Asking for Conservation Easement Stewardship Contributions

Sample stewardship fund policy from the accredited Hill Country Land Trust, including how requested stewardship fund contributions are calculated.

This is a sample landowner pledge form for contributions to the Conservation Easement Stewardship Endowment Fund and Legal Defense Fund from the accredited North Branch Land Trust.

Sound conservation stewardship ensures perpetual protection of the conservation purposes of owned and protected land. Land trusts are now at a critical juncture between traditional stewardship administration and the demands from the material physical effects of changing conditions. This pointer addresses stewardship administration of conserved land in response to changing circumstances.

Over the course of the 20th century, black Americans have lost approximately 12 million acres of land. This mass land dispossession—a war waged by deed of title, which has affected 98 percent of black farmers—can only be called theft, says Atlantic writer Vann R. Newkirk II.

This is a sample spending policy for endowment and stewardship funds from the accredited Leelanau Conservancy.

This is a sample fee land stewardship policy from the accredited Hudson Highlands Land Trust.

Carolyn Finney shares her personal story growing up in a primarily white elite suburb and having unique exposures to the outdoors and cultures of environmentalism.