Time is running out. Our most precious lands in southern Ontario are under threat. Some predict we are too late; some say we have only a very few years to secure essential lands required to keep our lands and wildlife healthy in perpetuity. We believe we have a chance - with your help.

How you can help conserve land in Ontario forever:

- Join your local land trust today.
- Make a donation to your local land trust.
- Add a Bequest to your will
- Advocate for land conservation in your municipality.
- Learn about the benefits of community-based land trusts for the protection of local land and share your knowledge widely.
Join the Ontario Land Trust Alliance
 
It is only by working together that we will succeed in saving the land we love for future generations. The primary qualification of membership in the Ontario Land Trust Alliance is that organizations and individuals support the purposes of the Ontario Land Trust Alliance.
 
Any donation over and above membership fee are welcome and will receive a charitable tax receipt. OLTA issues charitable tax receipts in January every year. Questions about joining? Please contact Phyllis Lee or call Phyllis at 416-588-6582.
 
We invite you to join OLTA as:
 
Membership Categories

There is only one voting member category – land trust member. A non-voting member shall have all the rights of a voting member, including the right to hold office, except the right to vote.
 
Land Trust Member - application
 
All new applicants for membership will be admitted to OLTA only after a review of their membership application via a resolution of the Board of Governors.
 
Land Trust members are registered charities actively working to secure and steward conservation lands.

As a requirement of becoming a land trust member of OLTA the organization must pass a board resolution adopting the Canadian Land Trust Standards and Practices as the ethical and technical guidelines for their organization’s operations and commit to making continual progress toward the implementation of these standards and practices.

Associate Land Trust Member - application
Associate Land Trust member must be a non-profit corporation and have in its objects the protection and conservation of natural and cultural heritage areas. This group includes conservation authorities, national land trusts and municipalities.

Associate Land Trust Member charities are encouraged, but not obliged, to adopt the Canadian Land Trust Standards and Practices as the technical and ethical guidelines for their organizations land securement and stewardship activities.
 
Supporting Member  - application
Supporting members are organizations or associations other than land trusts that share an interest in the land trust movement. These organizations and associations could include other land trust alliances, business and consultants that provide professional services to the land trust movement, environmental voluntary organizations, private groups, and organizations or corporations that share an interest in the land trust movement in Ontario.
 
Individual Member - application
Individual members are individuals that have a personal interest in the land trust movement.
 
   
THANK-YOU!