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Land Trust Alliance President
Rand Wentworth with Senator
Max Baucus (D-MT) who championed
the tax incentive renewal

Congress Renews Tax Incentive to Increase the Pace of Conservation

On May 23, 2008, Congress enacted a Farm Bill that renews a powerful tax incentive which has helped to conserve a million or more acres of farms, ranches and natural areas across the US. The incentive had expired January 1st, but is now retroactive to the beginning of the year and will last through 2009. Read full press release.

2007 Alliance Annual Report:
Mobilizing Land Trusts to Double the Pace

2007 was one of the most successful years in the history of land conservation, with many land trusts across America reporting more land conserved in 2007 than in any previous year.

Learn more in the 2007 Annual Report (PDF, 3MB)

Updates for Land Trusts

Alliance’s New York Program on NPR

WAMC, the major Northeast affiliate of NPR, recently covered the Alliance’s New York State Conservation Partnership Program grants announcement of $825,000 in grants to 40 Alliance-member land trusts. More

The Learning Center

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GIS-based Analyses for Conservation Management

Duke Environmental Leadership Program
Duke University | Durham, North Carolina
July 21-25, 2008
Registration deadline: July 7, 2008
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Conservation in the News

$34.8M raised to protect 342,000 acres Down East
Bangor Daily News (ME) | May 21, 2008

KLA: Kansas Ranchland Trust Receives Easement
Cattle Network | May 12, 2008

Conservationists make most of real estate crisis
USA Today | May 8, 2008

Easement protects land at Carvins Cove
Roanoke Times (VA) | April 22, 2008

Land trust buys Lily Point for $3.5 million
Bellingham Herald (WA) | April 20, 2008

Policy Update: New Farm Bill Passes with Two-Year Tax Incentive for Conservation!

Photo by Francesca Dalleo 5/23/08 - Thanks to the advocacy of hundreds of land trusts and a national coalition of conservation, wildlife, sportsmen's and agricultural organizations, today Congress enacted a farm bill that:

Extends the tax incentive for conservation easement donations until December 31, 2009
Provides a total of $733 million over 5 years for the Farmland Protection Program.
Re-establishes the Grassland Reserve Program with an acreage goal of 1.22 million acres.

Visit our Public Policy page for more details.

News

Double Your Impact to Save the Places You Love!

The 2008 Matching Gift Challenge Fund will match your gift dollar for dollar! There has never been amore important or opportune time to contribute to the Land Trust Alliance, the only organization that can increase the pace, quality and permanence of conservation in every community across America.

Exchange Winter 2008

Winter issue of Exchange features great success stories from communities across the nation, accreditation, and latest news on Easement Defense and Easement Amendments. Don't miss the perennial favorite the 2007 Land Trust Salaries and Benefits Survey. Table of contents

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