The existing network of bird conservation partners and resources provides an excellent opportunity for land trusts to engage in conservation at different scales. This Resource Directory is designed especially for land trusts, bringing many resources together in one place and helping navigate the resources to find what is pertinent to land trusts. The resources can be useful for land trusts’ funding proposals, community outreach, strategic conservation planning, land acquisition and easement justification, management plan development, and monitoring. The resources on these pages are organized by four categories: Engaging People, Management Guides, Planning, and Belonging & Accessibility.
If there are additional resources that you’ve found helpful and would like added to the site, please email us with the resource name, category in which it should be listed, online link, and a description of how it’s useful to land trusts. We value your contributions!
Multiple Species, Habitats and Miscellaneous GuidesThis section represents miscellaneous guides, such as managing for farmland or multiple species, which could not be categorized by our chosen habitat types.
- Migratory Bird Joint Ventures
Migratory Bird Joint Ventures (JVs) are cooperative, regional partnerships that work to conserve habitat for the benefit of birds, other wildlife, and people. JVs help connect many different partners for collaborative conservation by supporting planning and the most effective on-the-ground habitat conservation efforts.
- Merlin
Merlin is a free bird identification app for your smartphone, offering quick identification help for all levels of bird watchers to learn about North America and Europe’s common and rare birds.
- Macaulay Library
The Macaulay Library provides access to the world’s largest archive of wildlife sounds and videos, and allows users to search recordings by species for birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, arthropods, and even fishes. Additionally, digital audio guides are available for download.
- Latino Outdoors
Latino Outdoors strives to inspire, connect, and engage Latino communities in the outdoors and embrace cultura y familia as part of the outdoor narrative, ensuring our history, heritage, and leadership are valued and represented.
- Land Trusts and Wildlife Crossing Structures Toolkit
The Center for Large Landscape Conservation published a 29-page Land Trusts and Wildlife Crossing Structures Toolkit in 2023, which explores how land trusts can engage in wildlife crossing projects.
- Land Trust Initiative: Western Results Presentation
A presentation on land trusts and bird conservation, including information and results from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Land Trust Initiative survey from only those land trusts located in the West (AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, TX, UT, WA, WY), recommendations, and next steps.
- Land Trust Initiative: National Results Presentation
A presentation on land trusts and bird conservation, including information and results from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Land Trust Initiative survey, recommendations, and next steps.
- 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.
- Land Trust Alliance: Framework and Resources for Change
The Land Trust Alliance’s Framework and Resources for Change is a flexible, adaptable roadmap for personal and organizational use. A comprehensive tool for developing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion competencies, the framework is a resource for land trust staff and board members in the U.S.
