Everyone should have the chance to be happy outdoors. Those of us who work in conservation owe it to the next generation to provide them with that kind of opportunity and those experiences.
This week, Congress sent President Trump the finalized Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, a bill that makes sweeping changes to the U.S. tax code. As I've reported to you before, these changes are likely to affect charitable organizations including land trusts.
Getting legislation passed on Capitol Hill is no easy task. It takes many people — all working together — to build momentum for even the simplest bills.
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Land Trust Alliance Government Relations Director Lori Faeth, President Andrew Bowman and Executive Vice President Wendy Jackson / Photo by DJ Glisson, II
Kris Krouse of the accredited Shirley Heinze Land Trust in Indiana tells us how investing in the Land Trust Alliance as a partner and ally can strengthen all facets of your land trust.
Terri Lane of the accredited Northwest Arkansas Land Trust tells us a phone call six years ago from the regional Land Trust Alliance staff set the tone and trajectory of her rapidly growing land trust.
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Northwest Arkansas Land Trust volunteers/Photo courtesy of Terri Lane
Cheryl Fox of the accredited Summit Land Conservancy in Utah tells us how the Land Trust Alliance makes advocating on behalf of land conservation on Capitol Hill so easy, and patriotically inspiring.
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Cheryl attending a training session at Land Trust Alliance Advocacy Days 2015/Photo by DJ Glisson, II
Don Gerber of the accredited Lyme Land Conservation Trust in Connecticut tells us why he paid it forward (with a $60,000 check!) to the Land Trust Alliance to support its legal defense services.
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Photo courtesy of Lyme Land Conservation Trust/Joe Standart
On a single evening each year the Mount Diablo beacon is lit at sunset and shines all night. On Dec. 7, the tribute honors the lives that were lost and the surviving veterans of Pearl Harbor.
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The Mount Diablo beacon / Photo by Clayton Worsdell
When perpetual land protection is your goal, long-time horizons need to be one of your most important temporal scales.
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Children spot a tortoise, one of many native creatures to the 39,000 acres of southern Arizona land protected by the accredited Arizona Land & Water Trust of Tucson, Arizona. / Photo by DJ Glisson, II