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Add essential volumes to your land trust’s library. Here you can find a wide selection of useful manuals, handbooks, guides, courses and reports by the top authorities in land conservation. Alliance members get them at a discount — some are complimentary!

 

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A Flexible Framework for Evaluating Community Conservation

Author: 
Rob Aldrich and Melissa Levy
Year Published: 
2016

A Flexible Framework for Evaluating Community Conservation provides draft goals, indicators and sample measures of impact for nine common

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Assessing and Planning Community Conservation Impact

Author: 
Rob Aldrich and Melissa Levy
Year Published: 
2016

Community conservation is more about people than acres conserved and dollars raised.

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A Tax Guide to Conservation Easements, Second Edition

Author: 
Timothy Lindstrom
Year Published: 
2016

With the newly permanent easement tax incentive and nearly 75 court decisions dealing with easements since 2008, you can now stay current on tax law with our newly-updated Tax Guide to Conservation Easements.

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Fifth Symposium on Advanced Legal Topics in Land Conservation

Author: 
Land Trust Alliance
Year Published: 
2015

The Fifth Symposium on Advanced Legal Topics in Land Conservation was held June 11-12, 2015 in Indianapolis, Indiana — purchase a copy of the materials.

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Nonprofit Law and Recordkeeping for Land Trusts – Volume I: Complying with Federal, State and Local Law

Author: 
Jane Prohaska
Year Published: 
2008

This course book gives you what you need to know about the legal requirements for operating a land trust and cover the issue of tax exemption, including the major requirements for maintaining charitable tax-exempt status and an overview of IRS Form 990.

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Results of Land Trust Alliance Research and Survey on Easement Modification and Termination

Author: 
Land Trust Alliance
Year Published: 
2014

Read the results of the Alliance's research on the IRS Form 990 and survey of land trusts on their amendment and termination practices.

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