Conservation Restriction Resources

The following list of resources is available to help you learn about and understand conservation restrictions (CRs), and how you can use them to protect the remaining open space in Waltham.

The Massachusetts Conservation Restriction Handbook

Currently out of print, the 1999 edition is only available as a Portable Document Format (PDF) at the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs (EOEA) web site. To download the handbook, click this link: www.state.ma.us/envir/conservation/restrictions.pdf

The handbook includes application forms and instructions for preparing a CR with advice from Joel Lerner. For more about CRs at the EOEA web site click here: www.state.ma.us/envir/conservation/restrict.htm

Conservation Easement Handbook

Land Trust Alliance
1331 H Street, NW, Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20005-4711
202.638.4725
lta@lta.org

Division of Conservation Services

Joel Lerner
Director of Conservation Services
EOEA, 251 Causeway Street
Boston, MA 02114
617.626.1012
joel.lerner@state.ma.us
www.state.ma.us/envir/conservation/cpindex.htm

Community Preservation Initiative

EOEA
Includes Community Buildout Summaries for 351 cities and towns as well as Alternative Futures Tools, Fiscal Impact Tools and Community Development Plans.
commpres.env.state.ma.us/

American Farmland Trust

Jesse Robertson-Dubois
Farmland Information Specialist
1 Short St., Suite 2
Northampton, MA 01060
413.586.9330
www.farmlandinfo.org/
Fact Sheets: www.farmlandinfo.org/fic/tas/index.htm#fs

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

113 Brattle Street
Cambridge, MA 02138-3400
www.lincolninst.edu
Publications and seminars

Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition

Cristina Pratt
Associate Director
2 Clock Tower Place, Suite 500
Maynard, MA 01754
Voice: 978.897.0739
Fax: 978.461.0322
www.massland.org

Cape Cod Commission

For Model TDR: www.capecodcommission.org/bylaws/

The Trustees of Reservations

Ginny Slack
Administrative Coordinator of Land Conservation
978.921.1944, ext. 1863
landcons@ttor.org
www.thetrustees.org/

Trust for Public Land

Conservation Finance Program
33 Union St.
Boston MA 02108
617.367.6200
www.tpl.org

Massachusetts Historical Commission

Christopher Skelly
Director of Local Government Programs
220 Morrisey Blvd
Boston MA 02125
617.727.8470
Christopher.Skelly@sec.state.ma.us