Greater Worcester Land Trust, Inc.

AKA GWLT

Worcester, MA

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Also Known As:: GWLT
Physical Address:: Worcester, MA 01608
EIN:: 22-2857318
Web URL:: www.gwlt.org
Blog URL:: gwltlodge.blogspot.com/
Leadership:: Mr. Colin M.J. Novick

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Fiscal Year Starting: Jan 01, 2011
Fiscal Year Ending: Dec 31, 2011

Revenue
Total Revenue	$342,128

Expenses
Total Expenses	$558,477

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Basic Organization Information

Greater Worcester Land Trust, Inc.

Also Known As:: GWLT
Physical Address:: Worcester, MA 01608
EIN:: 22-2857318
Web URL:: www.gwlt.org
Blog URL:: gwltlodge.blogspot.com/
NTEE Category:: C Environmental Quality Protection, Beautification; C32 Water Resource, Wetlands Conservation and Management; C Environmental Quality Protection, Beautification; C36 Forest Conservation; C Environmental Quality Protection, Beautification; C34 Land Resources Conservation
Year Founded:: 1987
Ruling Year:: 1988

Mission Statement

The Greater Worcester Land Trust is a non-profit land trust dedicated to thoughtful land use that preserves critical natural, historical and scenic lands through accepting gifts, leveraging government acquisitions, applying for grants, outright purchases, carefully executed limited development, and encouraging intelligent land planning.

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Impact Summary from the Nonprofit

The Trust has helped to protect approx. 1800 acres in the last 24 years and in 20011 alone worked with over 400 volunteers monitoring, managing, and improving of publicly accessible conservation lands.

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Leadership

Mr. Colin M.J. Novick

Term:

Since Jan 2009

Profile:

Colin has served with the Trust as Executive Director since 2001. Previously served as Chair of the Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition, Executive Director of the Bolton Conservation Trust of Massachusetts, and Technical Coordinator for the Massachusetts Greenways & Trails master plan document produced for the MA. Executive Office of the Environment.

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Program: Ongoing Land Conservation

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Population Served:: General Public/Unspecified

Program Description:

The ongoing efforts of the Greater Worcester Land Trust to seek out critical lands and preserve them through whatever means available.

Program Long-Term Success:

Over 1500 acres of conservation land have been protected in Central Massachusetts through the efforts of the Trust over the past 20 years.

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Program: Volunteer Conservation Ranger

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Population Served:: General Public/Unspecified

Program Description:

Train and support local volunteers to monitor and help maintain the open spaces protected by the Greater Worcester Land Trust on a monthly or bi-monthly basis.

Program Long-Term Success:

This monitoring and improvement volunteer forces has been the backbone of the Trust's management Program for over 5 years.

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