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Guide
updated 11/27/23
Recordkeeping for Conservation Easement Stewardship
Library
updated 11/27/23
Recordkeeping for Conservation Easement Stewardship
Guide
updated 11/22/23
Bridge Loans for Conservation Purchases
Library
updated 11/22/23
Bridge Loans for Conservation Purchases: Borrowing from Revolving Loan Funds
Library
updated 11/21/23
Using the Model Conservation Easement
Guide
updated 11/21/23
Using the Model Conservation Easement
Library
added 11/14/23
2021 Pennsylvania Land Trust Census Report
Library
added 11/14/23
2019 Pennsylvania Land Trust Census Report
Expert
updated 11/10/23
Natural Lands
Library
updated 11/10/23
Costs of Owning and Operating Preserves
Library
updated 11/09/23
Costs of Owning and Operating Preserves
Guide
updated 11/09/23
Costs of Owning and Operating Preserves
Library
updated 11/08/23
Planned Giving
Library
updated 11/07/23
Planned Giving
Guide
updated 11/07/23
Planned Giving
Library
updated 11/07/23
North Salem Open Land Foundation: Stewardship Calculator
Library
updated 11/07/23
Brandywine Conservancy: Calculation Template for Preserves
Library
updated 11/07/23
Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Records Retention Procedures
Library
added 11/02/23
Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Records Retention Procedures
Library
updated 11/02/23
A Guided Tour of the Conservation Easement Enabling Statutes
Library
added 10/31/23
Brandywine Conservancy: Calculation Template for Preserves
Library
added 10/31/23
North Salem Open Land Foundation: Stewardship Calculator
Library
updated 10/20/23
Holders, Beneficiaries, and Backup Grantees: Defining Roles and Relationships to Achieve Conservation Easement Objectives
Guide
updated 10/20/23
Holders, Beneficiaries, and Backup Grantees
Glossary
updated 10/20/23
Backup Grantee (alternatively, Backup Holder)
Library
updated 10/20/23
Stewardship Funding Arrangements: Options for Financing the Obligations of Conservation Easement Holders
Guide
updated 10/19/23
Stewardship Funding Arrangements
Library
updated 10/19/23
Legal Considerations for Stewardship Funding Arrangements: Binding Present and Future Landowners to Present Promises
Guide
updated 10/12/23
Municipal Open Space Programs
Guide
updated 10/12/23
Stewardship Funding Arrangements
Library
updated 10/12/23
Stewardship Funding Arrangements: Options for Financing the Obligations of Conservation Easement Holders
Library
updated 10/12/23
Funding Conservation Easement Stewardship: Your Role as the Land's Owner and Conservation Champion
Guide
updated 10/11/23
Legal Considerations for Stewardship Funding Arrangements
Library
updated 10/11/23
Legal Considerations for Stewardship Funding Arrangements: Binding Present and Future Landowners to Present Promises
Guide
updated 10/10/23
Donation of Stock and Other Securities
Library
updated 10/10/23
Donation of Stock and Other Securities
Library
updated 10/04/23
Model Grant of Conservation Easement and Declaration of Covenants
Library
updated 09/28/23
Realty Transfer Tax Exclusions for Conservation-Related Transactions in Pennsylvania
Guide
updated 09/28/23
Drafting an Amendment and Restatement of a Grant of Conservation Easement
Guide
updated 09/26/23
The Intersection of Carbon Offsets and Conservation Easements
Guide
updated 09/26/23
Addressing Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration in Conservation Easements
Guide
updated 09/26/23
Carbon Rights and Assignment of Carbon Credit Sale Proceeds
Guide
added 09/25/23
Amend OR Amend and Restate
Guide
updated 09/22/23
Carbon Rights and Assignment of Carbon Credit Sale Proceeds
Guide
updated 09/22/23
Drafting an Amendment and Restatement of a Grant of Conservation Easement
Library
updated 09/22/23
