Building Trust: Avoid Violations by Reaching Out to Successor Landowners
Source: Saving Land magazine, Fall 2011 Author: Kimberly Seese Much of this article was taken from “Chapter Two: Landowner Relationships” in the Standards and Practices Curriculum book, Conservation...
View ArticleTroublesome Neighbors: Third Party Trespass and Standing
Source: Saving Land magazine, Fall 2010 Author: Sheila McGrory-Klyza The proverb “Good fences make good neighbors” may be intentionally ambiguous, but as far as land trusts are concerned, clear...
View ArticleHeroic Defense of the Land and Ethics
Source: Land Trust Alliance Author: Leslie Ratley-Beach “We have a duty and we couldn’t shirk it,” Lyme Land Conservation Trust (CT) Executive Director George Moore told the reporters. Faced with a...
View ArticleCourt Throws Lifeline to Pipeline Opposition
Source: Land Trust Alliance Author: Lorri Barrett Kentucky land trusts had a big win in court when an appeals court found that Bluegrass Pipeline developers cannot use the power of eminent domain to...
View ArticleThe Board and Risk Management
Source: Saving Land magazine, Summer 2015 Author: Melanie Lockwood Herman Risk is a land trust leader’s indispensable companion. There is no progress without some element of risk. Yet, there is no...
View ArticleWhen everybody wins
Source: Land Trust Alliance Author: Lorri Barrett Defending conservation can be good for everyone involved. When LG Electronics agreed to lower the height of its proposed new American headquarters...
View ArticleRisk Balancing Stories: Basic Level
November 19, 2015 Time: 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET Instructor(s): Leslie Ratley-Beach Cost: Complimentary Register todayDo we all have stories to tell! Bring yours as we illustrate risk balancing issues and...
View ArticleRisk Balancing Stories: Basic Level
October 29, 2015 Time: 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET Instructor(s): Leslie Ratley-Beach Cost: Complimentary Register todayDo we all have stories to tell! Bring yours as we illustrate risk balancing issues and...
View ArticleAdvanced Topics in Risk Management
October 20, 2015 Time: 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET Instructor(s): Leslie Ratley-Beach Cost: Complimentary Register todayThis webinar requires a prerequisite of at least two basic or intermediate webinars, or...
View ArticleBe prepared, don’t be scared
Source: Land Trust Alliance Author: Leslie Ratley-Beach Take a lesson from Mohonk Preserve and learn how to protect your staff from less-than-friendly neighbors. The land trust recently won a...
View ArticleLegal Defense Reserves Calculator: Tour 1
October 27, 2015 Time: 3:00-4:00 p.m. Eastern Instructor(s): Leslie Ratley-Beach Cost: Complimentary More informationNow you can easily get a more accurate forecast of your land trust’s defense...
View ArticleLegal Defense Reserves Calculator: Tour 2
November 05, 2015 Time: 3:00-4:00 p.m. Eastern Instructor(s): Leslie Ratley-Beach Cost: Complimentary Register onlineNow you can easily get a more accurate forecast of your land trust’s defense...
View ArticleLegal Defense Reserves Calculator: Tour 3
January 12, 2016 Time: 3:00-4:00 p.m. Eastern Instructor(s): Leslie Ratley-Beach Cost: Complimentary Register onlineNow you can easily get a more accurate forecast of your land trust’s defense...
View ArticleLegal Defense Reserves Calculator: Tour 4
January 26, 2016 Time: 3:00-4:00 p.m. Eastern Instructor(s): Lorri Barrett Cost: Complimentary Register onlineNow you can easily get a more accurate forecast of your land trust’s defense reserve...
View ArticleRally 2016: The National Land Conservation Conference
October 28 - 30, 2016 Sponsor: Land Trust Alliance Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Learn more
View ArticleThe Board and Risk Management
Source: Saving Land magazine, Summer 2015 Author: Melanie Lockwood Herman Risk is a land trust leader’s indispensable companion. There is no progress without some element of risk. Yet, there is no...
View ArticleTitle chain reaction
Source: Land Trust Alliance Author: Lorri Barrett In recent cases, several land trusts have run into trouble with title defects. From scrivenor’s errors to wild deeds, a title search can discover...
View ArticleSoutheast Regional Conference for Community and Land Conservation
May 11 - 13, 2016 Sponsor: Land Trust Alliance Location: Birmingham, Alabama Venue: Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex Join your land conservation peers — land trust staff, board members,...
View ArticleThe Board and Risk Management
Source: Saving Land magazine, Summer 2015 Author: Melanie Lockwood Herman Risk is a land trust leader’s indispensable companion. There is no progress without some element of risk. Yet, there is no...
View ArticleCutting in line
Source: Land Trust Alliance Author: Lorri Barrett A subordination agreement lets you cut the line in front of the bank in the case of a lien foreclosure or a bankruptcy proceeding. Without one, the...
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