Table of Contents

1 Land Acquisition: An Increasingly Important Tool for River Protection by Phil Wallin

3 From the President

8 How Land Trusts Work by Matthew Logan

10 Census Shows Decade of Growth for Local and Regional Land Trusts by Land Trust Alliance Staff

12 Conservation Easements: What’s Best and When? by Tim McNeil

14 Land Acquisition Funding Sources by Judith Rubin & Kathy Luscher

16 A Guide to Monitoring Conservation Easements by Jennifer Adkins

20 A Perfect Match: Land Trusts & Watershed Groups by Richard D. Cochran

22 Building Trust with Landowners by Brad Martin

24 Resources & References

27 River Network Partnership