Nomination Statement for Lawrence Turner

It would be an honor to be of service to the Terrafirma organization as a representative of the western region.  Our land trust community depends on the benefit of shared responsibilities and risks that Terrafirma provides; I believe that this is ...

Nomination Statement for William Abbott

Reasons for accepting the nomination: I am honored to have been nominated by the Terrafirma Members Committee as a candidate to represent the Northern New England region.  I have been a New Hampshire resident and the Executive Director of the Up...

Applications

What is Terrafirma's overall philosophy on applications? Terrafirma's overall philosophy is to provide the broadest possible coverage consistent with prudent business principles for the greatest number of private land trusts. Terrafirma's purpo...

Counting Conservation Properties for Premium Payment

Am I required to list all of my properties on the application? For each category of property you choose to insure (conservation easement, trail easement, fee land etc.), you must list every parcel. Failure to do so prevents Terrafirma from accura...

Coverage

What is covered? Terrafirma covers legal costs necessary for conservation defense. These costs include fees for attorneys and experts for lawsuits and mediation, for both the enforcement and defense of conservation easements and fee owned land. T...

Costs and Discounts

annuaWhat are the costs associated with joining Terrafirma? When land trusts first join Terrafirma, they pay a registration fee along with the annual premium. Afterward they pay only the annual premium for each year of continued coverage -- provi...

Passwords and Accounts

I forgot my password. What should I do? Go to the login page and click on the "Forgot your password?" link. (Hint: It's under the Returning User Login on the left side of the page.) Once you click on the link and type in your e-mail, the system w...

Governance

Who owns Terrafirma? Terrafirma Risk Retention Group is owned by the land trust participants for their collective benefit to support conservation permanence. A Risk Retention Group is a liability insurance company that is owned by its members. It...

Risk Management

Where can I access resources to manage risk? As a Terrafirma member, you have many free resources available. Log in to access: A Guide to Risk Management for Land Trusts is a fun and fast course that lets you easily customize a plan for your l...

Legal Defense Reserves Calculator

Where can I find the Legal Defense Reserves Calculator? The calculator is available here.​ How do I count properties and easements for the calculator? Please use the Terrafirma counting rules when entering your total properties and easements on...

Bob Neale

I’m humbled by the nomination and honored by the opportunity to serve the Terrafirma Members Committee and the land trust community as the Pacific Coast Region Representative.  I’ve spent more than 27 years in land conservation.   During that time...

Oliver Bass

At Natural Lands, we hold more than 420 conservation easements – to include the first in Pennsylvania, which was completed in the 1960s – and own 44 fee properties. Unfortunately, threats to protected lands are ever increasing. Like many land trus...

James E. Rogers

I am humbled by the nomination to the slate of candidates for election to serve on the Members Committee of Terrafirma as the Mountains & Plains Region representative.  Over the years I have aspired to be involved in the protection and betterm...

Mike Powell

I think you will all agree with me that Terrafirma is the single most significant change to the Stewardship landscape since the first Stewardship endowment was created.  It isn’t only the safety net that specialized conservation insurance provides...

Jeff Swinehart

Lancaster Farmland Trust’s path to Terrafirma began in 2008 when the organization – then 20 years old – experienced its first major conservation easement violation. The violation involved a property preserved in 1990 and owned by the fourth succes...

Jeff Swinehart

Lancaster Farmland Trust’s path to Terrafirma began in 2008 when the organization – then 20 years old – experienced its first major conservation easement violation. The violation involved a property preserved in 1990 and owned by the fourth succes...

James E. Rogers

I am humbled by the nomination to the slate of candidates for election to serve on the Members Committee of Terrafirma as the Mountains & Plains Region representative.  Over the years I have aspired to be involved in the protection and betterm...

Exclusions

This Policy does not apply to any Claim, set of Interrelated Claims, or to that portion of any Claim or set of Interrelated Claims that concern or allege:   3.1 any obligation to pay Damages to anyone, except that this exclusion shall not apply ...

Payments

What payment methods does Terrafirma accept? Terrafirma accepts only three methods of payment: Check ACH transfer Online bill pay Please see below for further information on how to pay with these methods. Terrafirma does NOT accept wire t...