Permits for Events, Hunting, Camping, and Other Uses of Conserved Lands

Requiring permits for certain activities on conservation lands (such as events, hunting, and camping) helps land managers ensure that the activities do not negatively impact the land or others’ enjoyment of it. The permit-application process can also serve to inform users of the rules for using the land. PALTA has added a new Permits section to the ConservationTools.org library providing nearly three-dozen sample applications and permits used by land trusts and governments. (PALTA has also posted a related guide, Permits for Events, Hunting, Camping, and Other Uses of Conserved Lands.)

New Guides

PALTA has published 11 new guides in 2019, their content ranging from concise, one-page curated listings of links to key resources from around the web to multi-page, in-depth analyses of issues. Titles and links to these guides are as follows:

Climate Change and Land Conservation

Community Gardens

Don’t Regulate Rooftop Solar Without Compelling Cause

Encroachment: Permitting Continued Use Without Risking Loss of Ownership

Green Burial

Overview of Pennsylvania’s Recreational Use of Land and Water Act

Permits for Events, Hunting, Camping, and Other Uses of Conserved Lands

Planned Giving

Prescribed Fire

Succession Planning for Nonprofits

Working with Nature to Manage Stormwater

Updated Guides

PALTA has updated and revised 13 of its guides thus far in 2019, part of the Association’s ongoing commitment to keeping ConservationTools.org fresh. Changes ranged from complete rewrites reflecting changes in the law and new understandings in the field to miscellaneous edits to improve readability and utility. Titles and links to these guides are as follows:

Community Visioning

Conservation by Design

Elections and 501(c)(3) Organizations

Floristic Quality Assessment

Guide to Pennsylvania’s Recreational Use of Land and Water Act: A Law Limiting the Liability of Those Who Open Their Land to the Public

Land Trust Accreditation

Seller Take Back Financing

Sign Ordinance

Steep Slope Ordinance

Street and Sidewalk Design

Transfer of Development Rights

Urban Growth Boundary

Zoning for Solar and Wind Energy Systems