Northeast
Supporting Land Trusts in the Northeast United States
The Land Trust Alliance’s Northeast Program works across 11 states from Maine to Maryland. Focused on achieving the Alliance’s national goals and priorities, the six staff of the Northeast Program are located across the region.
Our region is home to over 450 Alliance member land trusts. Together, these land trusts have conserved more than 13 million acres of land. Our Northeast Program staff work with these land trusts to advance effective, resilient and impactful land conservation across these 11 states.
We also partner with state land trust associations, conservation organizations, government agencies and more. The scale of our work ranges greatly, and we connect land trusts with resources from many levels: local, state-wide, regional and national.
Need assistance? Reach out to one of our Northeast staff members, or send our regional office a line by phone at 518-587-0774 or via email at northeast@lta.org.
Above: Location of Land Trust Alliance member land trusts across the Northeast region.
Key Programs and Services
Key components of the Northeast Program activities include:
- The New York Program, building strong and impactful land trusts in New York through the New York State Conservation Partnership Program, the New York State Policy Program and more.
- The Chesapeake Land & Water Initiative, elevating the role of land conservation and stewardship in protecting and restoring water quality across the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
- Providing training and technical assistance on climate resilience science and climate communication in partnership with the Open State Institute and our state land trust association partners.
- Preparing small and all-volunteer land trusts to participate in Terrafirma (insurance program) through a Recordkeeping Assistance Initiative in Massasschusetts and Rhode Island.
- Advancing land trusts understanding and integration of community conservation concepts through a pilot program working with land trusts in Northern New England.
- Ongoing direct assistance and mentoring to land trust board and staff members across the region. Call or email Northeast Program staff with any and all land trust issues or questions you have.
Partners and Resources
Partners
- Connecticut Land Conservation Council
- Highstead
- Maine Land Trust Network
- Maryland Environmental Trust
- MassLand: Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition
- New Hampshire Land Trust Coalition
- New Jersey Conservation Foundation
- Open Space Institute
- Pennsylvania Land Trust Association
- Rhode Island Land Trust Council
- Vermont Housing and Conservation Board
Resources
Visit the Learning Center, the Alliance's online library, which includes publications, sample documents, online courses and other documents useful for land trusts.
Climate Change
- Climate Case Studies in the Northeast: Adaptation, Finance, Outreach and Mitigation
- Climate Communications: Resources and Examples for Land Trusts
- Reshaping the Energy Future: Renewable Energy and Land Trusts
- Case study (ME): Protecting the Coast In a Changing Climate: 12 Rivers Conservation Initiative Incorporates Coastal Resilience Into Planning
- Case Study (NH): Lakes Region Climate-Inclusive Conservation Plan Looks Beyond Borders and Plans for Regional Species Flow
- Case Study (MA): North Quabbin Regional Landscape Partnership Finds New Opportunities Through Climate Data and Maps
Community Conservation
Northeast Resources for Small and All-Volunteer Land Trusts
- Highstead’s Foundation Funding for Land Conservation in the Northeast Report
- Regional Conservation Partnerships: An Overview
- Jump-In, the Water’s Fine! Collaboration Inspiration for All-Volunteer Land Trusts (free download for Land trust Alliance land trust members)
- An Introduction to Mergers for Land Trusts (free download for Land trust Alliance land trust members)
- All-Volunteer Land Trust Report, 2012
- New Jersey’s Conservation Blueprint (New Jersey’s Data-driven Interactive Mapping Tool)