LTA Acceditation

National Accreditation

The land trust accreditation program recognizes land conservation organizations that meet national quality standards for protecting important natural places and working lands forever. The Granby Land Trust was one of the first land trusts in Connecticut to become accredited by the Land Trust Alliance, in 2014, and we are proud to have achieved accreditation renewal in 2019.

Excellence
Accredited land trusts meet national quality standards for protecting important natural places and working lands forever. These land trusts demonstrate their commitment to excellence by adopting Land Trust Standards and Practices, the ethical and technical guidelines for the responsible operation of a land trust, and meeting the accreditation requirements drawn from them.

Trust
Nonprofit organizations, including land trusts, are increasingly called on to demonstrate their accountability to the public. Accredited land trusts have voluntarily submitted their organizations to an external, independent review of their practices. As a result, accreditation provides the public with the assurance that the land trust displaying the accreditation seal meets established standards for organizational quality and permanent land conservation.

Permanence
Land trusts help conserve land that is essential to our health and well-being. When land trusts agree to protect land for the benefit of the public, in most cases they do so by promising that the protection is forever. The accreditation program verifies that the land trust has the policies and programs in place to keep this promise, either by caring for the land itself or transferring the land to an entity that can.

About the Land Trust Accreditation Commission

The Land Trust Accreditation Commission, based in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., awards the accreditation seal to community institutions that meet national quality standards for protecting important natural places and working lands forever. The Commission, an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance established in 2006, is governed by a volunteer board of diverse land conservation and nonprofit management experts from around the country. The Alliance is a national conservation group based in Washington, D.C. that works to save the places people love by strengthening conservation throughout America. More information on the accreditation program is available on the Commission’s website, www.landtrustaccreditation.org. More information on the Alliance is available at www.landtrustalliance.org.

“Achieving accreditation proves our deep commitment to land conservation and the protection of our natural resources. In addition, our organization is stronger today, having gone through the rigorous process of achieving accreditation.”
- GLT President Rick Orluk (2019)

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Springtime color 💚 at the GLT’s Ann Pelka Preserve on Silver Street in North Granby.

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Springtime color 💚 at the GLT’s Ann Pelka Preserve on Silver Street in North Granby. 

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📣 GLT EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT – Annual Spring Bird Walks 🐦‍⬛: Join us for a Land Trust tradition, our Mother’s Day Weekend Spring Migration Bird Walks - Saturday, Sunday & Monday, May 10, 11 (full already), and 12 - led by expert birders John Weeks and Christine Chinni. These walks will take place on the GLT’s Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve, 253 Loomis Street in North Granby and will start promptly at 7:00AM. You’ll see a variety of birds at this time of year, as they return from a winter away. Participants should be sure to bring binoculars. TO REGISTER, email John Weeks at aerie.john@cox.net. Please specify which day you prefer (May 11 is now full).

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📣 GLT EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT – Annual Spring Bird Walks 🐦‍⬛: Join us for a Land Trust tradition, our Mother’s Day Weekend Spring Migration Bird Walks - Saturday, Sunday & Monday, May 10, 11 (full already), and 12 - led by expert birders John Weeks and Christine Chinni. These walks will take place on the GLT’s Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve, 253 Loomis Street in North Granby and will start promptly at 7:00AM. You’ll see a variety of birds at this time of year, as they return from a winter away. Participants should be sure to bring binoculars. TO REGISTER, email John Weeks at aerie.john@cox.net. Please specify which day you prefer (May 11 is now full).

#BirdWalks #Birds #GLTDismalBrookWildlifePreserve #DismalBrookWildlifePreserve #NorthGranbyCT #WestGranby #GranbyCT #LoveYourCTLandTrust #MyHappyPlace #Land4All #LandTrust #GranbyLandTrust
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The Eastern Phoebes have returned to the GLT’s Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve. Photo by Merle Yoder. #GranbyLandTrust #NorthGranby #DismalBrookWildlifePreserve #TheBoysAreBackInTown ... See MoreSee Less

The Eastern Phoebes have returned to the GLT’s Dismal Brook Wildlife Preserve. Photo by Merle Yoder. #GranbyLandTrust #NorthGranby #DismalBrookWildlifePreserve #TheBoysAreBackInTown
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