Document / Saving Land

Saving Land, Fall 2015 (Vol. 34 No. 4)

Posted 2015
Source
Land Trust Alliance
About This Saving Land

5  From the President

A Fundamental Human Right

6  Conservation News

Recognizing the role of nature play, saving the sage grouse, offering bilingual children’s programs and more news of note

10 Policy Roundup

Saving the Land and Water Conservation Fund

12 Voiced

The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band in northern California seeks to heal past trauma with help from the land

14 The Source of All That Sustains Us

As the land trust community reaches out to collaborate with Native Americans, tribal groups are also creating their own land trusts to protect traditional lifeways on ancestral lands

20 Protecting What Matters

California Rangeland Trust has protected 55 ranches including the Koopmann Ranch, a working cattle ranch that provides important pond habitat for a rare salamander.

22 Advocating for Conservation Funding

A partnership among the Land Trust Alliance, The Trust for Public Land and local land trusts has achieved great success getting local ballot measures passed.

26 Advocating for Conservation Funding

A partnership among the Land Trust Alliance, The Trust for Public Land and local land trusts has achieved great success getting local ballot measures passed.

28 Board Matters

Eastern Shore Land Conservancy partners with its community on climate change preparation

31 Accreditation Corner

What is the number one benefit of accreditation?

32 Fundraising Wisdom

Endowments: the gifts that keep on giving

34 Resources & Tools

The Conservation in a Changing Climate website debuts

36 People & Places

A new global group, a peer learning program and a land trust’s field trips connect people to the land; Ear to the Ground

38 Inspired

Understanding Your Audience