Document / Saving Land

Saving Land, Winter 1999 (Vol. 18 No. 1)

Posted 1999
Source
Land Trust Alliance
About This Saving Land

5 Conservation Easements Emerge as the Decade’s Top Land Protection Tool

The 1998 National Land Trust Census shows land trusts dramatically increased their use of conservation easements in the last decade, and that most are following commonly accepted “best practices” to manage their easements.

7 Planning for the Better: Land Trusts and Government Land Use Planning

While land trusts focus much of their efforts on protecting land through voluntary private means, some are playing important roles in local public planning efforts.

11 United We Stand: Land Trusts Find New Strengths Through Mergers

Why some land trusts are opting for mergers or other innovative collaborations to expand and grow stronger.

15 Some Basic Steps to Marketing Success

How to reach the right people with the right message.

3 President’s Column

4 Public Policy Update

17 Law Update

The Doctrine Of Merger And Conservation Easements; updates on two conservation easement court cases.

19 LTA Notes

24 Gleanings