The Trust for Public Land

Qualifications
Background in environmental studies, globalization, and economics. Strong interest in social and environmental justice issues.

Funding
Available through the Center for the Environment Summer Leadership Fellowship Program; see application instructions.

Background
Founded in 1972, the Trust for Public Land (TPL) is a national, nonprofit, land conservation organization that works to conserve land for people through parks, community gardens, historic sites, and rural lands. TPL is involved in 46 states across the U.S. with specific initiatives within each state. The conservation initiatives include Parks for People, Working Lands, Natural Lands, Heritages Lands, and Land and Water. These programs work to protect parks, farms, ranches, heritage lands, and to ensure clean drinking water. There are several services that the TPL offers including a conservation vision, conservation finance, conservation transactions, and research education. TPL’s service projects work with agencies and communities to help define conservation priorities and to raise needed funds for conservation from the federal, state, and local government; complete land transactions; and share knowledge about conservation that TPL has acquired.

Internship
This internship would be ideal for someone who is interested in communities and how they can obtain funding to conserve land.