About LCAT
LCA Trust Mission and Activities
(Read about the Founder, Steve Meltzer)
LAND CONSERVATION AND ADVOCACY TRUST, INC.
The Land Conservation and Advocacy Trust provides emergency funding and legal support to preserve open spaces and natural resources, and promote smart-growth ideals that foster land conservation. We work closely with land trusts, other stewardship organizations, and on our own initiative so that we can act quickly when local resources are not available to preserve important land parcels.
Founded in 2008, the LCA Trust is a non-profit organization based in Massachusetts and works with local conservation and preservation interests throughout the United States.
OUR CORE BELIEF
The LCA Trust believes that land conservation, preservation and use of smart-growth principles are the most effective ways to safeguard wildlife habitat, scenic views, wetlands, sensitive watershed parcels, forests, greenways, and other valuable open spaces from development and loss.
OUR MISSION
To conserve and preserve open spaces and natural resources so that everyone may enjoy them, now and forever. Swift action is the cornerstone of implementing our mission.
When opportunities for land conservation arise, financial and legal resources are often needed on very short notice. Local land trusts and stewards often miss out on important preservation opportunities because they lack immediate access to money or legal assistance, and national land trust organizations are not always able to react quickly.
The LCA Trust can respond with emergency funding and legal assistance in these situations—often making resources available within 24 hours.
OUR GOAL
The goal of the LCA Trust is to grow through contributions and donations, and to replenish disbursements through at-cost transfers of land and conservation easements from local organizations.