The United States is home to nearly 1400 non-profits working to conserve land. Many of these are small, community-based organizations with limited financial resources. By providing pro bono legal assistance to such  organizations (most of them based in Indiana), we allow them to focus their limited resources on issues more directly related to their missions – protecting and maintaining land entrusted to them, public education efforts, scientific research on endangered or threatened species, etc.

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Updates on our nonprofit support

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Efroymson Family Fund Provides Support for CLC's Ongoing Mission
Efroymson Family Fund Provides Support for CLC's Ongoing Mission

Conservation Law Center is incredibly excited to announce that the Efroymson Family Fund has awarded us a generous grant to support our mission and marketing efforts. The Efroymson Family Fund helps support nonprofit organizations across Central Indiana. Their gift to us will help fund the positions of several critical full-time staff members, build out new and existing conservation programs, and bolster our day-to-day operations.  

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The Promise of Protecting Land Forever
The Promise of Protecting Land Forever

How do we help land trusts? We give pro bono advice on matters of conservation easement drafting and enforcement, complex real estate transactions, property liabilities, and countless other matters related to running a nonprofit organization.

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CLC Prepared Third Conservation Easement Guide for the Land Trust Alliance
CLC Prepared Third Conservation Easement Guide for the Land Trust Alliance

The CLC prepared the third in a series of conservation easement guides for the Land Trust Alliance (LTA). This guide covers the "outdoor recreation" category of qualifying purposes for tax deductible conservation easements.

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CLC Attorneys Present at LTA Rally
CLC Attorneys Present at LTA Rally

In mid-October, CLC attorneys presented workshops at the annual national meeting of the Land Trust Alliance in Portland, Oregon. Bill co-presented the workshop "Conservation Easements in a Changing World - Balancing Flexibility with Permanence." Bill, Andrea, and Jeff, along with Christian Freitag, executive director of our long-standing client Sycamore Land Trust, presented the workshop "Drafting Working Landscape Conservation Easements."

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CLC Helps Friends of Patoka River Incorporate
CLC Helps Friends of Patoka River Incorporate

With the legal assistance of CLC attorneys and Clinic interns, Friends of the Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge incorporated as a not-for-profit organization. The Friends' mission is to educate the public about the Patoka River NWF, located in southern Indiana near Oakland City, and to help protect its precious resources.

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