Resources

Media

IF you didn't get a chance to come to the opening event of TLT's 20th Anniversary Celebration Series, you can listen to an interview with Nancy Strahanan on WYSO's website.

WYSO website: www.wyso.org.

Our very own Krista Magaw and Mike Haubner were featured on WHIO radio(am1290 and fm95.7) to discuss the Tecumseh Land Trust and the importance of land conservation.
If you missed the radio broadcast, you can still hear it on the internet. Just follow the this link, Springfield Speaks

Recommended Reading for 20th Anniversary Events

Letters From Eden: A Year at Home, in the Woods

By Julie Zickefoose

Published 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company: New York

Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations

By David Montgomery

Published 2007 by University of California Press: California

Other Links

Are you looking for additional conservation information or professionals?

The Private Landowner Network is an excellent Internet source to find a national network of

experienced professionals, conservation organizations, educational articles, and other tools and resources to help you achieve
conservation estate planning and management success. www.PrivateLandownerNetwork.org

Want to know more about beautiful Yellow Springs where we are located? Please visit the Yellow Springs Chamber of Commerce website www.yellowspringsohio.org for all sorts of great information.

Clark County Cost of Community Services Study for 2003 This link will begin a download of a .pdf file.

Land Trust Alliance

American Farmland Trust

Innovative Farmers of Ohio

Ohio Ecological Food and Farming Association was formed in 1979 and is a membership-based, grassroots organization, dedicated to promoting and supporting sustainable, ecological, and healthful food systems.

The American Livestock Breeds Association is a nonprofit membership organization working to protect over 150 breeds of livestock and poultry from extinction. Included are asses, cattle, goats, horses, sheep, pigs, rabbits, chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys. Founded in 1977, the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy is the pioneer organization in the U.S. working to conserve historic breeds and genetic diversity in livestock.

Looking for the latest in sustainable agriculture and organic farming news, events and funding opportunities? The National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service features all that, plus in-depth publications on production practices, alternative crop and livestock enterprises, innovative marketing, organic certification, and highlights of local, regional, USDA and other federal sustainable ag activities.

Interested in Smart Growth, and how your community can get there? Here are some links!
www.smartgrowth.org a rich resource for smart growth information on diverse topics.

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The Tecumseh Land Trust of Greene and Clark Counties is a private, not-for-profit conservation organization. Its purpose is to preserve agricultural land, open space, and historic structures in voluntary cooperation with landowners and their heirs, and to educate the public about methods of private land conservation. When current Projects are complete, we will have preserved over 16,000 acres in our working area with the support of over 500 members.
Tecumseh Land Trust . . . Preserving our Rural Assets.

We are the first land trust in Ohio to achieve accreditation. For more information on just what it means to be accredited, please visit Accreditation — Land Trust Alliance web page.