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Acquiring Land and Conservation EasementsAuthors: MaryKay O'Donnell and Monica Henderson, 2009Org Member Price: $19.95 | Regular Price: $24.95 If land protection is the cornerstone of conservation, learn how to make the acquisition process a solid foundation on which to build your organization’s work. Get an overview of laws on title to property, steps to take in acquiring land, and how to work with attorneys to ensure sound transactions and take care of title matters to make sure that your conservation efforts stand the test of time. |
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Selling and Transferring Land and Conservation EasementsAuthors: Laurie Hunter and Margaret Kohring, 2009Org Member Price: Sale Price $15.96 | Download Free! Regular Price: $24.95 | Download $10.00 From time to time a land trust may need to sell or transfer its land or conservation easements. But how do you ensure that the land’s conservation values are protected once it leaves your control? Take this course so that you can fulfill your obligations to your donors and to the land. This course will provide an overview of the ethical considerations and technical steps involved in selling and transferring lands or interests in land held by the organization. |
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Managing Conservation Easements in PerpetuityAuthor: Leslie Ratley-Beach, 2009Org Member Price: Sale Price $15.96 | Download Free! Regular Price: $24.95 | Download $10.00 Learn how to manage change more effectively so your conservation easements will still be here tomorrow. You will learn to distinguish between easement defense and enforcement, develop a system to educate landowners and take the first steps in drafting an enforcement policy to safeguard what you have worked so hard to protect. Practices Covered: 9G-Recordkeeping; 11E-Enforcement of Easements; 11I-Amendments. |
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Land Trust Accreditation BrochureAuthor: Land Trust Accreditation Commission, 2009 (Pack of 100)Org Member price: $20.00 | Only Available to Accredited Land Trusts Accredited Land Trust: A Mark of Distinction in Land Conservation is a brochure available exclusively to Accredited Land Trusts for distribution to their members and landowners to promote their status. See a PDF sample of the brochure. |
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Preserving Family Lands: Book I – Essential Tax Strategies for the LandownerAuthor: Stephen J. Small, 2009Org Member price: $22.00 | Non-member price: $26.00 UPDATED INFORMATION ON TAX BENEFITS FOR 2009! Easy to read and informative, this guide tells how landowners can protect their land and reduce estate taxes. |
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Building the Foundation for Fundraising SuccessAuthor: Marc Smiley, 2009Org Member Price: Sale Price $15.96 | Download Free! Regular Price: $24.95 | Download $10.00 Take your fundraising to the next level by ensuring that you're raising money in an effective and ethical manner. This course provides an overview of the fundamentals of fundraising and the ethical and legal considerations that go along with raising funds. You will learn how to track fundraising expenses and determine what percentage of your overall organizational budget is spend on fundraising. Practices covered: 5A-Legal and Ethical Practices; 5B-Accountability to Donors. |
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Mineral Development and Land ConservationAuthors: Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts, 2009Org Member Price: $15.00 | Regular Price: $18.00 The best way to reduce conflicts between land conservation and mineral development is to make sure everyone operates, from th beginning, with the best possible information. The impressive team of experts who contributed to this handbook did exactly that --they compiled a state-of-the-art guide that will be a well-used resource for every land conservation professional in Colorado and beyond. |
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Caring for Land Trust PropertiesAuthors: Hugh Brown and Andrew Pitz, 2009Org Member Price: Sale Price $15.96 | Download Free! Regular Price: $24.95 | Download $10.00 How can you be a good guest and care for the land you have been entrusted with? In this book you will learn to manage properties more effectively. The course discusses the different types of land management plans and how to select the right one for your land trust. You will learn how to create policies for developing management plans and monitoring properties in your care. Practices Covered: 8G-Project Planning; 12C-Land Management; 12D-Monitoring Land Trust Properties; 12E-Land Stewardship Administration |
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A Tax Guide to Conservation EasementsAuthor: C. Timothy Lindstrom, 2008Org Member Price: $35.00 | Regular Price: $45.50 This is a comprehensive book on the tax benefits of the charitable contribution, or bargain sale, of a conservation easement, and the rules governing the operation of tax-exempt organizations such as land trusts. |
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Land Trusts and BiodiversityAuthor: Douglas E. Booth, 2007Org Member price: $18.99 | Non-member price: $23.75 Booth shows how land trusts protect biodiversity in the work they do and how this work is an important step in reforming the institution of property to account for the welfare of all of nature's living beings. This book blends the critical edge of the academic and pragmatic concerns of the practitioner. |
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A Field Guide to Conservation FinanceAuthor: Story Clark, 2007Org Member price: $28.50 | Non-member price: $35.75 This book provides essential advice on how to tackle the universal obstacle to protecting private land in America: lack of money. This is a comprehensive book on the basic tools and techniques of land conservation financing for conservationists. |
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Guide to Equestrian-Friendly Conservation Easements, Revised Edition
Authors: Carolyn L. Orr and K. David Bradley, Jr., 2008Org Member Price: $45.00 | Regular Price: $54.00 This guidebook has been developed to assist landowners and land trusts who desire to create conservation easements that permit various equestrian-related activities. |
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