Saving Land, Fall 2005 (Vol. 24 No. 3)
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About This Saving Land
3 President’s Column
United We Stand
4 Public Policy Update
Preparing to Help Your Easement Donors
6 Land Trust Standards and Practices Update
Adoption and Accreditation
8 Land Trust Ethics
Resources from Independent Sector
10 Federal Agencies and Land Trusts: A Valuable Partnership
Land trusts are discovering great sources of funding and technical expertise through partnerships with federal agencies.
15 Conservation Partnerships with the Military
A new law has enabled the U.S. Military to protect lands around installations. Local land trusts are joining up to combine resources with the various branches.
21 From Walden to Wall Street
The author explores innovations in the world of conservation financing by looking back into the past as well as toward the future.
25 Overcoming Obstacles in Conserving College and University Land
Land trusts would do well to look into partnering with a private landowner that they wouldn’t normally think about: the local college or university.
29 Land Trust Alliance News
LTA was ready when, at a recent hearing, the Senate Finance Committee reviewed reforms to donations of land and conservation easements.
32 On the Bookshelf
33 Land Trust Gleanings and Good News
37 Tips & Talk
39 Voices from the Land
“Protecting Land and Culture”
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