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Become a Member

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We’re excited to welcome new organizations to the team

and are happy to consider new applications—at the full member or associate level.
Associate member qualifications:
  • Confirm you’re a non-profit organization working in Oregon on private conservation
  • Submit a resolution from your board (templates below) stating how your organization qualifies for membership
  • Submit an application for consideration to the COLT board of directors
Additionally, full members must:
Sections

Benefits
Sample resolution
Bylaws
Application requests

Member Benefits

We have two options for organizations seeking membership to COLT—associate membership and full membership.

Associate members receive:
  • Representation on state and federal policy issues pertaining to conservation and relevant land use decisions
  • A presence in Salem to educate decision makers about land trusts and advocate for conservation funding and tools
  • Access to COLT’s pro-bono legal program
  • Up-to-date news and opportunities relevant to land trusts in Oregon
  • Regular gatherings and learning opportunities
  • Your organization included on our website and in our annual State of the Lands report
  • A network of knowledgeable peers “on call” for ongoing learning and support
  • A credible recognizable voice on issues that matter to Oregon’s land trust community
Members
receive:
  • All Associate member's benefits plus:
  • The option to appoint someone as a member of the COLT board and vote to help determine direction and priorities
  • Eligibility to apply for funding through the Advancing Conservation Excellence Program*
  • A member page on our website highlighting your organization

*The Land Trust Alliance’s Oregon ACE grant guidelines include an eligibility requirement that grant applicants must be full members of the Alliance and of COLT.

Sample board resolutions

  • Associate Member

    Sample language for crafting a board resolution for Associate Members.

    Download
  • Member

    Sample language for crafting a board resolution for Members.

    Download

The Fine Print

Here are the relevant sections from COLT’s Bylaws on potential new members:

COLT BYLAWS ON NEW MEMBER ADMISSION:

(a) Existing as a nonprofit land trust organization registered to do business in the State of Oregon and recognized as a public charity organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code;
(b) Having the conservation of private land in Oregon through willing-donor or seller/willing-donee or buyer transactions as all or part of its mission; and
(c) Having adopted, and having agreed to abide by, the Land Trust Alliance’s standards and practices.