Conservation Defense
Highlights
- And the Case Winner is...Rockburn Land Trust
- Safety Net for Land Trusts
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Exploring Conservation Defense Insurance: Considerations for Board Members
- Special Issues for Large Land Trusts
- Commitment Letter for Conservation Defense Insurance
- Final Terms and Conditions
- All Conservation Defense Insurance Program Documents
The Conservation Defense Initiative has three components:
The Conservation Defense Center provides networking, education and legal information to attorneys and land trusts on conservation defense. Check out the new Conservation Defense Clearinghouse for collections on qualifying conservation purposes explanations, law, rulings and regualtions as well as over 100 judicial opinions on conservation cases and a new report comparing all 50 states' enableing acts.
The Conservation Defense Fund is used by the Alliance to assist land trusts facing precedent-setting legal challenges to their conservation easements and land holdings. The Fund is not a replacement for land trust legal defense funds and stewardship endowments.
Conservation Defense Insurance
At their June 5, 2009 meeting, the Alliance board approved the terms of a potential program to cover the costs of enforcing and defending easements and protecting land trust land. A minimum of 12,000 easements or fee parcels for this program were needed to be feasible, and efforts have been underway to secure the commitments and receive land trust feedback on their willingness to participate.
Now that the commitments have reached 16,499 from 414 land trusts, the Alliance board will evaluate a business plan proposal at their next October meeting, and guage the funding and viability of the program.
For more information on any of these programs, please contact Leslie Ratley-Beach, Conservation Defense Director, at lrbeach@lta.org.
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