pdf)
Field trip calendars
Field trip liability releases
Massachusetts land trust newsletters
Press releases


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