• American Friends of Canadian Conservation Elects Four New Board Members

    American Friends of Canadian Conservation (AFCC) has further expanded and diversified its talented board of directors with four new members. These new directors represent both Canada and the United States and have extensive knowledge and experience working with Land Trusts to protect ecologically significant land. Welcome new members!

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  • American Friends of Canadian Conservation Hires Director of Conservation

    American Friends of Canadian Conservation (AFCC) is pleased to announce that Katie Blake has accepted the position of Director of Conservation. Katie is a conservation professional with more than 20 years’ experience in the NGO sector in Canada. She served for five years as Executive Director of the Habitat Acquisition Trust (HAT), and spent 17 years with the Nature Conservancy of Canada working in land securement and land portfolio management. We couldn’t be happier to welcome Katie to the team!

  • Ontario Land Trust Alliance celebrates provincial government’s additional $14 million commitment to land conservation across Ontario

    The province has provided $14M additional investment to the Greenlands Conservation Partnership (GCP) to conserve areas of significant ecological importance in Ontario, and promote the importance of healthy, natural spaces. Greenlands Conservation Partnership funds are matched by OLTA and OLTA’s partners through individual donations, foundation support, and by other levels of government. OLTA is pleased to see that the impact of community land conservation is being recognized and continues to grow.
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  • American Friends of Canadian Conservation’s name describes the organization’s mission.

    We exist to help our conservation colleagues achieve their objectives by increasing the level of funding available for land conservation and by partnering to complete donations of ecologically significant land and easements from US-based landowners who wish to avail themselves of US tax benefits while ensuring that their contribution of appreciated property is not subject to Canadian capital gains tax.

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  • Do you own property in Canada? If so, you may be able to save money.

    By offering US donors who support Canadian conservation the opportunity to make their gifts of land or interests in land, cash and securities tax deductible, American Friends of Canadian Conservation is helping Canadian conservation organizations increase the pace and sustainability of land protection north of the border.

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  • Save Some Green

    U.S. taxpayers who own natural lands in Canada are often interested in transferring their property to the next generation of family members and/or permanently protecting their lands in Canada. In both cases, conservation can be a valuable legal and financial strategy. There are tax incentives in both the U.S. and Canada to encourage conservation of priority natural lands in Canada.

    Download Save Some Green; A handbook for U.S. taxpayers
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American Friends of Canadian Conservation protects Canada’s magnificent natural legacy through its innovative and effective partnerships.

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Americans interested in donating their Canadian land or a partial interest can accomplish both their conservation and estate planning objectives through a gift to American Friends of Canadian Conservation.

Canadian conservation leaders report that in prime vacation areas such as the Maritimes, Great Lakes’ island country and British Columbia’s Gulf Islands some of the most ecologically significant land is owned by US citizens. Many of these properties are part of multi-generational family traditions that link our two countries.

Conservation-oriented Americans are often familiar with land trusts that operate in the US and therefore recognize that donating land or a conservation easement can provide both personal satisfaction and positive financial results. The aging of the baby-boom generation means that many families are engaged in estate planning. According to a 2002 Wall Street Journal article by Jeffrey Zaslow, “Vacation home ownership rose 13% in the 1990s, to 3.5 million homes. Today, one out of every seven homeowners over age 65 also owns a second home that must be factored into their estates.”

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American Friends of Canadian Conservation exists to help our conservation colleagues achieve their objectives by increasing the level of funding available for land conservation and by partnering to complete donations of ecologically significant land and easements from US-based landowners who wish to avail themselves of US tax benefits while ensuring that their contribution of appreciated property is not subject to Canadian capital gains tax.

Accomplishing our mission through these activities requires American Friends to comply with laws, statutes and tax regulations in both countries. Some of the best legal minds and most experienced conservation professionals worked for more than a decade to establish the system, policies and procedures that make American Friends’ partnerships and successes possible, now and in the future.

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