Saving Land, Spring 2007 (Vol. 26 No. 2)
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About This Saving Land
3 President’s Column
A Conservation Community That Looks Like America
4 Public Policy Update
Audits Bring New Challenges
5 An Update from the Land Trust Accreditation Commission
An Independent Program of the Land Trust Alliance
6 Advocacy in Action: Invite Elected Officials to Your Events!
Do you automatically think of inviting elected officials to your land trust’s events? You should! They can be powerful allies in your land-saving work.
7 Where Saving the Land and Saving the Planet Intersect: Land Trusts and Renewable Energy
If you’re a conservationist, chances are you support renewable energy. It’s clean, it’s green. But what happens when that technology comes close to your land trust’s protected land, or even on it?
12 The Final Stop for Land Trusts
Take a walk into the land of the dead as the author explains why “green burial” is an exciting trend for land trusts to explore, and a natural fit with the business of saving land.
16 A Simple Explanation of Changes to Appraisal Requirements
Appraiser Mark Weston untangles the confusion over the changes to the regulations and statutes affecting conservation easement appraisers.
18 Taking on the Long-Term Stewardship of Wetlands Mitigation Sites
Before stepping into this arena, land trusts need to consider the complex issues that can arise.
25 Executive Transition: Understanding the Whole Picture
Whether a land trust is about to search for its first executive director or is facing a change of leadership, these guidelines for nonprofit boards will help.
29 Board Governance Curriculum
Another of the Standards and Practices Curriculum is now available— “Land Trust Boards: Preparing for Perpetuity.”
30 Legal Viewpoint
2006: A Busy Year for Conservation Easement Tax Cases
33 Land Trust Alliance News
38 Land Trust Gleanings
39 Voices from the Land
“Bringing the Whole Community into Our Work” Darby Bradley
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