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