The following sample materials and links are supplemental resources meant to complement the information offered in the book. They are for illustrative purposes only and may not be the most current in use by the organizations. To assure use of the most current documents, please contact the organizations directly or visit the Land Trust Alliance Web site (see below).
General Information Links:
• Land Trust Alliance (LTA)
• LTAnet (resources for LTA member staff and board members - requires a password)
• Land Trust Accreditation Commission
• Land Trust Alliance's Land Trust Standards and Practices
Downloadable sample document
• Land Trust Listserve -- listserv@indiana.edu
(To subscribe, type "subscribe landtrust-L" in message)
• RallyNet
• Urban Land Trust Listserve
• William Cronon, Closing Plenary: Saving the Land We Love: Land Conservation and American Values, LTA Rally 2005
TABLE OF CONTENTS
(all appendices open in PDF format)
Introduction: A Field Guide
PART 1: Positioning Your Organization
Chapter 1: Organizational Readiness
• Sample Reply Card
• Land Trust Memorandum
• Grassroots Fundraising Journal article: "The Care and Feeding of Volunteers"
Related Links
• "Assessing Your Organization," Land Trust Alliance booklet (free download)
• Field Trips, Jackson Hole Land Trust
• Marc Smiley Organizational Development
Example Land Trusts:
• Inland Northwest Land Trust
• Land Trust of Santa Cruz County
Chapter 2: Financial Readiness
• Sample Statement of Investment Policy
• Little Traverse Conservancy's Land and Easement Acquisition Policies
Related Links
• "Accelerating the Pace of Open Space Conservation: The Role of Finance," Exchange Winter 2005 (Vol. 24 No. 1)
• Financial and Asset Management, from LTA's Land Trust Standards and Practices
• Land Trust Standards and Practices, Appendix 6E3: Internal System for Handling Money
• Marc Smiley, "What I Do"
Chapter 3: The Deal
• Project Risk Assessment
• Benefits and Risk Assessment
• Fee Purchase Project Process with VHCB funding - Vermont Land Trust
• Land Protection Policies and Acquisition Criteria - Lakes Region Conservation Trust
Related Links
• Landowner Checklist, Vermont Land Trust
Example Land Trust
Chapter 4: Legal and Ethical Considerations
• Ethical Issues Checklist
Related Links
• Donee Responsibilities - IRS Forms 8282 and 8283 Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
• "Land Trust Ethics" Exchange Winter 2004 (Vol. 23 No. 1) Stephen J. Small & Bill Silberstein
• "Law Update: Staying Within the Bounds of the Income Tax Code and Public Perception: Private Inurement and Private Benefit," Exchange Spring 1999 (Vol. 18 No.2)
• Rally Plenary Closing Plenary: IRS Remarks on Conservation Easements, and other Exchange articles on ethics
• Statement of Ethics , The Land Trust for Tennessee (2004)
• Internal Revenue Bulletin 2004-28; Notice 2004-41, "Charitable Contributions and Conservation Easements."
• Handout from "Legal and Ethical Aspects of Managing a Nonprofit Organization," workshop at 2005 Land Trust Alliance National Conference
• The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Implications for Nonprofit Organizations
• "Land Trust Ethics: Exploring Nonprofit Accountability," Stefan Nagel, and Konrad Liegel, Exchange Summer 2004 (Vol. 23 No. 3)
• "Land Trust Ethics," Lawrence R. Kueter, Exchange, Winter 2005 (Vol. 24 No. 1)
Example Land Trusts
• Land Trust for Tennessee
• Teton Regional Land Trust
• Vermont Land Trust
