Land and Water Conservation Fund
About This Document
The Land and Water Conservation Fund supports 41,000 state and local park projects, provides 9.4 million sustainable domestic jobs and contributes $1.06 trillion annually to the national economy, all while protecting millions of acres of land and at zero cost to taxpayers.
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This resource is a Land Trust Alliance member benefit for the staff, board and volunteers of land trust and affiliate member organizations, and Alliance donors at the Protector level.
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Sample for Practice 11C: Manual for Volunteer Land Stewards
A sample guide called "Stewardship Monitoring: A How-to Manual for Volunteer Land Stewards" from the accredited Palmer Land Trust.
Getting Started With Urban Conservation
Join urban conservation experts Kimberly Gleffe, River Revitalization Foundation (WI) and Barbara Hopkins, NeighborSpace (MD) as they lay out effective strategies for conserving land and building partnerships (critical to success!) in cities.
Volunteer Monitoring Manual With Sample Monitoring Forms
This is a sample volunteer monitoring manual from the accredited Land Trust of Napa County.
Learn Practice Element 2C1b: Avoiding Private Inurement and Impermissible Private Benefit
Land Trust Standards and Practices, Practice 2C. Federal Tax Exemption, includes one element with four sub-elements. This module addresses Practice 2C1b: Do not knowingly engage in prohibited activities, such as private inurement or impermissible private benefit.
Sample for Practice 7B1: Volunteer Agreement and Liability Release
This includes a volunteer agreement and liability release from the accredited Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy.
Questions to Assist in Conducting a Private Benefit Analysis
Questions_to_assist_in_private_benefit_analysis.docx This is a handy set of questions to ask when reviewing a transaction or activity for private benefit, adapted from a document by the accredited Nature Conservancy.