Each and every day, with the generous support of people like you, the Land Trust Alliance is working to increase the pace, strengthen the quality, and ensure the permanence of land conservation where you live, work, vacation, and all across this amazing country.
Journey with us on this 2008-2009 Land Conservation Trail.
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One of the most effective ways we can increase the pace of land conservation is through incentives that help landowners choose conservation over development.
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- Last spring we won a victory that extended a powerful federal tax incentive for land conservation through the end of 2009. Our top policy priority in 2009 is to make this incentive a permanent part of the tax code. See how we’re closer than ever >>
- In December, members of President-elect Obama’s transition team met in our offices in D.C. and gave a group of conservation leaders the great opportunity to offer advice on what the new administration can do for land conservation. Discover what we said >>
- Success story: Tax incentives helped save Curtis Holbert’s North Carolina farm. Read his story >>
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The passionate and hard-working people who lead America’s land trusts turn to us to learn how to effectively save land today and keep it protected permanently.
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- Last September, a milestone was reached at the annual National Land Conservation Rally when 39 land trusts were the first to earn land trust accreditation. See who >>
- In 2009 we’ll expand the "University of Conservation" available online at The Learning Center, so that our member land trusts can get resources for free during these tough economic times—365 days a year! And we’ll share knowledge with more than 1,700 people at the next annual Rally, October 11-14, 2009 in Portland, Oregon. Rally one more time >>
- Success story: Accreditation was just one big success Gallatin Valley Land Trust scored in 2008. Learn about another >>
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When a land trust saves land, we expect that place to be protected forever. But with an alarming rise in threats against conserved land, we’re helping ensure "forever"...
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- In 2008, we studied whether the Alliance can offer an affordable collective conservation defense insurance to help our member land trusts defend against attacks. Through March 1, 2009, we’re gathering your feedback on it. Give us your thoughts >>
- In the days to come, as cases go to court that test the strength of conservation easements, we’ll work to establish powerful precedents that favor conservation throughout America. That’s just one way that we’ll build a conservation defense program. See other ways >>
- Success story: Permanent protection is our obligation to donors like the Wolf family. Learn their story >>
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Thanks to the generosity of people like you, we’re crossing onto the 2009 Land Conservation Trail with great hope that we can save the most wonderful places in America in the days ahead.
Continue on this important journey with us… join or support the Land Trust Alliance today.
