All documents are Adobe PDF documents unless otherwise noted.

Application Materials

• Applicant Handbook Revised January 2010
• Accreditation Requirements Manual: A Land Trust’s Guide to Understanding Key Elements of Accreditation
• Pre-Application Information
• Working with Adobe PDF Forms (MS Word)
• Application for Land Trust Accreditation (PDF form) Revised January 2010
• Master Attachment Checklist (PDF form) Revised January 2010
• Project Documentation Checklist (PDF form) Revised January 2010
• Accreditation Registration System (PDF)
• Accreditation Fees (MS Word)
• Application Addenda for Organizations with Multiple Corporations (also see related fact sheet) NEW!
  • Basic Level
  • Intermediate Level
  • Complete Level

To help better prepare applicants for the process, the Commission released three new sample documents you might expect to receive during the accreditation process. The first is a sample agenda for the applicant’s call with the Commission review team; the second is a sample follow-up letter requesting additional information (this letter is typically sent within a few weeks after the call); and the third is a sample award letter to a newly accredited land trust, including expectations for improvement. These documents are not intended to reflect the length of actual call agendas, follow-up letters or award letters, but are intended to show questions, requests and expectations that have appeared in actual documents. View the sample documents (PDF):

• Sample Agenda for Applicant Call with Commission Review Team
• Sample Follow-up Letter
• Sample Accreditation Award Letter

Fact Sheets

• About the Commission
• Accredited Land Trusts
• Accreditation Registration System
• Benefits of Accreditation
• Frequently Asked Questions about Expectations for Improvement  NEW!
• Frequently Asked Questions about Accreditation and Accepting Fee Land or Conservation Easement Projects from Another Land Trust and the Corporate Combination of Land Trusts
  and Mergers of Land Trusts
• Getting Started: Beginning your land trust's journey to first-time accreditation
• Multiple Corporations and Accreditation
• The Accreditation Seal: HTML | PDF
• Top 5 Tips for Preparing Your Application

Other Publications

• Land Trust Accreditation: A Primer for Land Trusts: Download a PowerPoint presentation (3MB) and companion script to walk your staff and/or board members through the accreditation process.
• Land Trust Accreditation: Excellence, Trust, Permanence, September 2008
• Accredited Land Trust Postcard, Rally 2008
• The Land Trust Accreditation Program, October 2007