This fall, the Land Trust Alliance's Land and Climate Program is providing new trainings for land trusts to learn to adapt to and mitigate climate change.

Abuse of the conservation easement tax incentive has ballooned in recent years from $6 billion in illicit claimed deductions in 2016, to $6.8 billion in 2017 to $9.2 billion in 2018 — for a total of $36 billion since 2010.

The Partnership for Gulf Coast Land Conservation (the Gulf Partnership) is a collaboration of 26 local, regional and national land trusts across the Gulf Coast region.

Every year, Rally gives us the chance to come together and connect with and learn from our colleagues across the country.

As we draw ever closer to Rally 2020: The National Land Conservation Conference, excitement is growing. We just announced two great speakers! And registrations continue to pour in!

"I bet that you can think of something that matters to you that you wish mattered to more people," says Nina Simon in her Tedx Talk, "The Art of Relevance."

No matter where you're working from right now, the discussion forums on the Land Trust Alliance Learning Center can help your land trust explore some of today’s most pressing issues, from the philosophical to the practical.

Even with the best planning, board transitions sometimes come ahead of schedule. When then-President Hensley Evans suddenly needed to move overseas for work, the accredited Wallkill Valley Land Trust in New York found themselves in that position.

After reading James Mills’ book, The Adventure Gap: Changing the Face of the Outdoors, I realized he would be an excellent plenary speaker for Rally 2020. He accepted our invitation and will speak on October 7 at 11 a.m. Eastern / 8 a.m. Pacific.

"It's rewarding. You can see the damage that's been done to people internally, and to see a little smile … it's pretty cool. I've teared up a few times. That's pretty much all I need in a day."

— Michael Kardas, At Ease instructor and U.S. Army veteran