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Big Camps (cont.)
How to Protect Your Camp
Help us save camps. Become a monthly donor
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Books
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Information
Fact Sheets
(Land Trust Alliance website)
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Find an Attorney
To find an attorney familiar with land protection visit the Land Trust Alliance.
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Before you Donate Land
If you plan to donate land for a camp or nature preserve, don't assume your land will be preserved. Donated lands, if unprotected, can and have been sold to raise funds. Before you donate your land protect it with a conservation easement.
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Always consult with a qualified tax attorney.
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Resources
Camps In Danger
News articles
Salary Checker
Is your council planning to sell camps to raise funds, yet paying excessive salaries to non-profit executives? 990 tax forms of non-profit organizations list salaries at Guidestar.org.
Examples: How to
Run a Successful Camp
It's about marketing, PR, fundraising and nature.
Steve Garrett, a founder of the Guided Discoveries outdoor education group, testified at the Owasippe Scout Reservation trial in Blue Lake Township that there is plenty of demand for new camps.
He said he believes Camp Owasippe, America's oldest Boy Scout Camp, could be turned around and operated as a successful camp.
Saving Camps: How
Others are Doing it
4,877 acre Camp Owasippe
(If you have a success story about saving your camp, please e-mail us at info@landchoices.org)
Conservation Groups
The Trust for Public Land
The Conservation Fund
Tell Us Your Story!
If this program helped you preserve your camp, we'd love to know. Please e-mail us at info@landchoices.org
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