Document / Saving Land

Saving Land, Winter 2005 (Vol. 24 No. 1)

Posted 2006
Source
Land Trust Alliance
About This Saving Land

3 President’s Column

Ensuring a Strong Future for Land Conservation

5 Public Policy Update

No Time To Lose — Speak Up Now!

6 Land Trust Standards and Practices Update

Program Design Steering Committee to Guide

8 Land Trust Ethics

Attorney Larry Kueter, with help from Land Trust Standards and Practices, discusses reviewing appraisals.

10 Land Trusts Double Number of Acres Protected

The National Land Trust Census quantifies real progress of the land trust community.

14 “Credentialing 101” — How It’s Worked for Other Nonprofits

Read this primer on credentialing programs, then participate in LTA’s survey this spring.

18 Accelerating the Pace of Open Space Conservation: The Role of Finance

If the pace of land conservation is to increase, more money must be mobilized, new financial tools developed, and new, specialized financial institutions created.

22 Preparing for Future Litigation of Conservation Easements

To afford the best possible chance of success in court in the future, conservation easement holders should consider today the points made in this article.

26 Legal Viewpoint: The IRS and Conservation Buyer Transactions: Throwing the Baby out with the Bathwater?

A land trust attorney continues the discussion on the IRS Notice in relation to conservation buyer transactions.

32 Land Trust Gleanings and Good News

34 Land Trust Alliance News

Record-breaking crowd at Rally; LTA welcomes five new board members; Rand Wentworth heard on National Public Radio; and more.

39 Voices from the Land

Intangibles