The Appraisal Institute is the world’s leading organization of appraisers.
Land Trust Alliance has a mission to save the places people love by strengthening land conservation across America.
The Nature Conservancy claims to be the leading conservation organization working around the world to protect ecologically important lands and waters for nature and people.
The Trust for Public Land conserves land for people to enjoy as parks, gardens, and other natural places, ensuring livable communities for generations to come.
Since 1935, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), in the United States Department of Agriculture (originally called the Soil Conservation Service), has provided leadership in a partnership effort to help America’s private land owners and managers conserve their soil, water, and other natural resources.
Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program (FRPP), a part of NRCS, provides matching funds to help purchase development rights to keep productive farm and ranchland in agricultural uses.
Maine Natural Areas Program (MNAP), within the Maine Department of Conservation, serves Maine’s citizens as the most comprehensive source on the State’s important natural features.
Land for Maine’s Future, in the Maine State Planning Office, thinks lands that have exceptional natural or recreational value warrant permanent protection. With spreading development and changing land uses, Maine is at risk of losing many of the natural landscapes that residents cherish and that are so important to Maine’s natural and cultural heritage as well as to its economic vitality. The LMF Program seeks to conserve these important settings.
