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updated 05/05/25

Baseline Documentation

added 05/05/25

Baseline Documentation

updated 05/05/25

Land Protection 101

added 04/23/25

Land Protection 101

updated 04/22/25

Model Grant of Conservation Easement and Declaration of Covenants

updated 04/22/25

Enforceability of Restrictions on Division of Eased Land in Pennsylvania

updated 04/22/25

Subdivision and Transfer Restrictions in Grants of Conservation Easement

updated 04/21/25

Subdivision and Transfer Restrictions in Grants of Conservation Easement

added 04/21/25

Subdivision and Transfer Restrictions in Grants of Conservation Easement

added 04/21/25

Enforceability of Restrictions on Division of Eased Land in Pennsylvania

updated 04/21/25

Enforceability of Restrictions on Division of Eased Land in Pennsylvania

updated 04/21/25

A Conservation Easement Is Not a Voluntary Agreement

updated 04/21/25

Land Trust Standards and Practices

updated 04/21/25

A Guided Tour of the Conservation Easement Enabling Statutes

updated 04/17/25

The Nature of the Conservation Easement and the Document Granting It

added 04/17/25

A Conservation Easement Is Not a Voluntary Agreement

updated 04/17/25

A Conservation Easement Is Not a Voluntary Agreement

updated 04/16/25

A Conservation Easement Is Not a Voluntary Agreement

updated 04/14/25

A Conservation Easement Is Not a Voluntary Agreement

added 04/11/25

A Conservation Easement Is Not a Voluntary Agreement

updated 04/11/25

Chris Blaze, PLS

added 04/10/25

A Guided Tour of the Conservation Easement Enabling Statutes

added 03/28/25

Enforceability of Restrictions on Division of Eased Land in Pennsylvania

added 03/28/25

Subdivision and Transfer Restrictions in Grants of Conservation Easement

updated 03/19/25

Model Grant of Conservation Easement and Declaration of Covenants

updated 03/18/25

Model Grant of Conservation Easement and Declaration of Covenants

updated 03/13/25

Model Grant of Conservation Easement and Declaration of Covenants

added 03/13/25

T.C. Memo. 2015-43: Balsam Mountain Investments, LLC

updated 03/12/25

Placing Transfer Fees in Grants of Conservation Easement

updated 03/12/25

Placing Transfer Fees in Grants of Conservation Easement

updated 03/12/25

Model Stewardship Cost Calculator

updated 02/27/25

Model Stewardship Cost Calculator

updated 02/13/25

Model Conservation Easement Donation Agreement with Commentary

updated 02/13/25

Model Baseline Documentation Acknowledgment with Commentary

added 02/12/25

Baseline Documentation

updated 02/10/25

Pennsylvania Annual Trail Reports

updated 02/07/25

Model Conservation Easement Donation Agreement with Commentary

updated 02/04/25

Project Planning Grants

added 02/04/25

2025 PA Land Conservation Conference Scholarships

added 01/24/25

Pass-Through Projects: A Land Conservation Roundtable

added 01/24/25

Conservation Easement Donation Agreements: When, Why, and How?

updated 01/23/25

Model Conservation Easement Donation Agreement with Commentary

added 01/22/25

Project Planning Grants

updated 01/21/25

Model Conservation Easement Donation Agreement with Commentary

updated 01/16/25

Model Compliance Statement with Commentary

updated 01/10/25

Identifying and Prioritizing Streamside Forest Planting Sites in Pennsylvania Using GIS

added 01/10/25

updated 01/06/25

Model Policy for Acting on Owner Requests for Review, Waiver, and Interpretation

updated 01/02/25

Model Policy for Acting on Owner Requests for Review, Waiver, and Interpretation

added 12/19/24

Conservation by Design Case Studies: 2016-2024

added 12/19/24

Rural by Design (2nd edition)

added 12/09/24

Abbreviations in Pennsylvania Conservation

added 12/09/24

Abbreviations in Pennsylvania Conservation

updated 11/11/24

Gwendolyn Lacy, Esq.

added 11/08/24

Gwendolyn Lacy, Esq.

