Western New York Land Conservancy Prevails Against Wealthy Neighbor

In 2020, the Western New York Land Conservancy introduced the Western New York Wildway. The WNY Wildway will be an extensive series of protected lands that connect the vast forests of northern Pennsylvania to the Great Lakes, through to the Finger Lakes, the Adirondacks and beyond.

The summer 2008 issue of Saving Land highlights land trusts taking action on climate change, shares how the Western New York Land Conservancy was awarded a large judgement in court over a neighbor landowner’s violations of a protected preserve and features resources for the path to accreditation.

This map, created by The Nature Conservancy, contains the service areas of the land trusts and other land organizations that operate partially or completely within New York State. It was designed to connect individuals, advocacy groups and municipalities and to demonstrate opportunities for land protection and collaboration.

Join your peers from a spectrum of land, water and community-centered conservation organizations from across New York! With educational sessions, field trips, networking opportunities and more, the conference is essential for anyone working in the New York land conservation sector.

Two courts held that a Town convey a conservation easement for consideration of conservation benefits and monitoring and that there is statutory authority in the enabling act to bind successors.

In this Lunch and Learn, Jamie Brown, New York program manager for the Land Trust Alliance and Brad Burns, staff attorney at the Open Space Institute will help you understand the complexities that come with selling land to the state of New York and help create a smoother sale. 

This five-part session is designed to orient new board members to Land Trust Standards and Practices and introduce them to the members of the New York land trust community. Executive directors are also welcome to join.