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that will guide your land trust in crafting a violation policy specific to
your organization’s needs.
Finally, we look at next steps you might take to implement the material
presented in this book and offer a practical “to do” worksheet to help
you implement the most important items for your land trust.
Audience
This course is for land trust board members, staff and volunteers who
manage a conservation easement portfolio and wish to uphold high
standards in conservation easement recordkeeping, amendments and
enforcement.
This course is suitable for a wide range of participants, and there are no
prerequisites.However,to get the most out of this course,you should be
familiar with drafting conservation easements, understand the importance
of records policies and be conversant in the subjects covered in
the Land Trust Alliance courses “Conservation Easement Drafting
and Documentation” and “Conservation Easement Stewardship.”
Using the Book
You may use this book in a training or self-study program, and for
review and reference. You can use it at home, in the office or in class.
This book was specifically designed to contain a wealth of information
that you can use over many years in managing your land trust’s conservation
easements. This course is designed to be taught in 12 hours
of classroom training. A student can usually complete this course in
slightly less time if studying alone, either online or with this book.
If using this book for self-study, you should read the chapters and work
through the evaluations, exercises and case studies. You should also
take advantage of the additional resources identified in each chapter
for further study.
Managing Conservation Easements in Perpetuity