Document / Saving Land

Saving Land, Winter 2012 (Vol. 31 No. 1)

Posted 2012
Source
Land Trust Alliance
About This Saving Land

5  From the President

Our Great Strength

8  Conservation News

New rule on volunteer accounting; Landslide honors land trusters; year-end fundraising advice

10 Policy Roundup

Engaging the whole community in conservation decisions; the supercommittee meets; Farm Bill update and more

12 Voiced

Homeland security redefined

14 Capturing Hearts and Minds

In its early years, the land trust movement focused on growth. Now that focus is shifting to keeping what has been saved saved for all time. The key is relevancy.

18 Seeing the Forest for the Trees (and the Community)

There are as many types of community forests as there are communities. Land trusts can become important partners in the mix, as demonstrated by three examples.

20 Ages Old

The Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust in North Carolina tells the history of the areas it protects, as well as its own history, in a coffee table book called First Creation.

24 Tales of Records, Redundancy and Renewal

In part two of our series on recordkeeping, learn why the topic is such an important one (hint: remember the disaster-laden summer of 2011?).

28 Board Matters

Helpful advice for when a land trust is ready to hire staff; Board Member Challenge profile and logos

31 Accreditation Corner

As the pool of accredited land trusts grows, so should marketing efforts to the public

32 Fundraising Wisdom

Fundraising advice from your peers in the land conservation movement

34 Resources & Tools

National Land Trust Census summary; new partnership to save our coasts; a handy website on websites

36 People & Places

Rally 2011; new board members share their stories

38 Inspired

Out of the ashes springs hope