Year

Accomplishments and Initiatives

2001

Held six regional land trust gatherings. Began building relationships outside the land trust community. Held half-day PA Land Trust Meeting with 65 attendees during the Mid-Atlantic Land Trust Conference that PALTA co-organized. Published 1st guidance, a Guide to the Conservation and Preservation Easements Act.

2002

Launched the Land Trust Service Center Technical Assistance Program: six guided organizational assessments supported and direct staff assistance by phone, email and in-person provided. Published the first installments of the Stories of Land and People series.

2003

Held 1^st Pennsylvania Land Conservation Conference – with 130 attendees and two days of programming. Launched conserveland.org.

2004

First grants made under the Conservation Easement Assistance Program. Critiqued proposed changes to and advocated for strengthening of Land Trust Standards & Practices. Established the Lifetime Leadership Award.

2005

Published 1^st edition of the Pennsylvania Conservation Easement & Commentary. Completed the 18^th and final installment of the Stories of Land and People series. Published Water Quality Improvement Easement for securing access for remediation projects. Co-sponsored with the PA Bar Institute four CLE programs on Conservation Easements.

2006

Expanded Conservation Easement Assistance Program to cover amendments, baseline documentation and signage. Introduced the ConserveLand print newsletter.

2007

Published 1^st editions of the Trail Easement Agreement & Commentary and Fishing Access Agreement & Commentary. Published In Their Own Words and distributed 16,000 copies. Pennsylvania Land Conservation Conference expanded to three days with 315 attending. Established local government Conservation Leadership Awards. Piloted Standards & Practices course Managing Conservation Easements in Perpetuity.

2008

Published 5^th edition of the Pennsylvania Conservation Easement including 64 pages of commentary with 2/3 of active land trusts using it. Published 2^nd edition of the Trail Easement Agreement. Held two-day Natural Gas & Land Conservation Conference. Published 30-page Public Dedication of Land and Fees-in-Lieu for Parks and Recreation: A Guide to Using Section 503(11) of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code.

2009

Published in-depth guidance on Stewardship Fees, Pledges and Donation Agreements, Reversionary Interests and more. Brought PA Land Choices, DCNR’s land use curriculum, to print. For second year in a row, attendance at Pennsylvania Land Conservation Conference reached just shy of 400.

2010

Launched ConservationTools.org with guidance on dozens of conservation and planning tools and topics, 190 expert listings and more. Re-launched, with new services and improved interface, ConserveLand.org. Published Grant of Trail Easement & Commentary to complement the Trail Easement Agreement & Commentary.