PARTNERSHIPS
Our Partners Make The Difference
Our partnerships enable us to enact conservation with wider reach, with more diverse communities, and at a larger scale than we could have ever imagined. Thanks to our partnerships, we have been able to collaborate on land acquisition and protection projects, initiate widespread habitat improvement and restoration, and forge relationships that increase education, outreach, and connectivity within our communities.
If you are interested in partnering with NALT, please contact us!
American Battlefield Trust (ABT)
As the nation’s leading heritage land preservation organization, ABT preserves America’s hallowed battlegrounds and educates the public about what happened there and why it matters. NALT partners with ABT to preserve important battlefield properties, both via acquisition and conservation easements.
Balsam Mountain Trust (BMT)
BMT is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, whose initial role when formed in 2000 was to inventory and manage the Preserve’s land; conduct conservation education programing for Balsam Mountain Preserve members and the general public; be a consulting resource for homeowners; and provide regional environmental leadership. Since those early days, BMT has expanded its reach beyond the boundaries of the Preserve to become a regional leader in conservation education. NALT holds a conservation easement of the Balsam Mountain Preserve property in North Carolina and works BMT to provide stewardship and education at Balsam Mountain Preserve.
The Bee & Butterfly Habitat Fund (BBHF)
The Bee & Butterfly Habitat Fund is a nonprofit dedicated to establishing high quality pollinator habitat to ensure pollinator populations thrive. We work with landowners, conservationists, scientists and beekeepers to build healthy and sustainable pollinator habitat with maximum benefits. The BBHF Seed A Legacy program partnership funded seeds for pollinator habitat for 25 acres at Brinton Run Preserve. NALT has expanded the reach of the program to Pennsylvania and is currently exploring other opportunities for potential pollinator habitat sites.
NALT Expands its Conservation Work by Creating Pollinator Fields
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden’s mission is connecting people through plants to improve communities. Their goal is to extend beyond traditional boundaries to have a positive impact and to enrich lives. The Garden is growing fresh produce for the hungry; actively participating in urban greening and water management initiatives; contributing to economic development and work-force training; and educating diverse youth and adult audiences about critical issues related to the interdependence of plants and people. Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is the recipient of a gift from a local family of a 79-acre estate in Hanover County. The property includes a significant azalea collection as well as resources to ensure the preservation of the land for generations to come. Over the past 30 years, the family has developed an extraordinary collection of more than 1,600 varieties of azaleas and a significant collection of rhododendrons. They also introduced numerous trees, as well as protecting and preserving native specimen trees. In December 2012, the family secured a conservation easement on the land through the North American Land Trust to help ensure the property would maintain a rural character in perpetuity.
Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania (LNPA)
NALT signed on to the Treaty of Friendship with the LNPA in 2022, a non-binding treaty which states that those who sign acknowledge the Lenape as the indigenous caretakers of these lands and agree to support the Lenape Tribe in their own unique way. NALT and LNPA performed a Land Acknowledgement at Brinton Run Preserve and plan to involve LNPA in a Lenape Garden at Brinton Run Preserve.
NALT Signs “Treaty of Renewed Friendship” with the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania
Monarch Joint Venture (MJV)
MJV is partnership of state and federal agencies, nonprofits, community groups, and businesses to protect wildlife habitat crucial to the migration of monarch butterflies. The North American Land Trust joined the MJV in 2022 to ensure successful habitat restoration at Brinton Run Preserve and help them create a model for monarch and pollinator habitat within their conservation portfolio.”
Palmetto Bluff Conservancy (PBC)
PBC was founded in 2003 with a mission of protecting the lush maritime forests and winding tidal creeks that define the spectacular geography of the land that is home to Palmetto Bluff, South Carolina. PBC is a 509(a) supporting organization of NALT [link: What We Do: 509 a supporting organization].
Palmetto Bluff Conservancy Keeps History Alive in South Carolina Lowcountry
Pennsylvania Association of Non-Profit Organizations
NALT is proudly accredited by the Pennsylvania Assocation of Non-Profit Organizations (PANO) as having met all the requirements of the Standards of Excellence®: An Ethics and Accountability Code for the Nonprofit Sector. This statewide membership organization supports non-profits by offering training, consultation, and guiding best practices, while also holding members to the highest standard of ethics and accountability in nonprofit governance, management, and operations.
Richland Trust
Twenty-five years ago, North American Land Trust (NALT) founded Richland Trust as a 509(a)(3) supporting charitable organization dedicated to the stewardship of conservation areas in Southwestern North Carolina. Today, Richland Trust owns nearly 300 acres of Southern Appalachian forests, hemlock forests, and mountain bogs.
Richland Trust: Protecting Natural Habitat in North Carolina
Southern Highlands Reserve
Southern Highlands Reserve is dedicated to sustaining the natural ecosystems of the Blue Ridge Mountains through the preservation, cultivation and display of plants native to the region and by advocating for their value through education, restoration and research. Located in Western North Carolina at an elevation of 4,500 feet, the varied topography and forest types found on their 120 acres (under Conservation Easement with NALT) allow them to emulate many of the plant communities found in high-elevation forests of the Southern Appalachians. Southern Highlands Reserve has been aptly described by some as “the largest and most diverse collection of native Southern Appalachian plants and their cultivars.”
St. James Conservancy (SJC)
SJC is also a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote education, fellowship, friendship, knowledge of, and interest in environmental and conservation practices as well as protect and educate the community about those lands that are under Preservation/Conservation Stewardship with NALT.
Rare Venus Flytrap Discovered in the wild at NALT Conservation Area in North Carolina
WeConservePA
WeConservePA is a community of conservation volunteers and professionals that are united around the common goal of conservation within and beyond Pennsylvania. As a member of the WeConserve PA community, we have benefitted from a network of individuals that share resources regarding advocacy and policy, education and outreach, and improved land management, stewardship, and land-use planning surrounding local conservation efforts.
Wildlife Habitat Council
WHC is a conservation organization that works exclusively with corporate landowners, NGOs, and government agencies, to create conservation programs that protect and enhance wildlife habitat around the world. As members of the Wildlife Habitat Council, we can help you fulfill WHC Certification, meet mitigation requirements, reduce remediation costs, and retain control of buffer lands. When you conserve your corporate lands forever with a conservation easement, you also have the opportunity to receive real estate tax reduction and/or corporate tax benefits.