Standards & Practices

Issue 5 – Conservation Easement Stewardship

Helpful Links

• Land Trust Standards and Practices - information page
• Training opportunities via the Land Trust Alliance

Upcoming Education and Training Opportunities

• Building Strong Boards: How to Raise Funds and Manage Stewardship Costs – LCLP/Curriculum pilot presented by the Land Trust Alliance and the Texas Land Trust Council
• "Determining Stewardship Costs and Raising and Managing Dedicated Funds" – a Standards & Practices Curriculum course from the Land Trust Alliance

Cited Articles from Exchange

• "Law Update: The Legal Case for Conservation Easement Stewardship" by Melissa K. Thompson in Exchange, Summer 2002 (Vol. 21 No. 3)

Additional Resources

• Treasury Regulations on Conservation Easements (§ 1.170A-14), United States Treasury
• Amending Conservation Easements: Evolving Practices and Legal Principles, A recent report from the Land Trust Alliance (2007)
• Baseline Documentation Report Template, Connemara Conservancy Foundation
• Landowner Assistant Conservation Easement Fee Schedule – Baseline Documentation, Connemara Conservancy Foundation
• The Conservation Easement Stewardship Guide: Designing, Monitoring and Enforcing Easements, by Brenda Lind, 1991.
  • Colorado Open Lands - Conservation Easement Program Manual
  • Minnesota Land Trust - Conservation Easement Stewardship Program
  • The Nature Conservancy of Canada - Stewardship Manual
• Guidance on the Phasing of Conservation Easements for Colorado Conservation Entities, Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts (September 2005)

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