Announcements
Endowment Challenge Grants Awarded
Congratulations to Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance, Georges River Land Trust, Medomak Valley Land Trust, and Sebasticook Regional Land Trust, who were selected to receive $25,000 challenge grants to build their permanent endowments and strengthen their overall financial outlook through the Ram Island Conservation Fund at Maine Community Foundation.
Conservation Defense Insurance Program Deadline Extended
To encourage more commitments, the Land Trust Alliance has extended the deadline to September 15, 2010 for the lower leadership rate on the one-time registration fee. Learn more.
EEE and Tick Signage
New on our website, you can download informational posters to post on your lands.
Featured Conservation Story
Book Project Inspires, Strengthens Ties and Builds Support
After nearly two years in the making, Winthrop-based Kennebec Land Trust (KLT) is proud to announce the release of its first book, Between Person and Place: Conservation Histories from the Kennebec Land Trust, on August 22, 2010. The book is... Read more.
Land Trust News
Proposed Conservation Defense Program Clears the First Hurdle
The first goal toward feasibility of the conservation defense insurance program being explored by the Land Trust Alliance has been met, with 13,169 properties committed by 335 land trusts from 46 states. (12,000 were needed to proceed.) But even with... [read more]
Most Recent Expectations for Improvement
Decisions to award land trust accreditation may be accompanied by expectations for improvement when the Accreditation Commission determines that the land trust must take action over time to improve compliance for certain practices. If an accredited land trust submits an... [read more]
