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How land trusts and their communities relied on each other to come through the disasters of 2017

Two years after succeeding after succeeding in getting the enhanced tax incentive for conservation easement donations passed with the help of many partners, the Land Trust Alliance features stories from land trusts and landowners showing how it’s working.

Those of us at the Land Trust Alliance joined others in our community in worrying about our colleagues who were impacted by recent natural disasters across the country. We identify those that we’ve heard from here—along with how those organizations are not only recovering themselves but are stepping up to help their communities.

Strategic partnerships advance the land conservation community's policy goals.

Imagine if conserved land were socially durable. That means people can’t live without it. Think schools, clean water and emergency services. When those are threatened, people rise up and defend them.