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Sylvia Bates
Director of Standards and Research
Land Trust Alliance
603-708-1073
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Sylvia Bates rejoined Land Trust Alliance in July 2006 as the Director of Standards and Research. Sylvia leads the Alliance’s work on Land Trust Standards and Practices, land trust assessments, the new training curriculum for Land Trust Standards and Practices, and other cutting-edge issues. Sylvia has nearly 20 years of experience in land conservation, the last eight years as an independent consultant, assisting land trusts with land conservation projects, easement stewardship, and organizational development issues. She has a degree in environmental biology from Yale University.

Areas of Expertise

Organizational Development

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Land Trust Standards and Practices
Sylvia leads the Alliance’s work on Land Trust Standards and Practices, land trust assessments, the new training curriculum for Land Trust Standards and Practices, and other cutting-edge issues.

Land Trust Accreditation
Sylvia leads the Land Trust Alliance’s work on Land Trust Standards and Practices, land trust assessments, and other issues. Sylvia has nearly 20 years of experience in land conservation, the last eight years as an independent consultant and real estate broker, assisting land trusts, landowners and public agencies with land conservation projects and related initiatives, easement stewardship, and organizational development issues.

Collaborative Opportunities for Land Trusts
Sylvia researched collaboratives among land trusts for the publication Models of Collaboration Among Land Trusts.