NASA Applications Now Accepted
NASA Grant Applications are now being accepted! For details, click HERE.
NASA Grant Applications are now being accepted! For details, click HERE.
In what Land Trust Alliance President Rand Wentworth calls the single greatest legislative action in decades, Congress passed a federal tax incentive bill supporting land conservation. This legislation made permanent the tax incentive for farmers, ranchers and other individuals who place a conservation easement on their land preserving natural resources forever. It also made permanent the IRA charitable rollover. The…
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service accepted a 66-acre donation of land from Friends of the Kankakee to officially establish the Kankakee National Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area. This became official on Wednesday, May 25, 2016 and becomes the nation’s 564th national wildlife refuge. You can read more here on the FAQ sheet, and here’s…
Could you use some personalized assistance with a thorny land trust issue your land trust is facing? If so you’re in luck. The Land Trust Alliance is offering FREE coaching sessions by telephone for board members serving on all-volunteer land trust boards (those without staff or with one part-time staff member). Services are provided on…
Illinois Audubon Society partners with Joliet Park District to expand Pilcher Park Non-profit and local government join together to protect natural area JOLIET, IL. The Illinois Audubon Society today announced its acquisition of 80-acres adjacent to Joliet Park District’s Pilcher Park in Will County. With a generous $1.38 million dollar grant from Illinois…
Final Event for Illinois Monarch Virtual Summit Series Tuesday, May 4 from 1 to 3 p.m. Warmer months are finally here! Hopefully soon trees will begin to fill out and grasses will begin to take off. Celebrate the changing of the season with recent wins and actions people plan to take to #SaveTheMonarch. Register…
Did you know there were more than 47,000 visitors to Illinois land trust properties last year? Or that conservation land trusts have protected more than 230,000 acres of land in our state to date? Learn more about the important work land trusts are doing by viewing the Land Tust Alliance’s land trust census here.