Document / Saving Land

Saving Land, Winter 1998 (Vol. 17 No. 1)

Posted 1998
Source
Land Trust Alliance
About This Saving Land

5 Working Where the Grass Isn’t Greener: Land Trusts in Urban Areas

One answer to suburban sprawl is revitalization of aging and dilapidated urban centers. But such projects, often called “brownfields,” pose special challenges to land trusts.

10 GIS For Conservation Planning

An introduction to Geographic Information System (GIS), a powerful and versatile tool to prioritize land trust projects.

13 The First Steps of a Planned Giving Program

More than $143.8 billion were gifted by individuals, in wills, by corporations and foundations in 1996. It’s time that land trusts got a larger piece of the gift-giving pie.

3 President’s Column

4 Legislative Update

16 Law Update

17 Gleanings

20 LTA Notes

24 Index to Volumes 15 and 16