Drafting an Amendment and Restatement of a Grant of Conservation Easement
Library
added 09/22/23
Amend OR Amend and Restate: Matching Approach to Situation When Making Changes to a Conservation Easement
Guide
updated 09/15/23
Investment of Nonprofit Financial Assets
Library
updated 09/15/23
Investment of Nonprofit Financial Assets
Library
updated 09/14/23
Poll: Investment Governance Practices for Nonprofits
Library
updated 09/14/23
Investment Policy Statements for Nonprofit Organizations
Library
updated 09/14/23
Nonprofit Guide to Prudent Investing
Library
updated 08/23/23
Succession Planning for Nonprofits
Guide
updated 08/23/23
Succession Planning for Nonprofits
Guide
added 08/22/23
Carbon Rights and Assignment of Carbon Credit Sale Proceeds
Guide
updated 08/22/23
Addressing Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration in Conservation Easements
Library
updated 08/22/23
Addressing Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration in Conservation Easements
Library
updated 08/22/23
Carbon Rights and Assignment of Carbon Credit Sale Proceeds: Providing Conservation Easement Holders the Potential to Receive Carbon-Related Benefits
Library
updated 08/22/23
The Intersection of Carbon Offsets and Conservation Easements
Guide
updated 08/22/23
The Intersection of Carbon Offsets and Conservation Easements
Library
updated 08/19/23
The Intersection of Carbon Offsets and Conservation Easements
Library
updated 08/19/23
Addressing Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration in Conservation Easements
Guide
updated 08/19/23
Addressing Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration in Conservation Easements
Library
added 08/19/23
Carbon Rights and Assignment of Carbon Credit Sale Proceeds: Providing Conservation Easement Holders the Potential to Receive Carbon-Related Benefits
Guide
added 08/16/23
Addressing Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration in Conservation Easements
Library
updated 08/16/23
Volunteers: Guidance for Recruiting, Training, Managing, and Retaining Unpaid Workers
Library
updated 08/16/23
The Intersection of Carbon Offsets and Conservation Easements
Library
updated 08/16/23
Addressing Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration in Conservation Easements
Library
added 08/16/23
The California Air Resources Board’s US Forest offset protocol underestimates leakage
Library
updated 08/15/23
Addressing Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration in Conservation Easements
Library
updated 08/15/23
Volunteers: Guidance for Recruiting, Training, Managing, and Retaining Unpaid Workers
Guide
updated 08/14/23
Volunteers
Library
updated 08/14/23
Volunteers: Guidance for Recruiting, Training, Managing, and Retaining Unpaid Workers
Library
added 08/08/23
Addressing Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration in Conservation Easements
Library
added 08/03/23
The Intersection of Carbon Offsets and Conservation Easements
Guide
updated 08/03/23
The Intersection of Carbon Offsets and Conservation Easements
Library
updated 07/26/23
Working Forest Conservation Easement: A Property Rights-Based Tool for Conservation
Guide
updated 07/26/23
Working Forest Conservation Easement
Library
added 07/18/23
Carbon Offsets in Conservation Easements: The Essentials for Land Trusts
Guide
updated 07/18/23
Not a Public Trust
Guide
updated 07/14/23
Not a Public Trust
Library
updated 06/30/23
Not a Public Trust: The Land Trust-Held Conservation Easement in Pennsylvania
Guide
updated 06/29/23
Separate Entity to Hold Riskier Properties
Library
updated 06/29/23
Separate Entity to Hold Riskier Properties
Guide
added 06/28/23
Separate Entity to Hold Riskier Properties
Library
updated 06/24/23
Recreational Use of Land and Water Act (Title 68, Sections 477-1 et seq.)
