Announcements

L.L.Bean Land Trust Grant Program Invites Proposals

Deadline: September 14, 2009

L.L. Bean has teamed up with Maine Coast Heritage Trust and MLTN to provide grant support to Maine’s land trust community. The purpose of the L.L. Bean Maine Land Trust Grant Program is to provide strategic funding to Maine land trusts for land stewardship activities. Stewardship projects that enhance the trust’s ability to carry out its mission (those that seek to build organizational capacity) and those that enhance opportunities for public access to conservation lands are a priority.

This is a competitive grants program; grants not to exceed $5000 each. Get more information on the Conservation Funding page, or contact Megan Shore at mshore@mcht.org.

July 1 Deadline for Registering Conservation Easements

The Maine Conservation Easement Registry is complete and ready for use. This year, all holders of conservation easements on real estate in Maine must register their easements by July 1st and annually confirm the monitoring status of these easements. For more information or to get started, visit the registry web page.

Call for Proposals - Maine Land Trust Excellence Program

The Maine Land Trust Network is pleased to announce the next round of Maine Land Trust Excellence Program grants. Updated materials including a 2009 application are now available. The deadline for applications is June 12th, 2009. View program materials

Land Trust News

Supporting Traditional Economic Interests

Many Maine land trusts conserve properties that feed the local economy and sustain traditional ways of life. Unlike residential development, which can carry a high cost in long-term services, farmland, forest land, working waterfronts and recreational lands all provide an ongoing source of local revenue, and benefit many businesses. [read more]

Approaching Accreditation

In 2004 the Land Trust Alliance commissioned a group of land trust leaders to study the best way to ensure long-term public confidence in land trusts. The result of that process was the development of a voluntary accreditation program for land trusts. Since then, the Land Trust Accreditation Commission formed and developed an accreditation program which is currently being tested in advance of a 2008 public launch. [read more]