Within me I feel a tremendous bond with nature, and I believe with all my heart that we all need to work to preserve our open space and to honor the world around us. LCAT, Inc. works to build awareness of this issue and to give financial assistance to protect valuable land and wild habitat. Once these resources are gone, they cannot be easily recovered. The time to honor, appreciate, and conserve the land is while it is still healthy and whole.
I think this non-profit is so important because it's filling a real need...to protect natural places close to home so people don't have to travel and spend a lot of money to visit the outdoors!
LCAT is an innovative and important organization that fills a niche no other land conservation and advocacy group does. Steve Meltzer, the founder, is passionate about providing immediate funding for land parcels--rural, argicultural, urban, and suburban--when local stewards are unable to act quickly to protect the land from development. LCAT also provides legal counsel to local land stewards when important land parcels are threatened. He is a wise steward himself, gives tirelessly, and has put together a dedicated advisory team. He's also reached out into the local community to mentor young people interested in internships with conservation organizations.
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The Land Conservation and Advocacy Trust, Inc. (LCAT) provides legal guidance and hands-on assistance to residents of towns looking to save their fast disappearing open spaces. Developers have the money to hire high paid lawyers. This puts open space advocates who do not at a disadvantage. It's one of the main reasons residents cannot save land in their own towns for future generations or for farms. LCAT helps level the development playing field by offering legal expertise to residents/local governments during land acquisitions. The Earth can't stay green without the help of organizations like LCAT.
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LCAT is an important young nonprofit that provides financial and legal resources in an effort to preserve open spaces so that everyone can enjoy them for many years to come. LCAT is unique in their approach of providing emergency funding and assistance swiftly--long before it's too late to help.
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The pure passion Steven has for this cause is infectious. He asked me.. "where did you play when you were a kid?" Well, I spent most of my days exploring in the woods, sitting by ponds... simply experiencing the outdoors with my buddies. I didn't have to travel far to experience this.. I walked across the street, cut through my neighbors yard and I was in this special world. The smell of pine needles; the turtles and frogs in the pond—Steven wants all kids to experience this and is doing all that he can through LCAT to accomplish this.
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My Dad formed this organization and is working really hard to make it successful. It is a great concept and I hope to help.
I helped my Husband form the LCA Trust because of his passion for preserving natural spaces where people can enjoy them and where they will have the most impact. We are committed to the cause and to making this a successful organization.
I formed the LCA Trust to help preserve land that matters. We have developed the concept of IPARP. That is, we will measure our success by the impact we have per acre on real people (impact per acre on real people). Large land tracts in remote locations are great but we are more focussed on the the land next door that is accessible, visible and at risk. We also intend to compete for land in the rough and tumble land acquisition world. I have many years of experience doing just that for real estate developers and I hope to transfer these skills to serve our mission. Please get involved.
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