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Keeping The Promise: Core Skills for Effective Land Stewardship

Every conservation easement and fee property represents a lasting promise to protect the land’s conservation values forever. Keeping the Promise: Core Skills for Effective Land Stewardship is an essential webinar series from CLCC and the Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy designed to equip land trusts with the practical skills, tools, and insights needed to uphold that…

Emergency Operations & Access Planning for Land Trust Preserves

Prepared by Kent Land Trust, this practical template shows how land trusts can partner with fire, police, EMS, and municipal officials to improve emergency preparedness on conservation lands. The plan includes emergency contacts, property access maps, helicopter landing zones, fire danger protocols, trail access details, and operational procedures for incidents such as rescues, missing persons,…

Keeping the Promise #4: When Prevention Isn’t Enough: Legal and Civil Pathways for Encroachment Resolution

About Keeping The Promise: Core Skills for Effective Land Stewardship Webinar Series Every conservation easement and fee property represents a lasting promise to protect the land’s conservation values forever. Keeping the Promise: Core Skills for Effective Land Stewardship is an essential webinar series from CLCC and the Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy designed to equip land trusts…

Keeping the Promise #3: Drawing the Line: Preventing and Addressing Encroachments

About Keeping The Promise: Core Skills for Effective Land Stewardship Webinar Series Every conservation easement and fee property represents a lasting promise to protect the land’s conservation values forever. Keeping the Promise: Core Skills for Effective Land Stewardship is an essential webinar series from CLCC and the Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy designed to equip land trusts…

Keeping the Promise #2: A New Lens on Stewardship: Using Remote Sensing for Annual Monitoring

About Keeping The Promise: Core Skills for Effective Land Stewardship Webinar Series Every conservation easement and fee property represents a lasting promise to protect the land’s conservation values forever. Keeping the Promise: Core Skills for Effective Land Stewardship is an essential webinar series from CLCC and the Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy designed to equip land trusts…

Keeping the Promise #1: Eyes on the Land: Annual Monitoring Made Meaningful

About Keeping The Promise: Core Skills for Effective Land Stewardship Webinar Series Every conservation easement and fee property represents a lasting promise to protect the land’s conservation values forever. Keeping the Promise: Core Skills for Effective Land Stewardship is an essential webinar series from CLCC and the Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy designed to equip land trusts…

Keeping the Promise #6: Forests and Foresters: Planning for Long-Term Woodland Health

About Keeping The Promise: Core Skills for Effective Land Stewardship Webinar Series Every conservation easement and fee property represents a lasting promise to protect the land’s conservation values forever. Keeping the Promise: Core Skills for Effective Land Stewardship is an essential webinar series from CLCC and the Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy designed to equip land trusts…

Keeping the Promise #5: Proactive Protection: Lessons from Terrafirma Trends

About Keeping The Promise: Core Skills for Effective Land Stewardship Webinar Series Every conservation easement and fee property represents a lasting promise to protect the land’s conservation values forever. Keeping the Promise: Core Skills for Effective Land Stewardship is an essential webinar series from CLCC and the Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy designed to equip land trusts…

Strategic Approaches to Invasive Plant Management

As any land steward knows, not every invasive plant can be eradicated. This session explores how land trusts can make thoughtful, strategic decisions about when and why to manage invasive plants, acknowledging both ecological realities and limited capacity. This webinar will cover frameworks for prioritization, such as protecting high-quality habitats or targeting early infestations, and…

Anatomy of a Land Transaction

CLCC’s Anatomy of a Land Transaction is a seven-part webinar series designed to give land trust staff and board members a practical, well-rounded foundation in the core components of land conservation deals. Each session features expert presenters covering key topics—from project selection, appraisals, and environmental due diligence, to surveys, baseline documentation, closings, and post-closing responsibilities—with…

NRCS Climate Smart Stewardship Practices

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Climate-Smart Mitigation Activities webpage provides an overview of conservation practices that help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance carbon sequestration. This resource is valuable for land trusts looking to integrate climate resilience into their conservation efforts through practices like forest management, wetland restoration, and soil health improvements. Land…

Mapping for Climate Resilience

Understanding climate change resilience is essential for building resilience on the land we conserve and interactive mapping tools provide valuable data to guide our decision making. By integrating these tools into planning, land trusts can enhance habitat connectivity, protect biodiversity, and ensure the resilience of Connecticut’s conserved lands.