A new United Nations’ report demonstrates how critical land conservation and sustainable land management is to protecting the world’s food supply from the ravages of climate change. Land trusts and the Land Trust Alliance are ready to meet this challenge.
What would you do if land trust-protected properties were seized by a private gas pipeline developer that planned to cut through majestic streams and intact forests? That's exactly the situation the New Jersey Conservation Foundation and other land trusts around the nation are facing.
At the very tip of the Mitten State is a town called Mackinaw City. The school is small, the hearts are big and the surrounding beauty is unparalleled.
We received some welcome news today about the Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act. According to the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Tax, the legislation to end abusive conservation easement tax shelters will generate $6.6 billion in federal revenue.
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Land Trust Alliance President & CEO Andrew Bowman / Photo by DJ Glisson, II
There's nothing quite like seeing someone experiencing nature for the first time. One of the challenges the city of New Haven faces, like many urban centers, is a lack of access to open space.
If you're concerned about climate change and your own carbon footprint — but you aren't quite ready to give up that summer flight away — I have some good news.
Yesterday, the IRS and U.S. Treasury Department issued final regulations that will drastically erode state tax incentives for landowners who donate land or conservation easements to land trusts.
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The Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, D.C. / Photo by DJ Glisson
