The Land Protection Manager develops relationships with landowners, negotiates transactions to acquire land and conservation easements, represents TNC in cooperative projects with government and other partners and, where appropriate, transfers land interests to partner agencies.  They develop and implement landscape level land protection plans.  They will work with landowners, Conservancy staff, community members, and federal, state, and local agency professionals to promote protection programs. The Land Protection Manager implements a variety of conservation strategies and employs a full range of protection tools to acquire varying degrees of legal interest in land.

• Protect significant natural areas and priority landscapes along the Kittatinny Ridge in PA using the full range of protection tools.
• Conduct outreach and cultivate relationships with priority landowners along the Kittatinny Ridge.
• Negotiate complex and innovative solutions with various partners and stakeholders to protect land.
• Respond to land protection inquiries and opportunities as appropriate and represent the Conservancy to landowners, members, citizen groups and local officials.
• Exercise proper financial management – meeting budgets, controlling costs, and recovering costs on cooperative transactions.
• Identify and help secure public and private funds to support the program.