New York Department of Environmental Conservation Energy and Climate Web Page

These pages offer easy-to-read explanations of science and policy, designed to step students through the key principles of climate and energy. Each page is illustrated with examples to bring these topics alive in your classroom.

Land trusts can play an important role in renewable energy development. This publication offers specific guidance on ways that land trusts can participate in renewable energy siting planning and implementation to support improved conservation outcomes in the context of a changing climate.

New York Court of Appeals held that environmental and conservation purposes are charitable within the meaning of New York's property tax exemption statute, and that especially where conservation land is open to and enjoyed by the public, it should enjoy exemption.

Join your peers from a spectrum of land, water and community-centered conservation organizations from across New York! With educational sessions, field trips, networking opportunities and more, the conference is essential for anyone working in the New York land conservation sector.

The accredited Scenic Hudson created this webpage which serves as the cover page for a suite of materials developed to help stakeholders make informed decisions about renewable energy, and positions Scenic Hudson as an honest broker of information about mitigating climate change.

In this Lunch and Learn, Jamie Brown, New York program manager for the Land Trust Alliance and Brad Burns, staff attorney at the Open Space Institute will help you understand the complexities that come with selling land to the state of New York and help create a smoother sale. 

As the transition to a clean energy system accelerates and renewable energy development pressures increase, land trusts are facing, with far greater frequency, questions regarding renewable energy and conservation easements. This document outlines key considerations when drafting easements and for responding to landowner requests for siting renewable energy on existing easements.

​​New York land trusts have a critical role to play in advancing the states Climate Action Plan through strategic forestland protection and management. This Lunch & Learn will showcase data and tools that land trusts can use to target their work for climate impact. 

This five-part session is designed to orient new board members to Land Trust Standards and Practices and introduce them to the members of the New York land trust community. Executive directors are also welcome to join.

An expansive list of experts on environmental and environmental justice issues.