This is a hub for learning, connecting and growing for land trust volunteers, staffs, and board members, as well as others working to preserve the lands and waters we love. The Centre contains documents, events, trainings, and other materials related to the topics most important to land trusts , as well as additional resources needed to support commitment and excellence in the land trust community.
The resources presented on these pages contains information to help land trusts find, use and share information, case studies and examples of each Standards & Procedures, to support their organization’s compliance with the Canadian Land Trust Standards & Practices.
This tool is a sharing platform where land trusts can review and contribute additional materials, as well as share and use the documents and templates provided. We aim to maintain and grow this collection of resources through continued review and contribution from our land trust members and affiliated organizations, ensuring up-to-date referencing material & representation across our wonderfully diverse land trust community.
All reference material within this library are reproduced “as is” with consent from their contributing organizations. Their accuracy and completeness is not guaranteed, and they are provided to you as a user entirely at your own risk. OLTA is sharing these resources in good faith and is not responsible for any errors or omissions.
Moreover, the information contained herein is not intended to provide legal or accounting advice of any kind. Additionally, samples or templates are constantly evolving, therefore, we encourage users to periodically check original sources for the latest models or versions.
The OLTA Resource Centre and the Ontario S&Ps Resource Tool was created in collaboration with OLTA staff and land trust community members, who dedicated their time to providing example documents and for allowing OLTA to publish them with this web-based tool. Additionally, we would like to extend thanks to OLTA expert volunteers who reviewed a wide array of collected documents to ensure relevance to our wonderful land trust community.
This tool was created with the support of the Canada Summer Jobs program, and the Land Trust Conservation Fund. The Centre for Land Conservation is official licensee for the Canadian Land Trust Standards and Practices.
Ontario Land Trust Alliance (OLTA) is a registered charity focused on providing community, knowledge sharing and support to land trusts and other groups committed to land conservation across Ontario.