Updates for the last year : WeConservePA Library

updated 11/27/23

Recordkeeping for Conservation Easement Stewardship

updated 11/27/23

Recordkeeping for Conservation Easement Stewardship

updated 11/22/23

Bridge Loans for Conservation Purchases

updated 11/22/23

Bridge Loans for Conservation Purchases: Borrowing from Revolving Loan Funds

updated 11/21/23

Using the Model Conservation Easement

updated 11/21/23

Using the Model Conservation Easement

added 11/14/23

2021 Pennsylvania Land Trust Census Report

added 11/14/23

2019 Pennsylvania Land Trust Census Report

updated 11/10/23

Natural Lands

updated 11/10/23

Costs of Owning and Operating Preserves

updated 11/09/23

Costs of Owning and Operating Preserves

updated 11/09/23

Costs of Owning and Operating Preserves

updated 11/08/23

Planned Giving

updated 11/07/23

Planned Giving

updated 11/07/23

Planned Giving

updated 11/07/23

North Salem Open Land Foundation: Stewardship Calculator

updated 11/07/23

Brandywine Conservancy: Calculation Template for Preserves

updated 11/07/23

Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Records Retention Procedures

added 11/02/23

Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Records Retention Procedures

updated 11/02/23

A Guided Tour of the Conservation Easement Enabling Statutes

added 10/31/23

Brandywine Conservancy: Calculation Template for Preserves

added 10/31/23

North Salem Open Land Foundation: Stewardship Calculator

updated 10/20/23

Holders, Beneficiaries, and Backup Grantees: Defining Roles and Relationships to Achieve Conservation Easement Objectives

updated 10/20/23

Holders, Beneficiaries, and Backup Grantees

updated 10/20/23

Backup Grantee (alternatively, Backup Holder)

updated 10/20/23

Stewardship Funding Arrangements: Options for Financing the Obligations of Conservation Easement Holders

updated 10/19/23

Stewardship Funding Arrangements

updated 10/19/23

Legal Considerations for Stewardship Funding Arrangements: Binding Present and Future Landowners to Present Promises

updated 10/12/23

Municipal Open Space Programs

updated 10/12/23

Stewardship Funding Arrangements

updated 10/12/23

Stewardship Funding Arrangements: Options for Financing the Obligations of Conservation Easement Holders

updated 10/12/23

Funding Conservation Easement Stewardship: Your Role as the Land's Owner and Conservation Champion

updated 10/11/23

Legal Considerations for Stewardship Funding Arrangements

updated 10/11/23

Legal Considerations for Stewardship Funding Arrangements: Binding Present and Future Landowners to Present Promises

updated 10/10/23

Donation of Stock and Other Securities

updated 10/10/23

Donation of Stock and Other Securities

updated 10/04/23

Model Grant of Conservation Easement and Declaration of Covenants

updated 09/28/23

Realty Transfer Tax Exclusions for Conservation-Related Transactions in Pennsylvania

updated 09/28/23

Drafting an Amendment and Restatement of a Grant of Conservation Easement

updated 09/26/23

The Intersection of Carbon Offsets and Conservation Easements

updated 09/26/23

Addressing Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration in Conservation Easements

updated 09/26/23

Carbon Rights and Assignment of Carbon Credit Sale Proceeds

added 09/25/23

Amend OR Amend and Restate

updated 09/22/23

Carbon Rights and Assignment of Carbon Credit Sale Proceeds

updated 09/22/23

Drafting an Amendment and Restatement of a Grant of Conservation Easement

updated 09/22/23

Drafting an Amendment and Restatement of a Grant of Conservation Easement

added 09/22/23

Amend OR Amend and Restate: Matching Approach to Situation When Making Changes to a Conservation Easement

updated 09/15/23

Investment of Nonprofit Financial Assets

updated 09/15/23

Investment of Nonprofit Financial Assets

updated 09/14/23

Poll: Investment Governance Practices for Nonprofits

updated 09/14/23

Investment Policy Statements for Nonprofit Organizations

updated 09/14/23

Nonprofit Guide to Prudent Investing

updated 08/23/23

Succession Planning for Nonprofits

updated 08/23/23

Succession Planning for Nonprofits

added 08/22/23

Carbon Rights and Assignment of Carbon Credit Sale Proceeds

updated 08/22/23

Addressing Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration in Conservation Easements

updated 08/22/23

Addressing Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration in Conservation Easements

updated 08/22/23

Carbon Rights and Assignment of Carbon Credit Sale Proceeds: Providing Conservation Easement Holders the Potential to Receive Carbon-Related Benefits

updated 08/22/23

The Intersection of Carbon Offsets and Conservation Easements

updated 08/22/23

The Intersection of Carbon Offsets and Conservation Easements

updated 08/19/23

The Intersection of Carbon Offsets and Conservation Easements

updated 08/19/23

Addressing Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration in Conservation Easements

updated 08/19/23

Addressing Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration in Conservation Easements

added 08/19/23

Carbon Rights and Assignment of Carbon Credit Sale Proceeds: Providing Conservation Easement Holders the Potential to Receive Carbon-Related Benefits

added 08/16/23

Addressing Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration in Conservation Easements

updated 08/16/23

Volunteers: Guidance for Recruiting, Training, Managing, and Retaining Unpaid Workers

