Policy Template: Stewardship Administration of Fee Lands

An exercise and template to help your organization develop an inspection policy for the properties it owns.

This is a sample preserve stewardship monitoring report from the accredited Coastal Mountains Land Trust.

These are policies and procedures for board approval of land transactions from the accredited Tall Timbers Research Station & Land Conservancy.

This guidance covers Practice 12A: Funding Land Stewardship

This guidance covers Practice 12B: Land Management and Stewardship

Land Trust Standards and Practices, Practice 2B. Nonprofit Incorporation and Bylaws, includes three elements. This module addresses Practice 2B1: Incorporate or organize according to the requirements of state law and maintain legal status.

The possibility that a land trust could be required to pay substantial fees and costs if it loses a legal challenge can be a significant deterrent. States take a variety of approaches to costs and fees, so as a first step, land trusts should have experienced local counsel in their state determine what the standard practice or statute is so that you can draft to prevail on the fee recovery clause, without exposing your land trust to prevailing party risks.

During the one-day summit, participants will generate ideas for productive initiatives that New Jersey’s conservation community can jointly pursue.