Document / Saving Land

Saving Land, Winter 2006 (Vol. 25 No. 1)

Posted 2006
Source
Land Trust Alliance
About This Saving Land

3 President’s Column

Places That Inspire Wonder

4 Public Policy Update

The Need To Be Connected

5 Land Trust Standards and Practices Update

Accreditation Program Approved; Adoption Update

7 Special Tribute

Kingsbury Browne, 1922-2005

8 Fostering Inclusiveness in the Land Conservation Community

Lack of diversity in the conservation community remains a troubling issue. Various conservation experts explore overcoming obstacles to establishing a culture of inclusiveness.

14 Urban Land Trusts: Connecting Communities Through Shared Spaces

Urban land trusts occupy a unique niche in land conservation, measuring their success not in acres saved but by people served.

19 External Revolving Loan Funds: Expanding Interim Financing for Land Conservation

Interim financing can help a land trust pursue its priorities based on conservation significance rather than opportunity and available funding.

24 Third-Party Enforcement of Conservation Easements

Attorney Jessica Jay explains how land trusts can determine whether a third-party right of conservation easement enforcement exists and who is qualified to stand in as a third party.

29 Land Trust Alliance News

Rally 2005; new LTA board members and more.

32 On the Bookshelf

34 Land Trust Gleanings and Good News

37 Tips & Talk

39 Voices from the Land

"Growing Together in the Urban Community”

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