Land Trust Alliance is a nature conservation organization, based in

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The Alliance represents many

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s across the

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History

Originally formed as the Land Trust Exchange in

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on February 22, 1982, Allan Spader was named its inaugural director. In 1990, the name of the organization was changed to the Land Trust Alliance and was moved to

The Land Trust Alliance has sponsored "Rally," a yearly conference of conservation professionals, since 1985. In 2012, the Land Trust Alliance set up an insurance company to assist regional

s with the legal defense of

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. In 2021, the Land Trust Alliance expressed support for the

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' proposed "Charitable Conservation Easement Program Integrity Act", which is intended to prevent improper tax deductions for land trusts and encourage legitimate charitable contributions.

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* Environmental organizations based in Washington, D.C. Land trusts in the United States Organizations established in 1982 {{environmental-org-stub