The Brandywine Conservancy and Museum of Art has achieved renewal of its accreditation from the Land Trust Accreditation Commission, an independent program of the Land Trust Alliance. The land trust accreditation program recognizes land conservation organizations that meet national high-quality standards for protecting important natural places and working lands forever.
Since 1967, the Brandywine Conservancy and Museum of Art has sought to protect and conserve the land, water, natural and cultural resources in southeastern Pennsylvania and northern Delaware. The Conservancy currently holds more than 485 conservation and agricultural easements and has facilitated the permanent preservation of more than 66,000 acres of land. It was also one of the first conservation organizations to be awarded accreditation by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission in 2008. Since then, the Brandywine Conservancy has successfully completed the accreditation renewal process twice, maintaining its accreditation status for more than a decade.
The Land Trust Accreditation Commission conducts an extensive review of each applicant's policies and programs every five years. During the renewal process, the Brandywine provided extensive documentation and was subject to a comprehensive third-party evaluation prior to achieving this distinction. The process also allowed Brandywine staff members the opportunity to review and revise their current organizational policies and standards to ensure the organization was continuing to meet and exceed the highest accreditation standards set forth by the Land Trust Alliance. As a result of these efforts, the Land Trust Accreditation Commission awarded renewal accreditation, signing its confidence in the Conservancy's capability to protect land and steward its easements in perpetuity.
The Brandywine Conservancy and Museum of Art is one of 1,363 land trusts across the U.S. according to the Land Trust Alliance's most recent National Land Trust Census. A complete list of accredited land trusts and more information about the process is available at http://www.landtrustaccreditation.org.
The Brandywine Conservancy protects water, conserves land, and engages communities. The Conservancy uses a multi-faceted approach to conservation. Staff members work with private landowners who wish to see their lands protected forever and provide community planning services to municipalities and other governmental agencies.
The Brandywine Conservancy and Museum of Art preserves and promotes the natural and cultural connections between the area's beautiful landscape, historic sites, and important artists. The Conservancy protects the lands throughout the Brandywine Valley, developing new conservation approaches and ensuring access to open spaces and dependable water supplies for generations to come.
Founded in 1982, the Land Trust Alliance is a national land conservation organization that works to save the places people need and love by strengthening land conservation across America. The Alliance represents 1,000 member land trusts supported by more than 200,000 volunteers and 4.6 million members nationwide. The Alliance is based in Washington, D.C., and operates several regional offices. For more information, readers may visit http://www.landtrustalliance.org.
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