A National Conservation Organization Representing Over 1,700 U.S. Land Trusts
The Land Trust Alliance, originally formed in 1982 as the Land Trust Exchange, is a national conservation organization representing more than 1,700 land trusts across the United States. The organization describes its objectives as working to increase the pace and quality of conservation by advocating favorable tax policies, training land trusts in best practices, and working to ensure the permanence of conservation in the face of continuing threats. 2007 marked the 25th anniversary of the organization. The Land Trust Alliance is based in Washington, DC. As of August 2008, national, regional and local land trusts have conserved a total of almost 37 million acres (150,000 kmē) of land in America.
See also
- Allegheny Land Trust
- Berks County Conservancy
- Branford Land Trust
- Capitol Land Trust (CLT)
- Cave Conservancies
- Community land trust (CLT)
- Forest Legacy Program
- Genesee Valley Conservancy (GVC)
- Greater Worcester Land Trust
- High Country Conservancy
- Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF)
- Land Trust of Virginia (LTV)
- Mountain Conservation Trust of Georgia (MCTGA)
- Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust
- Natural Lands Trust
- Oak Ridges Moraine Land Trust
- South End Lower Roxbury Open Space Land Trust
- Southside Community Land Trust
- Sudbury Valley Trustees (SVT)
- The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County (LCSLO, California's Central Coast)
- The Trust for Public Land (TPL)
- The Wildlife Trusts partnership
- Upper Valley Land Trust
- Vermont Land Trust
- Waltham Land Trust
- Wilderness Land Trust
- Woodland Stewards
- World Land Trust - US
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