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Exchange LAND TRUST Al Tax, Membership Taos Land Trust (NM) re ( IS ® utheast Pr®gram Workshops Planned $ 400000 Organizational Adv, LTA/Southeast Hires LTA will hold three day-long training Grant award to assist in hiri First Director seminars in the Southeast this fall : lands director with legal ski] I Kevin Brice, former associate direc- ® 7 Ix Strategies for Land Conservation, grant programs are made po I funding from Wilburforce Fc for of Triangle Land Conservancy (NC offered Dec. 5 in Salisbury, NC , and) , has joined LTA as Southeast Program Dec. 7 in Chapel Hill, NC , in partner- LTA and Colorado Coa , director. In the new position, Mr. Brice ship with the Conservation 'Dust for Land Trusts Coordinate will lead LTA's services for land trusts in North Carolina. The course, taught by LTA/Southwest and the C Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, attorney William T. Hutton, covers , tax strate e q Coalition of Land TRusts CC Mississippi, North Carolina South gi s and techni ues rele- Carolina and Tennessee . vant to conservation projects forged a strategic plan for we LTA' s Southeast Program office is including outright gifts, bargain jointly to service Colorado la located in Durham NC . [Address and sales, donations or partial interests and forward conservation in contact information for LTA regional : . and like-kind exchanges . "The intent is to optimize t programs is on page 2 .] ® Building Your Membership for skills the two organizations t Among the programs that LTA/ F indralsing and Support offered Colorado , and to avoid overl, Southeast will provide are technical Nov. 30 in Columb a, SC , in part- duplication of services , " said assistance and training for land trusts nership with the South Carolina Southwest Director Rob Molac and matching grants . Land Trust Network. Fundraising brings its policy skills and co Mr. Brice has been with Triangle trainer and consultant Ellis Robinson to decision makers and agenc Land Conservancy since 1997, serving will help land trust participants the ability to raise public awe as stewardship coordinator, land pro- increase their local support and Colorado on the importance tection specialist and associate director donor bases . conservation . LTA brings expo Prior to moving to North Carolina for training, information and its , leverage national resources tc i postgraduate studies in natural sci- Colorado land trusts . " ences, he worked for the global division of a Chicago based investment firm, A joint service committee Southwest Program sentatives from CCLT and LM doing projects in Europe , Australia and Singapore . Fall Grant Awards Top $ 56, 700 west will develop a work plan. "During my time with Tian le Land two organizations' activities it g LTA' s Southwest Program this fall state . Together, they will raise Conservancy, I 've had the opportunity awarded approximately $ 56 , 700 to for their plan and hire staff as to work with many dedicated conser- land trusts in the region through its Final details for the partnersh vation staff and volunteers, and it's been two grants programs . formal operating agreement very rewarding . I look forward to this p g Nine land trusts were awarded a worked out this fall , i opportunity to expand that work to an total of 16$ , 703 through its Matching "This will provide a comm( even broader circle, " Mr. Brice said . Grants Program for capacity building for the land trusts and the fur activities including strategic planning, community on behalf of Coloi training and board development efforts , land trusts , " Mr. Molacek said . I For a list of grant awards, see LTA's Web site at www. Ita. . org/regionallta/ southwest. htm . i