land trust

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Land Trust

1. A trust in which a grantor deposits one or more pieces of real estate. A trustee is given the right to manage the real estate. All profits or other gains are given to a beneficiary chosen by the grantor.

2. A government or private nonprofit organization responsible for managing and conserving real estate, especially undeveloped or unspoiled land. Such trusts exist to prevent environmental degradation of the land.

land trust

A trust in which land is the only asset. See trust.

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The IRS also found that the land trust had violated the substantial-nonexempt-purpose test and the private inurement doctrine, Id.

Applying the private benefit doctrine to farmland conservation easements

The pulse is quickening in the 16 individual land trust organizations that endeavor to conserve wildlife habitat, agricultural and scenic lands throughout the state.

Land trusts make gains in preserving acreage

The legal community associated with the land trust movement should address these potential problems.

Conservation easement reform: as Maine goes should the nation follow?

Bardessono in Yountville, California, a platinum LEED certified hotel property of MTM Luxury Lodging, has announced that it has partnered with Lexus, Tesla Motors, AV Aerovironment, and Land Trust of Napa County to provide for guests with electric and hybrid transportation.

-Bardessono Hotel Partners for Electric/Hybrid Transportation

The Year 4 pupils at Gosforth Park First School in Newcastle have been building safe and comfortable habitats for hedgehogs with help from national charity the Land Trust.

Make your house a home for wildlife

Whidbey Camano Land Trust Announces Campaign to Save Whidbey Island Forest

Paul Schissler, executive director of Kulshan Community Land Trust, is moving into the new role of policy advisor this month and Dean Fearing will take over Schissler's position.

KCLT announces new executive director

Bethlehem / PNN - Holy Land Trust of Bethlehem is coordinating the Palestine portion of the World March for the thirteenth and fourteenth of next month.

World March for peace and justice walking in Bethlehem next month

"We recognized that safeguarding our landscape was too large a task for any one organization to accomplish," says Gary Wein, executive director of the Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust.

Saving the places you love: Valerie True shares how local land trusts are working to protect our area's natural surroundings and what you can do to help

Wentworth is the president of the Land Trust Alliance, a group representing 1,700 conservation trusts.

Buying low: the green real estate boom

Dear EarthTalk: What's a "land trust" and how does it help the environment?

Even on the preserved paths of this section of the Aspetuck Land Trust, one can hear the rush of highway traffic just ahead.