Saving Land, Winter 2007 (Vol. 26 No. 1)
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About This Saving Land
3 President’s Column
A Story of Life and Hope
4 Public Policy Update
Land Trusts, Congress and the Challenge of 2007
5 An Update from the Land Trust Accreditation Commission
An Independent Program of the Land Trust Alliance
6 Advocacy in Action: How Land Trusts Won Big in California
On November 7 voters around the country once again proved that they care about conservation. Find out how California land trusts helped pass Proposition 84, winning $5 billion to protect the state’s water and natural areas.
8 Census Reveals a Dramatic Increase in the Pace of Conservation
When the numbers were in, LTA staff discovered that state and local land trusts have tripled the pace of conservation. Link to our census information on the Web to see state-by-state fact sheets.
12 Spreading the News for Conservation: How to Get the Word Out on the Expanded Tax Incentive
The land trust community has one year to reach out to landowners and their advisors to demonstrate how valuable the expanded tax incentive is to conservation.
15 The Farm Bill: Tools for Land Trusts from America’s Biggest Conservation Program
Funding for the conservation programs of the Farm Bill cannot meet the demand of farmers and ranchers who want to be better stewards of their land. Three case studies demonstrate the value of this federal funding, and why it must be increased.
22 Building Land Trust Capacity Through Organizational Assessments
There are many ways a land trust can evaluate its performance. This article explores a Land Trust Alliance tool that has helped many land trusts improve their programs and how they meet Land Trust Standards and Practices.
27 “What You Do Is Invaluable”
1,800 Rallygoers heard plenty of encouragement at the national conference in Nashville in October.
30 Land Trust Alliance News
34 Land Trust Gleanings and Good News
38 Tips & Talk
39 Voices from the Land
“Moving Toward Wholeness”
© 2007 Land Trust Alliance, Inc. All rights reserved.
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