News

Articles featuring bird conservation and land trusts will be posted here, as they become available.

  • eNews December 2018

    In this edition of Bird Conservation for Land Trusts eNews, we highlight the expansion of the land trust small grant program, the new Northeast Bird Habitat Conservation Initiative, and the eBird Status and Trends website.

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    eNews October 2018

    In this issue, we showcase the exciting work of our 2018 Land Trust Small Grant awardees and feature the expansion of the Merlin App, a birding resource that will be useful to land trusts when trying to incorporate bird conservation into stewardship…

  • eNews January 2018

    We are excited to announce the 2018 request for proposals for the Cornell Small Grant Program for land trusts! Applicants can apply for up to $5,000 in funds to be used over a 1-year grant cycle. Applications are due: March 1, 2018.

  • eNews November 2017

    Read about the Land Trusts and Birds workshop at Rally, the land trusts who were awarded funding through the inaugural small grants program, and receive an update about the 2018 small grants RFP.

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    The All-Bird Bulletin: Land Trusts Can Help Birds, Birds Can Benefit Land Trusts

    (North American Bird Conservation Initiative, May 31, 2017)

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    Small Grants Awarded!

    The Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative has awarded its first grants to support bird conservation among the land trust community. Read about the projects from the four organizations who received funding in 2017.

  • eNews February 2017

    Read about fundraising, resources, and the new small grants program for land trusts.

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    Land Trust Small Grants Program

    The Cornell Lab of Ornithology provides a small grant program to support land trusts and their partners in accomplishing bird conservation on private lands through activities such as strategic planning, outreach, habitat management, stewardship, and capacity building.

  • Land Trust Bird Conservation Promotional Materials

    The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has created a bookmark, power point slide, and press release to help land trusts promote and advertise the Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative website and its resources.

  • eNews June 2016

    The Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Land Trust Alliance are happy to announce the release of our new Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative website.

  • eNews August 2015

    First of a series focused on land trusts and bird conservation.

  • The All-Bird Bulletin: Developing Partnerships with Land Trusts for Bird Conservation

    (North American Bird Conservation Initiative, Winter 2016)