Document / Saving Land

Saving Land, Fall 2010 (Vol. 29 No. 4)

Posted 2010
Source
Land Trust Alliance
About This Saving Land

5 From the President

United by land

6 Conservation News

Gulf coast disaster hits home for land trusts; listening sessions gather land trust input; western forests offer carbon sinks; a land trust camp blends generations

10 Policy Roundup

How to make politicians care about land conservation; help set our policy priorities at Rally

12 Voiced

What happens when you try to go home again? Thanks to a land trust, that special place is still there.

14 The Political Power of Land Trusts

Staff and board members of land trusts of diverse sizes and missions are making it a priority to communicate with elected officials at all levels, building strategic relationships to achieve their land protection goals.

20 A Jewel in Time

Anderson’s Acres in Connecticut shines like a sunlit fall jewel. The Weantinoge Heritage Land Trust has protected it for all time.

22 Attainable Excellence: The Path to a Stronger Land Trust

Ideas and laws change. Systems improve. People move on. Best practices evolve. Here’s how land trusts can continually learn and grow to become stronger.

24 Troublesome Neighbors: Third Party Trespass and Standing

Individuals who own property adjacent to conserved land sometimes fail to respect boundaries. Third party trespass can come out of left field, but land trusts can be prepared.

28 Board Matters

Generating good financial reports; Board Member Challenge logos

31 Accreditation Corner

An expert on accreditation helps define what it is, and what it is not

32 Fundraising Wisdom

Three creative fundraising and awareness-raising ideas for land trusts

34 Resources & Tools

Equity audits; climate change websites; good publications for land trusts

36 People & Places

A community comes together in a historic town; accreditation news; Ear to the Land

38 Inspired

The truth lies all around us