Library
updated 06/24/23
Rails to Trails Act
Library
updated 06/24/23
Pennsylvania Equine Activity Immunity Act
Library
updated 06/24/23
Separate Entity to Hold Riskier Properties
Guide
updated 06/13/23
Conservation Easements
Library
updated 06/13/23
Management of the Document Preparation Process
Guide
updated 05/23/23
Management of the Document Preparation Process
Library
updated 04/13/23
Reducing Federal Estate Tax: A Conservation Easement Benefit for Large Estates
Guide
updated 04/13/23
Reducing Federal Estate Tax
Library
updated 04/06/23
Land Trust Standards and Practices: Guidelines for the Responsible Operation of a Land Trust
Guide
updated 04/06/23
Land Trust Standards and Practices
Library
updated 04/02/23
Land Trust Accreditation
Guide
updated 04/02/23
Land Trust Accreditation
Library
updated 03/17/23
Sign Ordinance
Library
updated 03/16/23
Sign Ordinance
Guide
updated 03/16/23
Sign Ordinance
Library
updated 03/15/23
Pennsylvania Annual Trail Reports
Library
updated 03/14/23
Donation Agreements
Guide
updated 03/14/23
Donation Agreements
Library
updated 03/14/23
Donation by Will: Options and Issues Regarding Gifts of Cash, Land and Other Property
Guide
updated 03/14/23
Donation by Will
Library
updated 03/07/23
Steep Slope Ordinance
Guide
updated 03/07/23
Steep Slope Ordinance
Guide
updated 02/28/23
Local Land Use Planning Controls in Pennsylvania
Library
updated 02/28/23
Local Land Use Planning and Controls in Pennsylvania
Library
updated 02/28/23
2020 State Land Use and Growth Management Report
Guide
updated 02/24/23
Street and Sidewalk Design
Guide
updated 02/24/23
Management of the Document Preparation Process
Guide
updated 02/17/23
Gift of a Future Interest in Real Estate
Library
updated 02/17/23
Gift of a Future Interest in Real Estate: Reserved Life Estates Keep Owners in Control During Their Lifetimes
Library
updated 02/16/23
Community Visioning
Guide
updated 02/16/23
Community Visioning
Library
updated 02/16/23
Pre-Existing Mortgages in Easement Transactions: Using Non-Disturbance and Subordination Agreements to Prevent Extinguishment and Comply with Tax Law
Guide
updated 02/15/23
Pre-Existing Mortgages in Easement Transactions
Guide
updated 02/14/23
Pre-Existing Mortgages in Easement Transactions
Library
updated 02/14/23
Management of the Document Preparation Process
Library
updated 02/14/23
Street and Sidewalk Design
Guide
updated 02/09/23
Farmland Preservation Options for Landowners
Guide
updated 02/08/23
Farmland Preservation Options for Landowners
Guide
updated 02/08/23
Why Preserve Farmland?
Library
updated 02/08/23
Why Preserve Farmland?
Library
updated 01/31/23
Farmland Preservation Options for Landowners: Government and Private Approaches to Conservation Easements in Pennsylvania
Guide
updated 01/27/23
Authorization of Real Estate Transactions
Library
updated 01/27/23
Authorization of Real Estate Transactions: Rules and Process for Nonprofits
Library
updated 01/26/23
The Nature of the Conservation Easement and the Document Granting It
Guide
updated 01/26/23
The Nature of the Conservation Easement and the Document Granting It
Guide
updated 01/21/23
The Nature of the Conservation Easement and the Document Granting It
Library
updated 01/21/23
The Nature of the Conservation Easement and the Document Granting It
Guide
updated 01/17/23
Option to Sell (Put Option)
Library
updated 01/17/23
Option to Sell (Put Option)
Library
updated 01/16/23
Reducing Pennsylvania Inheritance Tax
Library
updated 01/10/23
Pennsylvania Equine Activity Immunity Act
Guide
updated 01/09/23
Social Media Basics for Conservation Organizations
Expert
added 01/04/23
Robert Campbell
Library
updated 01/04/23
Social Media Basics for Conservation Organizations