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MLTC LAND PROTECTION RESOURCE CENTERS IN EIGHT MASSACHUSETTS LOCATIONS

The Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition, in coordination with the host organizations listed below, is pleased to announce the placement of eight regional Land Protection Resource Centers throughout the Commonwealth, designed to provide information to land conservation practitioners, whether professionals or volunteers. The Resource Centers contain articles, books, fact sheets, and sample documents that can be read on site or copied to take home with you. In addition to the eight locations listed below, two more sites will be added this summer. It is our hope that land trust staff, volunteers, and board members, landowners, local officials, attorneys and anyone interested in land conservation will make use of this pertinent information. The only costs associated with the Resource Center are for your own transportation and photocopies. To use the Centers, find the location nearest you from the list below and call to arrange a time to visit. Keep in mind that the Resource hosts are donating their time and office space to this program.

The Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition would like to thank the Land Trust Alliance for a generous grant and discounted and donated books, the host organizations for the space and time devoted to this program, the Members and Friends of the Coalition whose dues support the Centers, the Law Office of Steve Small for discounted books, the Maine Coast Heritage Trust for a donation of books, the Conservation Trust for North Carolina for discounted books, and the Biodiversity Project for discounted books.

Locations

BERKSHIRE COUNTY

CAPE COD

DOWNTOWN BOSTON

DOWNTOWN WORCESTER

METROWEST

SOUTHEASTERN MASS

NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY

CONNECTICUT RIVER VALLEY

Coming soon: Essex County, Buzzards Bay

Contents

Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition Resource Center

• Books and Booklets
  • Assessing Your Organization Using Land Trust Standards and Practices by Land Trust Alliance
  • Compiling Baseline Data Documentation by Maine Coast Heritage Trust
  • Conservation and Historic Preservation Easements by Conservation Trust for North Carolina
  • Conservation Options, A Guide for Maine Landowners by Maine Coast Heritage Trust
  • Cost of Community Services Studies by American Farmland Trust
  • Doing Deals by The Trust for Public Land
  • Fundraising for the Long Haul by Kim Klein
  • Getting on Message: Eastern Forests and Biodiversity by Biodiversity Project
  • Land Conservation Options: A Guide for Massachusetts Landowners by The Trustees of Reservations and the Essex
  • County Greenbelt Association
  • Land Stewardship for Land Trusts by Beth Goldstein, University of Massachusetts
  • Land Vote 2002 by Trust for Public Land and Land Trust Alliance
  • Preserving Family Lands Book 1 by Steve Small
  • Preserving Family Lands Book 2 by Steve Small
  • Preserving Family Lands Book 3 by Steve Small
  • The Conservation Easement Handbook by Jane Diehl & Thomas S. Barrett
  • Working Forest Conservation Easements by Brenda Lind

• Box of Papers
  • General Information
    • Intro to Resource Center (including checklist of contents)
    • MassLand E-News (example copies of newsletter)
  • MassLand Listserv
    MassLand Listserv (instructions for signing up)
  • Starting a Land Trust in Massachusetts
    • Starting a Land Trust in Massachusetts
    • What Documents do I Need?
    • IRS Application for Exemption
    • IRS Exemption Requirements
    • MA Articles of Organization
    • Land Trust Alliance Standard 1
    • Other Resources
  • Legal Advisories
    • Protection Against Disposition of Land
    • Eminent Domain and Restricted Lands
    • Permanent Deed Restriction/CPA
  • Land Trust Success Stories and Case Studies
    • MA Land Trust Wins Membership Award
    • Victory at Glendale Park
    • Campaign for Mt. Watatic Launched
    • Clinton Greenway Trust’s First Acquisition
    Links to Land Trusts, Conservation Groups, etc.
    • Websites – Registry of Deeds
    • Websites – National Land Trusts and other orgs
    • Websites – Mass Environmental Organizations
    • Websites – Non Profit Administration
    • Websites – Mass and Federal Agencies
  • Sample Documents
    • By Laws
    • Job Descriptions
    • Mission Statements
    • Board Basics
    • Board Recruitment
    • Declaration of Trust
    • Gift Deed
    • Setting Conservation Priorities
    • Policy – Holding Easements on Land Trust Preserves
    • No Extinguishment Through Merger
    • Common Grant
    • Common Report
    • Fundraising Plan
    • Planned Giving Document
    • Consultant Contract
    • Editorials
    • Brochures
    • Newsletters
    • Evaluation Criteria
    • Land Protection Policy
  • White Papers and Fact Sheets
    • Parks Boost Home Values
    • Cost of Community Services
    • Economic Impact of Open Space in New Hampshire
    • Saving Land Lowers Taxes
    • Charitable Sales for Land Conservation
    • Condemnation of Conservation Land
    • Managing Prosperity
    • Purchase of Ag Easements
    • Conservation Restrictions
    • Post-Mortem Donation of Conservation Easements
    • Farmland Protection Toolbox
    • Tax Status of Land Trust Land
    • Planned Giving for Land Trusts
    • Charitable Remainder Trusts
    • Protecting Protected Land
    • Land Use Law in MA
  • Information for Local Officials
    • Saving Land Lowers Taxes
    • Managing Prosperity
    • Farmland Protection Toolbox
    • Purchase of Ag Easements
    • Cost of Community Services
    • Conservation Restrictions
  • Land Trust Basics
    • Estate Planning for Private Landowners
    • Land Ownership Vehicles
    • Conservation Restrictions as a Land Protection Tool
    • Determining the Value of Land
    • Substantiation of Values of Donated CRs for Federal Tax Purposes
    • Tax Considerations Associated with Granting CRs or Donation of Property
    • Economic Growth and Tax Relief and Reconciliation Act of 2001