Biodiversity Resources for Land Trusts

These files and links to technical and financial resources will help land trusts with biodiversity conservation, including conservation planning, habitat restoration and management, and a variety of other useful topics for land trusts.

National Trends
This section offers some views of the progress of conservation at the national scale, from organizations like the Land Trust Alliance and Defenders of Wildlife as well as federal agencies like NRCS.

Conservation Planning
As habitat loss and fragmentation increase and more species decline across the United States, conservationists need to take a strategic approach to habitat and biodiversity protection.

Habitat Restoration
Discussion of the need for restoration and guidance and examples of restoration practices used by land trusts and agencies.

Agriculture
Throughout the nation, the livelihood of farmers who care about the ecological landscape in which they live and work is increasingly threatened by a food system that values immediate gains over good stewardship.

Funding
Conservation incentive programs can help land trusts restore habitat, improve water quality, develop conservation plans and diversify farm income on easement and fee lands.

Living Lands Presentations
View presentations (in pdf format) given at various Land Trust Alliance conferences.