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Add essential volumes to your land trust’s library. Here you can find a wide selection of useful manuals, handbooks, guides, courses and reports by the top authorities in land conservation. Alliance members get them at a discount — some are complimentary!

 

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Conservation Options: A Landowner's Guide to Conserving Your Land for Future Generations

Author: 
Land Trust Alliance
Year Published: 
2016

Updated for 2016, this book is a perennial favorite of land trusts who share it with landowners. Filled with helpful information on available conservation strategies, tax law and land trusts, it’s written in a way to be accessible to all types of landowners.

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Establishing Conservation Easements on Corporate Lands: A Guide for Corporations and Land Trusts

Author: 
Land Trust Alliance
Year Published: 
2015

This publication is designed to help land trusts and corporations overcome common obstacles to successful partnerships and provide expert tips.

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Documenting and Protecting Biodiversity on Land Trust Projects

Author: 
Christopher R. Wilson
Year Published: 
2011

This user-friendly guide bridges the gap between conservation biology and its application to typical land trust projects.

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Practical Pointers for Land Trusts When Facing a Lawsuit or Other Legal Challenge of Any Size

Author: 
Vermont Law School Land Use Institute and Land Trust Alliance
Year Published: 
2013

With protected land in the millions of acres and more land under easement transferring to successor landowners, violations will occur and land trus

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Land Trust Standards and Practices (Revised 2017)

Author: 
Land Trust Alliance
Year Published: 
2017

Land Trust Standards and Practices are the ethical and technical guidelines for the responsible operation of a land trust.

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Accredited Land Trust Brochure

Author: 
Land Trust Accreditation Commission
Year Published: 
2009

A brochure available exclusively to accredited land trusts to distribute to members and landowners.

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