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Follow hot topics in conservation. Read the latest articles from the Alliance’s magazine, Saving Land, or our newsletter for board members, Field Guide — plus other articles by the Alliance and our partners. You can also access the latest findings on conservation trends and issues through our research reports.

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The high cost of a bad appraisal

A taxpayer claimed in court that he relied on the appraiser’s report when he deducted four times the real value of the donation. He argued that because he relied on the appraiser, he shouldn’t have to pay accuracy-related penalties. The court disagreed. Help your donors avoid trouble with our appraisal guide for landowners.

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Conserving Land, Connecting Communities

Making a Difference When I asked New York land trusts, “In 50 words or less, tell me how you’re changing lives,” they delivered.

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Enhancing Natural Protections Against Rising Waters

Source:

Saving Land magazine, Winter 2019

Author:

Marina Schauffler

Land trusts are working to protect the wetlands and vegetated floodplains that temper the effects from stronger storms caused by climate change.

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Wetlands on the New Jersey side of Delaware Bay, part of the Delaware River Watershed Initiative, photographed at 6,000 feet by LightHawk, whose volunteer pilots fly to protect land, water and wildlife across America/Photo by LightHawk

Water Takes Center Stage

Source:

Saving Land magazine, Winter 2019

Author:

Darci Palmquist

So many of us take clean, safe drinking water for granted, but recent tragedies such as in Flint, Michigan, should make us think twice. Land trusts can and do play a major role in protecting the land and watersheds that provide our drinking water.