Sample for Practice 12A: Stewardship Calculator

A sample from the accredited Land Trust of North Alabama.

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.

A sample stewardship cost calculation from the accredited Piedmont Environmental Council.

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

This is a sample stewardship manual from the accredited North Salem Opel Land Foundation.

How can your land trust ensure it has an adequate legal defense reserve to protect your preserves and conservation easements? Calculate your reserve number using the Legal Defense Reserves Calculator.

This a comprehensive report by the accredited North Salem Open Land Foundation detailing conservation values, stewardship costs, photos and maps.

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

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.