Still in litigation after 10 years
Source: Land Trust Alliance Author: Lorri Barrett Two landowners challenged the accredited Lyme Land Conservation Trust (Lyme) 10 years ago and the cost and tenacity of the challenge inspired the...
View ArticleHow land trusts are using amendments to address future changes
Source: Land Trust Alliance Author: Leslie Ratley-Beach Recently, there has been considerable discussion about conservation easement amendment clauses on the land trust listserv, a discussion forum...
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A New Reality: Land Trusts Face Expanding Energy Infrastructure
Source: Saving Land magazine, Fall 2017 Author: Marina Schauffler iDJ Glisson, IIWorking in the nation’s most densely populated state keeps a land trust busy. For six decades the accredited New...
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Tools that Transcend Time
Source: Saving Land magazine, Fall 2017 Author: Madeline Bodin iPhoto courtesy of Lyme Land Conservation Trust (accredited)/Joe StandartConservation Defense Activities Help You Keep Your...
View ArticleCarefully Considering Amendments
Source: Saving Land magazine, Fall 2017 Author: Land Trust Alliance Parts of this article were excerpted from “Amending Conservation Easements: Evolving Practices and Legal Principles” (2017), found...
View ArticleA Walk in the Park
Source: Land Trust Alliance Author: Lorri Barrett A calming walk in a park often rescues the sanity of many beleaguered worker, parent, child or spouse. We know the critical nature of open space and...
View ArticleWalking the Line
Source: Land Trust Alliance Author: Lorri Barrett Adverse possession is a way for people to enact their own “land grab” and could possibly happen to your land if you aren’t careful. In a case in...
View ArticleSinging a New Song
Source: Land Trust Alliance Author: Lorri Barrett In a recent opinion, a federal court covering Texas concluded that it was "common sense" that land use restrictions designed to protect the...
View ArticleOld McDonald Didn’t Get a Tax Break
Source: Land Trust Alliance Author: Lorri Barrett The “farmer and rancher rule” gives qualified farmers a boost when claiming a tax deduction for a conservation easement by letting them deduct up to...
View ArticleVoiced: Protecting a Vital Tool
Source: Saving Land magazine, Fall 2017 Author: Mike Carlson Have you ever wondered why conservation easements are such powerful and effective tools? Or why you and your local land trust should care...
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An Integral Part of Life
Source: Land Trust Alliance Author: Rob Aldrich iPhoto by Cara SlifkaWhen I was just a kid many years ago, my family marveled at “the Old Man of the Mountain,” a granite formation in the White...
View ArticleAdvanced Risk Management: Enforcement and Litigation
January 23, 2018Time: 3-4:00 p.m. Eastern Instructor(s): Lorri Barrett & Hannah Flake Cost: Complimentary Register onlineAdvanced risk management — suitable for those who have previously taken a...
View ArticleAdvanced Risk Management: Enforcement and Litigation
January 18, 2018Time: 3-4:00 p.m. Eastern Instructor(s): Lorri Barrett & Hannah Flake Cost: Complimentary Register onlineAdvanced risk planning — prerequisite of at least one risk management...
View ArticleBasic Risk Management: Tools and Resources
January 11, 2018Time: 3-4:00 p.m. Eastern Instructor(s): Lorri Barrett & Hannah Flake Cost: Complimentary Register onlineBasic risk Management — suitable for those new to risk managementMap out...
View Article2018 All-Access Pass
December 12, 2017 - December 31, 2018Instructor(s): Land Trust Alliance Cost: $ 525 (member) | $985 (non-member) Purchase all-access passFor only $525, an all-access pass gives you the key to over 25...
View ArticleAdvanced Appraisal Essentials
February 06, 2018Time: 2-3:30 p.m. Eastern Instructor(s): Bill Silberstein & Mark Weston Cost: $65 members | $95 non-members Register onlineQualified appraisals are the lynchpin of the process...
View ArticleManaging Violations While Preserving Relationships
February 01, 2018Time: 2-3:30 p.m. Eastern Instructor(s): Paul Doscher & Carol Hess Cost: $65 members | $95 non-members Register onlineWhen it’s hot it’s hot…. Violations of trust and of...
View ArticleReputation Management: How to Protect Your Land Trust’s Brand
May 15, 2018Time: 2-3:30 p.m. Eastern Instructor(s): Sharon Danosky Cost: $65 members | $95 non-members Register onlineYour land trust can face a crisis at any time. A beloved leader suddenly must...
View ArticleSinging a New Song
Source: Land Trust Alliance Author: Lorri Barrett In a recent opinion, a federal court covering Texas concluded that it was "common sense" that land use restrictions designed to protect the...
View ArticleOld McDonald Didn’t Get a Tax Break
Source: Land Trust Alliance Author: Lorri Barrett The “farmer and rancher rule” gives qualified farmers a boost when claiming a tax deduction for a conservation easement by letting them deduct up to...
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