updated 11/06/24

Using applied social science disciplines to implement creative outdoor cat management solutions and avoid the trap of one-size-fits-all policies

updated 11/06/24

Toolkit to Address Free-ranging Domestic Cats (Felis catus) on Agency Lands Managed for Native Wildlife and Ecosystem Health

updated 11/06/24

Summary of Active Deer Management Options

updated 11/06/24

Stream Restoration Project Shows Benefits of Removing Legacy Sediments

updated 11/06/24

PA DCNR Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Plan

updated 11/06/24

A Guide to the Conservation of Forest Interior Dwelling Birds in the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area

updated 11/06/24

Natural Lands Trust Regulated Hunting Program

updated 11/06/24

Natural Lands Hazard Tree Program

updated 11/06/24

Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change

updated 11/06/24

Assessment Methodology for Streams and Rivers

updated 11/06/24

Invasive Species Plant List

updated 11/06/24

updated 11/06/24

Native Plant List for Landscaping

updated 11/06/24

Native Plant List for Restoration Planting

updated 11/06/24

Native Plant List for Urban Yards and Containers

updated 11/06/24

Table of Online Tools to Support Land Stewardship Decisions and Actions

updated 11/06/24

Ohio Rapid Assessment Method for Wetlands v. 5.0

updated 11/06/24

Rapid Bioassessment Protocols for Use in Streams and Wadeable Rivers: Periphyton, Benthic Macroinvertebrates, and fish.

updated 11/06/24

Water Quality Monitoring Protocols for Streams and Rivers

updated 11/06/24

Stewardship Handbook Additional Resources Table

updated 11/01/24

Model Conservation Easement Donation Agreement with Commentary

added 10/31/24

Model Baseline Documentation Acknowledgment with Commentary

updated 10/29/24

Model Conservation Easement Donation Agreement with Commentary

added 10/28/24

Chris Blaze, PLS

updated 10/28/24

Purchase Options

updated 10/23/24

updated 10/23/24

Unowned Cat Management

updated 10/23/24

Native Plant Recommendations

updated 10/23/24

Agricultural Conservation Easement Purchase Program

updated 10/23/24

Agricultural Conservation Easement Purchase Program

updated 10/23/24

Agricultural Security Areas

updated 10/23/24

Agricultural Security Areas

added 10/22/24

Table of Online Tools to Support Land Stewardship Decisions and Actions

added 10/22/24

Stewardship Handbook Additional Resources Table

updated 10/22/24

Recreational Use

updated 10/22/24

Tree Selection and Planting

updated 10/22/24

Invasive Plants

updated 10/22/24

Habitat Improvements for Native Wildlife

updated 10/22/24

Deer Management

updated 10/22/24

Addressing Climate Change on Natural Lands

updated 10/22/24

Wetland Management

updated 10/22/24

Water Resources

updated 10/22/24

Shrubland Management

updated 10/22/24

Making the Most of Human Engineered Areas

updated 10/22/24

Grassland and Meadow Management

updated 10/22/24

Forest Management

updated 10/22/24

Major Natural Resources

updated 10/22/24

Preparing a Stewardship Plan

updated 10/21/24

Model Release of Liability Form

updated 10/21/24

Model Permission for Encroachment

updated 10/21/24

Model Consent, Non-Disturbance, and Subordination Agreement with Commentary, 2nd edition

updated 10/21/24

Model Assignment of Grant of Conservation Easement and Declaration of Covenants

updated 10/21/24

Acting on Owner Requests for Review, Waiver, and Interpretation Regarding Conservation Easements

updated 10/21/24

Model Trail License Agreement with Commentary

updated 10/21/24

Model Trail Easement Agreement with Commentary

updated 10/21/24

Model Grant of Trail Easement with Commentary: A Short Form Alternative to the Model Trail Easement Agreement

updated 10/21/24

Model Grant of Fishing and Boating Access Easement

updated 10/21/24

Model Grant of Access Easement for Environmental Stewardship with Commentary, 2nd edition

updated 10/21/24

Model Fishing Access Agreement and Commentary

updated 10/21/24

Model Grant of Conservation Easement and Declaration of Covenants for Riparian Buffer Protection

updated 10/21/24

Model Grant of Conservation Easement and Declaration of Covenants

updated 10/21/24

Model Amendment of Grant of Conservation Easement and Declaration of Covenants

updated 10/21/24

Adding to Land Under Conservation Easement

updated 10/21/24

Model Conservation Easement Donation Agreement with Commentary

updated 10/17/24

Recreational Use

added 10/17/24

Native Plant List for Restoration Planting

added 10/17/24

Native Plant List for Urban Yards and Containers

added 10/17/24

Native Plant List for Landscaping

added 10/17/24

Native Plant Recommendations

updated 10/17/24

Key Concept: Good, Better, Best

added 10/17/24

Key Concept: What is Native?

