Steve Small is recognized as the nation’s leading authority on private land protection options and strategies. He has been counsel to landowners and easement holders in more than 400 transactions around the country and has been involved in the protection of more than 1.5 million acres of land. Steve’s writing comes out of his unique perspective on land protection efforts around the country. Over more than three decades, Steve has given more than 400 speeches and workshops and represented clients in more than 45 states. More than 150,000 copies of the Preserving Family Lands books are in circulation. MORE

What Readers Are Saying

Ted Ladd, Chartered Financial Analyst and Director, Land Trust Alliance »

Steve Small’s book is a wonderful primer, and a wonderful handout, for those of us who would like to see new financial markets open up to the conservation community.  Steve’s mix of techniques and approaches is challenging and exciting.”  — Ted Ladd, Chartered Financial Analyst and Director, Land Trust Alliance

John Watson, President, Terraqua LLC »

“’What’s Next’ is geared to land conservation professionals and some key finance people, and is a written in a comfortable style that is the next best thing to having a long lunch or drinks to ‘talk shop’ with land conservation icon/tax attorney Steve Small.   Small thinks big and is itching for the next bold leap […]