Take the Legacy Pledge

You have worked hard to ensure that your land is better now than when you got it, but have you planned for the long term legacy of your land?  Legacy planning is more than just writing a will.  It includes simple and fun things like sharing your love of the land with the next generation of owners. 

Get started with your legacy planning by taking our legacy pledge, and throughout 2016 we will provide you with tips, resources, tools and access to experts to help you meet your legacy goals.
 
Already have a legacy plan? There are still things you can do! Take the pledge to commit to engaging the next generation of owners or share your experience with other landowners.

Looking for some resources on planning for the future of your land? Check out:

• MyLandPlan.org's Pass It On Section includes information on:
  • Planning for the future of your woods: things to think about when planning, selling and other options for your land, when is the right time to plan
  • Planning for your estate: first steps, getting started, estate planning professionals, finding the right estate planner, the truth about trusts
  • Knowing what you have: Working with an appraiser, how appraisers work, what a fair market value is -- and isn't, what is a qualified appraisal, how to fina good appraiser and what to expect when you do
  • Sharing your plan with your family: Holding a family meeting, ten dos and donts for a family meeting. 
  • Conservation agreements: facts about easements, the benefits of conservation easements, is a conservation easement right for you, how to set up an easement, finding a partner for your easement, other options for protecting your land, resources on easements/agreements
• The Many Benefits of Conservation Easements
• Leaving a Legacy for the Next Generation: Tips on Successional Planning Video
• Connecting your family to your land and having the conversation about passing your land on video
• Basics of Estate Planning and the Tools Available for Family Forests video

Hear from other landowners like you:

• Tree Farmer Profile: Bob French of New Hampshire and conservation easement holder
• Green Acres is the place to be for this family: Using a Limited Family Partnership for successional planning
• Carrying on the Cowls Family Legacy: Nine generations of family ownership
• A Tribute to Ernest and Alberta Angevine: Passing on a love of the land to the next generation
• Vicki Roberts: Honoring a family legacy
• The G Gibson Family of Texas: Multigenerational collaboration to manage the land