added 10/16/24

Habitat Improvements for Native Wildlife

added 10/14/24

Prescribed Fire

updated 10/14/24

Unowned Cat Management

added 10/14/24

Wetland Management

added 10/14/24

Shrubland Management

added 10/14/24

Making the Most of Human Engineered Areas

added 10/14/24

Major Natural Resources

added 10/14/24

Key Concept: Sustainable Stewardship

added 10/14/24

Key Concept: Fragmentation

updated 10/14/24

Key Concept: Good, Better, Best

updated 10/11/24

Key Concept: Good, Better, Best

updated 10/09/24

Acting on Owner Requests for Review, Waiver, and Interpretation Regarding Conservation Easements

updated 10/09/24

Acting on Owner Requests for Review, Waiver, and Interpretation Regarding Conservation Easements

updated 10/09/24

Model Policy for Acting on Owner Requests for Review, Waiver, and Interpretation

added 10/03/24

Acting on Owner Requests for Review, Waiver, and Interpretation Regarding Conservation Easements

added 10/03/24

Acting on Owner Requests for Review, Waiver, and Interpretation Regarding Conservation Easements

added 10/03/24

Model Policy for Acting on Owner Requests for Review, Waiver, and Interpretation

updated 09/16/24

Funding Conservation Easement Stewardship

updated 09/16/24

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

updated 09/13/24

Legal Considerations for Stewardship Funding Arrangements

updated 09/13/24

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

updated 09/12/24

Funding Conservation Easement Stewardship

updated 09/12/24

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

updated 09/03/24

Model Stewardship Funding Covenant with Commentary

updated 09/03/24

Stewardship Funding Arrangements

updated 09/03/24

Stewardship Funding Arrangements: Supporting Easement Holders in Carrying out Their Conservation Duties

added 08/30/24

Trail Design and Maintenance

added 08/30/24

Recreational Use

added 08/30/24

Tree Selection and Planting

added 08/30/24

updated 08/30/24

Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy Stewardship Budget

updated 08/29/24

Preparing a Stewardship Plan

added 08/29/24

Ohio Rapid Assessment Method for Wetlands v. 5.0

updated 08/29/24

Key Concept: Good, Better, Best

updated 08/29/24

Natural Lands Trust Regulated Hunting Program

updated 08/29/24

Invasive Species Plant List

added 08/29/24

Invasive Plants

added 08/29/24

Hazard Tree Monitoring Program

added 08/29/24

Deer Management

updated 08/27/24

updated 08/27/24

Closing: Finalizing the Real Estate Transaction

added 08/27/24

Patricia L. Pregmon, Esq.

updated 08/25/24

Goose Management

updated 08/25/24

Addressing Climate Change on Natural Lands

added 08/25/24

Rapid Bioassessment Protocols for Use in Streams and Wadeable Rivers: Periphyton, Benthic Macroinvertebrates, and fish.

added 08/25/24

Assessment Methodology for Streams and Rivers

added 08/25/24

Water Quality Monitoring Protocols for Streams and Rivers

updated 08/25/24

Water Resources

updated 08/25/24

Grassland and Meadow Management

added 08/23/24

Determining the Size of Eastern Forest Reserves

added 08/23/24

A Guide to the Conservation of Forest Interior Dwelling Birds in the Chesapeake Bay Critical Area

added 08/23/24

Hemlock Woolly Adelgid: Control Options

added 08/23/24

Forest Health Fact Sheet: Hemlock Woolly Adelgid

added 08/23/24

Recommendations for Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Control in the Landscape

