The Land Trust Accreditation Commission reports the following accreditation decisions were made at the meeting held February 4-6, 2016.
Accredited for a term from February 16, 2016 – February 15, 2021.
First-Time Awards
- Silicon Valley Land Conservancy (California)
- San Diego Habitat Conservancy (California)
- Save Mount Diablo (California)
- Colorado Headwaters Land Trust (Colorado)
- Land Trust of the Upper Arkansas (Colorado)
- Roxbury Land Trust (Connecticut)
- Southeastern Trust for Parks and Land (Georgia)
- Kaniksu Land Trust (Idaho)
- Kentucky Natural Lands Trust (Kentucky)
- Upper Saco Valley Land Trust (New Hampshire)
- Ridge and Valley Conservancy (New Jersey)
- Rio Grande Agricultural Land Trust (New Mexico)
- Finger Lakes Land Trust (New York)
- North Salem Open Land Foundation (New York)
- Oblong Land Conservancy (New York)
- Otsego Land Trust (New York)
- Wallkill Valley Land Trust (New York)
- RiverLink (North Carolina)
- Licking Land Trust (Ohio)
- Wallowa Land Trust (Oregon)
- Western Rivers Conservancy (Oregon)
- French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust (Pennsylvania)
- South Kingstown Land Trust (Rhode Island)
- Beaufort County Open Land Trust (South Carolina)
- West Wisconsin Land Trust (Wisconsin)
Renewal Awards
- Marin Agricultural Land Trust (California)
- Pacific Forest Trust (California)
- La Plata Open Space Conservancy (Colorado)
- Kent Land Trust (Connecticut)
- The Trustees of Reservations and its affiliates (Boston Natural Areas Network, Hilltown Land Trust and Massachusetts Land Conservation Trust, all in Massachusetts)
- Potomac Conservancy (Maryland)
- Maine Coast Heritage Trust (Maine)
- Little Forks Conservancy (Michigan)
- Mianus River Gorge, Inc. (New York)
- Eno River Association (North Carolina)
- Mainspring Conservation Trust (North Carolina, formerly the Land Trust of the Little Tennessee)
- Piedmont Land Conservancy (North Carolina)
The Commission only makes the land trust’s status information available. For more information on the organizations listed above, visit their websites or contact them directly. Click here for a list of all land trusts accredited or under consideration.