updated 08/16/23

The Intersection of Carbon Offsets and Conservation Easements

updated 08/16/23

Addressing Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration in Conservation Easements

added 08/16/23

The California Air Resources Board’s US Forest offset protocol underestimates leakage

updated 08/15/23

Addressing Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration in Conservation Easements

updated 08/15/23

Volunteers: Guidance for Recruiting, Training, Managing, and Retaining Unpaid Workers

updated 08/14/23

Volunteers

updated 08/14/23

Volunteers: Guidance for Recruiting, Training, Managing, and Retaining Unpaid Workers

added 08/08/23

Addressing Climate Change and Carbon Sequestration in Conservation Easements

added 08/03/23

The Intersection of Carbon Offsets and Conservation Easements

updated 08/03/23

The Intersection of Carbon Offsets and Conservation Easements

updated 07/26/23

Working Forest Conservation Easement: A Property Rights-Based Tool for Conservation

updated 07/26/23

Working Forest Conservation Easement

added 07/18/23

Carbon Offsets in Conservation Easements: The Essentials for Land Trusts

updated 07/18/23

Not a Public Trust

updated 07/14/23

Not a Public Trust

updated 06/30/23

Not a Public Trust: The Land Trust-Held Conservation Easement in Pennsylvania

updated 06/29/23

Separate Entity to Hold Riskier Properties

updated 06/29/23

Separate Entity to Hold Riskier Properties

added 06/28/23

Separate Entity to Hold Riskier Properties

updated 06/24/23

Recreational Use of Land and Water Act (Title 68, Sections 477-1 et seq.)

updated 06/24/23

Rails to Trails Act

updated 06/24/23

Pennsylvania Equine Activity Immunity Act

updated 06/24/23

Separate Entity to Hold Riskier Properties

updated 06/13/23

Conservation Easements

updated 06/13/23

Management of the Document Preparation Process

updated 05/23/23

Management of the Document Preparation Process

updated 04/13/23

Reducing Federal Estate Tax: A Conservation Easement Benefit for Large Estates

updated 04/13/23

Reducing Federal Estate Tax

updated 04/06/23

Land Trust Standards and Practices: Guidelines for the Responsible Operation of a Land Trust

updated 04/06/23

Land Trust Standards and Practices

updated 04/02/23

Land Trust Accreditation

updated 04/02/23

Land Trust Accreditation

updated 03/17/23

Sign Ordinance

updated 03/16/23

Sign Ordinance

updated 03/16/23

Sign Ordinance

updated 03/15/23

Pennsylvania Annual Trail Reports

updated 03/14/23

Donation Agreements

updated 03/14/23

Donation Agreements

updated 03/14/23

Donation by Will: Options and Issues Regarding Gifts of Cash, Land and Other Property

updated 03/14/23

Donation by Will

updated 03/07/23

Steep Slope Ordinance

updated 03/07/23

Steep Slope Ordinance

updated 02/28/23

Local Land Use Planning Controls in Pennsylvania

updated 02/28/23

Local Land Use Planning and Controls in Pennsylvania

updated 02/28/23

2020 State Land Use and Growth Management Report

updated 02/24/23

Street and Sidewalk Design

updated 02/24/23

Management of the Document Preparation Process

updated 02/17/23

Gift of a Future Interest in Real Estate

updated 02/17/23

Gift of a Future Interest in Real Estate: Reserved Life Estates Keep Owners in Control During Their Lifetimes

updated 02/16/23

Community Visioning

updated 02/16/23

Community Visioning

updated 02/16/23

Pre-Existing Mortgages in Easement Transactions: Using Non-Disturbance and Subordination Agreements to Prevent Extinguishment and Comply with Tax Law

updated 02/15/23

Pre-Existing Mortgages in Easement Transactions

updated 02/14/23

Pre-Existing Mortgages in Easement Transactions

updated 02/14/23

Management of the Document Preparation Process

updated 02/14/23

Street and Sidewalk Design

updated 02/09/23

Farmland Preservation Options for Landowners

updated 02/08/23

Farmland Preservation Options for Landowners

updated 02/08/23

Why Preserve Farmland?

updated 02/08/23

Why Preserve Farmland?

updated 01/31/23

Farmland Preservation Options for Landowners: Government and Private Approaches to Conservation Easements in Pennsylvania

updated 01/27/23

Authorization of Real Estate Transactions

updated 01/27/23

Authorization of Real Estate Transactions: Rules and Process for Nonprofits

updated 01/26/23

The Nature of the Conservation Easement and the Document Granting It

updated 01/26/23

The Nature of the Conservation Easement and the Document Granting It

updated 01/21/23

The Nature of the Conservation Easement and the Document Granting It

updated 01/21/23

The Nature of the Conservation Easement and the Document Granting It

updated 01/17/23

Option to Sell (Put Option)

updated 01/17/23

Option to Sell (Put Option)

updated 01/16/23

Reducing Pennsylvania Inheritance Tax

updated 01/10/23

Pennsylvania Equine Activity Immunity Act

updated 01/09/23

Social Media Basics for Conservation Organizations

added 01/04/23

Robert Campbell

updated 01/04/23

Social Media Basics for Conservation Organizations