Toolkits, Reports, and Other Educational Materials

This page serves as a collection of resources about private lands conservation, including toolkits, published research, articles and other educational materials.

Toolkits

Next-generation Councils: A Toolkit for Getting Started

Next-generation Councils: A Toolkit for Getting Started

A Resource for Landowners Considering Voluntarily Conserving Their Property

A Resource for Landowners Considering Voluntarily Conserving Their Property

A Resource for Landowners Who Purchased Land with a Prior Conservation Easement

A Resource for Landowners Who Purchased Land with a Prior Conservation Easement

Toolkit: Making the Case for Conservation

Toolkit: Making the Case for Conservation

(Updated 2023) Land Conservation: A Brief Guide to Conservation Easements

(Updated 2023) Land Conservation: A Brief Guide to Conservation Easements

Research and Polls

Infographic: Conservation Easements and Tax Incentives

Infographic: Conservation Easements and Tax Incentives

Colorado College State of the Rockies: 2023 Conservation in the West Poll

Colorado College State of the Rockies: 2023 Conservation in the West Poll

Colorado College State of the Rockies: 2022 Conservation in the West Poll

Colorado College State of the Rockies: 2022 Conservation in the West Poll

Understanding and supporting the work of land trusts (Dec. 2020)

Understanding and supporting the work of land trusts (Dec. 2020)

Market Research: Colorado Voters’ Views of Land Trusts and Conservation (Dec. 2020)

Market Research: Colorado Voters’ Views of Land Trusts and Conservation (Dec. 2020)

Colorado College State of the Rockies: 2021 Conservation in the West Poll

Colorado College State of the Rockies: 2021 Conservation in the West Poll

Colorado College State of the Rockies: 2020 Conservation in the West Poll

Colorado College State of the Rockies: 2020 Conservation in the West Poll

REPORTS AND STUDIES

Public returns to private lands conservation in Colorado: The Conservation Easement Tax Credit Program (Dec. 2023) | Executive Summary

Public returns to private lands conservation in Colorado: The Conservation Easement Tax Credit Program (Dec. 2023) | Executive Summary

Infographic: Public returns to private land conservation (Dec. 2023)

Infographic: Public returns to private land conservation (Dec. 2023)

Remote Monitoring Technologies for Land Trusts (August 2021) | Executive Summary - 2-pager

Remote Monitoring Technologies for Land Trusts (August 2021) | Executive Summary - 2-pager

Case Statement: The Arkansas Basin Conservation Alliance

Case Statement: The Arkansas Basin Conservation Alliance

Groundwater Conservation Easements for Aquifer Recovery in the San Luis Valley (2021)

Groundwater Conservation Easements for Aquifer Recovery in the San Luis Valley (2021)

Alternative methods for substantiating payments for conservation easements in Colorado (October 2020)

Alternative methods for substantiating payments for conservation easements in Colorado (October 2020)

Economic impact of future federal conservation easement investments on (rural) Colorado communities June 2020) and Infographic - Economic Return on Farm Bill Investments (Sept. 2020) VIEW REPORT | VIEW INFOGRAPHIC

Economic impact of future federal conservation easement investments on (rural) Colorado communities June 2020) and Infographic - Economic Return on Farm Bill Investments (Sept. 2020) VIEW REPORT | VIEW INFOGRAPHIC

The Race for Nature: How Congress Can Help Farmers and Ranchers Save Their Lands and Survive the Coronavirus-Induced Economic Crisis - Center for American Progress (June 2020)

The Race for Nature: How Congress Can Help Farmers and Ranchers Save Their Lands and Survive the Coronavirus-Induced Economic Crisis - Center for American Progress (June 2020)

Loss and fragmentation of natural lands in the conterminous U.S. from 2001 to 2017

Loss and fragmentation of natural lands in the conterminous U.S. from 2001 to 2017

Sharing Water to Save the Farm

Sharing Water to Save the Farm

Chaffee County Case Study: A thoughtful, locally-driven vision 10 years in the making

Chaffee County Case Study: A thoughtful, locally-driven vision 10 years in the making

The Economic Benefits of Great Outdoors Colorado and the Conservation Trust Fund (2018)

The Economic Benefits of Great Outdoors Colorado and the Conservation Trust Fund (2018)

Estimated Economic Impact of Federal Agricultural Conservation Easement Programs (ACEP) on Colorado, 2009-2017

Estimated Economic Impact of Federal Agricultural Conservation Easement Programs (ACEP) on Colorado, 2009-2017

A CSU Study: Investing in Colorado - Colorado’s Return on Investments in Conservation Easements: Conservation Easement Tax Credit Program and Great Outdoors Colorado (2017)

A CSU Study: Investing in Colorado - Colorado’s Return on Investments in Conservation Easements: Conservation Easement Tax Credit Program and Great Outdoors Colorado (2017)

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