Resources For Land Trusts
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An overview of the Community Preservation Act.
See overview
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The Community Preservation Coalition (the Coalition) plays a leading role in working with the state and local governments and key partner organizations to understand, adopt and implement the Community...
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2021 Massachusetts & Rhode Island Land Conservation Conference Land Acknowledgement.
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Connecticut Land Conservation Council Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice Resource library linked here.
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In the summer of 2008 the Lincoln Land Institute held a conference on Conservation and Climate Change: Building a Framework for Adaptive Management. Professionals from many different sectors participa...
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Previous research has demonstrated the potential value of conservation development on private lands, especially when traditional sources of conservation funding are not available. We estimated the ext...
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This document provides detail on the tax benefits of conservation easements.
Conservation Easements and Tax Benefits document
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This guide presents a structured process for evaluating easements, identifying problems and implementing solutions. This material was used as a resource for the 2016 MassLand Stewardship workshop.
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The Conservation Finance Network (CFN) advances land and resource conservation by expanding the use of innovative and effective funding and financing strategies. CFN provides an overview of finance re...
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All about donating land, or a conservation restriction on a piece of land, to a qualified land trust or governmental agency.
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A guide to the Massachusetts Executive office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) grant programs, presented at the 2024 Mass Land Conservation Conference.
Presentation Linked here.
Find descrip...
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A 2019 documents summarizing examples of land conservation projects completed with support from the Conservation Land Tax Credit.
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Summary prepared by The Compact of Cape Cod Conservation Trusts in February of 2013 based on final regulations at 301 CMR 14.00; please confirm with personal tax advisors or Dept. of Revenue. Update...
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BioMap
Sponsor: MassGIS
URL: https://biomap-mass-eoeea.hub.arcgis.com
Recording on how to use BioMap (from Steering Committee meeting of December 9, 2022)
Description: BioMap conservation targets are...
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A three-part guide to land trusts' critical role in conserving climate-resilient lands.
Two-page summary here: http://climatechange.lta.org/wp-content/uploads/cct/2016/09/Climate-two-pager8.pdf
Comple...
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How protecting endangered and threatened species makes good business sense.
View article
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Massachusetts Division of Conservation Services reviews conservation restrictions (CRs) in order for the Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs to approve the CR in the public interest pursuant...
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A introductory presentation on "Conservation Restriction and Conservation Areas Land Stewardship: Challenges and Opportunities."
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Enforcement of conservation restrictions (CRs) is a fundamental activity of land trusts and public agencies that hold them. An Enforcement Policy defines the procedures that a CR holder will follow ...
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This document gives an overview of agricultural conservation easements (conservation restrictions). The American Farmland Trust maintains a Farmland Information Center with much more detailed informat...
