Saving Land, Fall 1997 (Vol. 16 No. 4)

The winter 1997 issue of Exchange (now Saving Land) explains how land trusts can deal with conservation easement violations, provides a successful communities checklist and examines the role of land trusts in preserving biodiversity.

The summer 1997 issue of Exchange (now Saving Land) highlights Western Pennsylvania Conservancy's urban garden program, provides insights into the makeup of land trusts' board of directors and provides tips to help land trusts decide whether or not to provide public access on their properties.

The spring 1997 issue of Exchange (now Saving Land) highlights what criteria land trusts should consider when designing protected areas, explains how teaming up with hunting and fishing groups can bring real benefits to land trusts and features how an organization built its membership program.

The fall 1998 issue of Exchange (now Saving Land) features local and regional land trusts showing growth based on results from the National Land Trust Census, highlights how land trusts are protecting farms with agricultural easements and shares the results of the land trust salary survey.

The fall 1996 issue of Exchange (now Saving Land) highlights land trusts across the country partnering on federal government programs.

The fall 2010 issue of Saving Land highlights the political power of land trusts, explains how how land trusts can continually learn and grow to become stronger and features creative fundraising and awareness-raising ideas for land trusts.

The fall 2020 issue of Saving Land highlights an innovative partnership in the Pacific Northwest to support land trusts, features land trusts moving toward diversity, equity and inclusion in their conservation work and showcases stories of landowners using of the enhanced federal tax incentive.

The fall 2014 issue of Exchange (now Saving Land) celebrates the expanded tax incentive, highlights strategies to conserve divested timberlands and explains how land trusts can work with religious communities to protect their land.

The Fall 2016 issue of Saving Land features ideas for how land trusts can reach audiences online, highlights the path to accreditation of three land trusts and explains the important relationship between Land Trust Standards and Practices and accreditation requirements.

The fall 2004 issue of Exchange (now Saving Land) explores the ethics of fundraising and grant funding in the second part of a two-part column, features an overview of financial alternatives for land conservation transactions and explains how land trusts find, cultivate and keep donors.