Sample for Practice 11A: Stewardship Cost Calculation

A sample stewardship and legal defense fund calculation from the accredited Hill Country Conservancy.

This is a sample easement preparation cost estimate from the accredited Brandywine Conservancy.

This is a sample stewardship calculator from the accredited North Salem Open Land Foundation.

This guidance covers Practice 11A: Funding Conservation Easement Stewardship.

A sample from the accredited Land Trust of North Alabama.

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.

Join stewardship experts Angela Sturdevant, TNC, Jamison Hutchins, Central Indiana Land Trust and Leslie Ratley-Beach, Land Trust Alliance, as they lay out what land trusts need to know when planning for the long-term cost of managing and defending their properties. 

Land Trust Standards and Practices, Practice 6A. Fiscal Health, includes five elements. This module addresses Practice 6A5: Build and maintain dedicated or restricted funds sufficient to cover the long-term costs of stewarding and defending the land trust's land and conservation easements.

The key to achieving lasting conservation outcomes is to ensure that sufficient funding is available for long-term stewardship. This calculator can be used by land managers to estimate the long-term stewardship costs associated with voluntary conservation projects.