Document / Saving Land

Saving Land, Fall 1996 (Vol. 15 No. 4)

Posted 1996
Source
Land Trust Alliance
About This Saving Land

5 Small Wilderness Area Preservation, State and Local Government, and ISTEA

How strong working relationships with local and state governmental agencies helped one California land trust protect an important forested property.

8 The Wilderness Land Trust and the Land and Water Conservation Fund

The Wilderness Land Trust and funding from the Land and Water Conservation Fund help federal land management agencies acquire private in-holdings.

11 Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation and USDA Farm Programs

New developments in federal farm programs offer land trusts fresh opportunities to achieve complementary goals.

14 Land Trusts and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Coastal Ecosystems Program

Through innovative partnerships, some of the country’s most valuable coastal regions are being preserved.

16 The Forest Society and the EPA

A partnership among land trusts, water suppliers, state environmental agencies, and the EPA can lead to protection of critical watershed lands.

19 Rangeley Lakes Heritage Trust and the Forest Legacy Program

Land trusts have a major role to play in helping the Forest Legacy Program achieve its goal of protecting “important forests for future generations.”

3 President’s Column

4 Legislative Update

21 LTA Notes

22 Law Update

24 Gleanings