LAND TRUST ALLIANCE INC

Conservation permanence: the land trust alliance continues to lead the land trust community in its mission to provide lasting land conservation. The alliance supports land trust success by increasing their expertise, diligence and resilience. Through its conservation defense initiative, land trusts are more prepared than ever to overcome legal and practical challenges. The alliance also works to shape the practice and the body of conservation law, advancing the legal position that conservation easements must be upheld carefully and owned land diligently protected, that conserved lands benefit the public and deserve to be tax-exempt, and that the judgment of land trusts therefore is worthy of regulatory and judicial deference. The 562 land trust members of terrafirma in 2025 have demonstrated the wisdom of collective conservation defense adding legal support and resources for over 12.2 million acres of conserved land. Terrafirma risk retention group llc, the charitable risk pool launched by the alliance in 2011 and owned the insured by land trusts, covered over 41,000 conservation properties. With over 80 percent of the land owned or conserved by land trusts safely insured with terrafirma, or held by organizations capable of self- insurance, the land trust community has justifiably earned a reputation for expertly serving the public interest.