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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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Carefully Considering Amendments

Source: 
Saving Land magazine, Fall 2017
Author: 
Land Trust Alliance

Amendment decisions require a land trust’s fully informed best judgement to comply with law, honor promises, respect its mission, uphold the public interest and create positive conservation results.

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Photo courtesy of Lyme Land Conservation Trust (accredited)/Joe Standart

Tools that Transcend Time

Source: 
Saving Land magazine, Fall 2017
Author: 
Madeline Bodin

Conservation defense bolsters the legal underpinning of protected land and is an integral part of long-term stewardship. What tools of the trade are available, and how do they work in real situations?

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DJ Glisson, II

A New Reality: Land Trusts Face Expanding Energy Infrastructure

Source: 
Saving Land magazine, Fall 2017
Author: 
Marina Schauffler

Energy infrastructure projects pose complex challenges and unavoidable conflicts for land trusts. Through, education and engagement, land trusts can meet them head on.

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“Clouds Over Black Mountain,” Ralph Borge, oil on canvas/Courtesy Marin Agricultural Land Trust

Art and Conservation

Source: 
Saving Land magazine, Spring 2014
Author: 
Elisabeth Ptak

In Sand County Almanac, Aldo Leopold described one affinity between art and nature: “Our ability to perceive quality in nature begins, as in art, with the pretty.

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Photo courtesy of Chelan-Douglas Land Trust

Building Relationships with Traditional Media

Source: 
Saving Land magazine, Summer 2017
Author: 
Madeline Bodin

It’s hard to beat newspapers, radio and television for giving your mission legitimacy and gaining new supporters. Learn the changing rules of working with these types of media.

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On a cattle ranch protected by a Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program easement held by Eastern Sierra Land Trust, volunteers install perch deterrents on fence posts to reduce predation by ravens on sage-grouse. Photo by Sara Kokkelenberg

Saving Farm Bill Conservation Programs

Source: 
Saving Land magazine, Summer 2017
Author: 
Sarina Katz, Christina Soto & Bryan David

The time to lobby for the reauthorization of the Farm Bill is now. Land trusts that work on agricultural conservation rely on funding from the Farm Bill, but all Americans benefit from its conservation programs.

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