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    Saving Land, Spring 2002 (Vol. 21 No. 2)

    Posted 2002
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    Land Trust Alliance
    About This Saving Land

    6 Easement Stewardship: Building Relationships for the Long Run

    After 20 years in the land trust business, Vermont Land Trust decided that stewarding conservation easements involves much more than annual monitoring visits and good record keeping.

    11 Land Trust Standards and Practices: Guidelines with Room for Diversity

    How Land Trust Standards and Practices came to be, and why LTA will soon make them a qualification of Sponsor membership.

    13 Local Markets Shape Land Trusts’ Conservation Buyer Programs

    Land trusts across the country have tailored conservation buyer programs to match local real estate market and local resources.

    17 Negotiating with Lenders on Mortgage Subordination

    Tips on requesting a mortgage subordination and troubleshooting problems.

    19 Mortgage Subordination: Why and When it’s Necessary

    What every land trust should know about mortgages before acquiring a conservation easement.

    3 President’s Column

    5 Public Policy Update

    21 Land Trust Gleanings

    24 Law Update Minimizing Liability for Public Access on Private Lands

    26 LTA News

    28 Calendar

    33 Ask an Expert

    Fundraising and communications consultant Donna Fletcher answers questions about capital campaigns.

    35 People on the Move

    37 Tips & Talk

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