added 08/23/24

Stream Restoration Project Shows Benefits of Removing Legacy Sediments

added 08/23/24

Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change

added 08/23/24

PA DCNR Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Plan

added 08/23/24

Natural Lands Trust Regulated Hunting Program

added 08/23/24

Invasive Species Plant List

added 08/23/24

Natural Lands Hazard Tree Program

added 08/23/24

Summary of Active Deer Management Options

added 08/23/24

Addressing Climate Change on Natural Lands

added 08/23/24

Water Resources

added 08/23/24

Water Resources

added 08/23/24

Grassland and Meadow Management

updated 08/23/24

Forest Management

updated 08/22/24

Forest Management

updated 08/22/24

Placing Transfer Fees in Grants of Conservation Easement

added 08/09/24

Kristin S. Camp

added 08/09/24

William J. Burke, III

added 08/07/24

2023 Pennsylvania Land Trust Census Report

updated 08/01/24

Farmland Preservation Annual Reports: 2008–2023

updated 07/31/24

Goose Management

added 07/31/24

Toolkit to Address Free-ranging Domestic Cats (Felis catus) on Agency Lands Managed for Native Wildlife and Ecosystem Health

added 07/31/24

Using applied social science disciplines to implement creative outdoor cat management solutions and avoid the trap of one-size-fits-all policies

added 07/31/24

added 07/31/24

Unowned Cat Management

updated 07/30/24

Goose Management

updated 07/30/24

Model Stewardship Funding Covenant with Commentary

added 07/30/24

Placing Transfer Fees in Grants of Conservation Easement

added 07/30/24

Placing Transfer Fees in Grants of Conservation Easement

updated 07/26/24

Farmland Preservation Annual Reports: 2008–2023

updated 07/26/24

Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture/Bureau of Farmland Preservation Website

updated 07/19/24

Crowdfunding for Land Trusts

updated 07/19/24

Crowdfunding for Land Trusts

updated 07/18/24

Clean and Green: Pennsylvania's Preferential Tax Assessment Program

updated 07/18/24

Clean and Green

updated 07/15/24

Model Compliance Statement with Commentary

added 07/15/24

Estoppel Certificates, Compliance Statements, and Conservation Easements

updated 07/15/24

Estoppel Certificates, Compliance Statements, and Conservation Easements

updated 07/12/24

Model Compliance Statement with Commentary

updated 07/12/24

Legal Considerations in Amending Grants of Conservation Easement

updated 07/12/24

Legal Considerations in Amending Grants of Conservation Easement

updated 07/02/24

Model Grant of Conservation Easement and Declaration of Covenants

updated 06/27/24

Parks in Perpetuity: The Protections Provided to Parks and Other Public Open Spaces Under Pennsylvania Law

updated 06/27/24

Parks in Perpetuity

updated 06/26/24

Pennsylvania Annual Trail Reports

updated 06/26/24

Model Declaration of Public Trust with Commentary

added 06/26/24

Model Compliance Statement with Commentary

added 06/26/24

Estoppel Certificates, Compliance Statements, and Conservation Easements

updated 06/25/24

Ensuring the Permanence of Parks and Other Public Open Space

updated 06/25/24

Ensuring the Permanence of Parks and Other Public Open Space: Safeguards for Lands Entrusted to Local Government

updated 06/24/24

Model Declaration of Public Trust for Conservation Easements (with Commentary)

updated 06/22/24

Model Declaration of Public Trust for Conservation Easements (with Commentary)

updated 06/21/24

Ensuring the Permanence of Parks and Other Public Open Space

updated 06/21/24

Ensuring the Permanence of Parks and Other Public Open Space: Safeguards for Lands Entrusted to Local Government

updated 06/21/24

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

updated 06/21/24

Gift of a Future Interest in Real Estate

added 06/17/24

East Whiteland Township Ordinance Authorizing Conservation Referendum

added 06/12/24

updated 06/12/24

Estoppel Certificate

updated 06/06/24

Statutory Protection from Liability Related to Public Access

updated 06/04/24

Legal Considerations in Amending Grants of Conservation Easement

updated 06/04/24

Legal Considerations in Amending Grants of Conservation Easement

updated 06/04/24

Model Policy for Conservation Easement Amendment

updated 06/03/24

Guidelines for Conservation Easement Amendments, Waivers, and Letters of Interpretation

updated 06/03/24

Guidelines for Conservation Easement Amendments, Waivers, and Letters of Interpretation

updated 05/17/24

Model Release of Liability Form

updated 05/17/24

Release of Liability Form

updated 05/16/24

Release of Liability Form: A Tool to Reduce the Risk of Claims for Personal Injury or Property Loss