Peter Stein, managing director of The Lyme Timber Company, is winner of the Land Trust Alliance’s Kingsbury Browne Conservation Leadership Award. Stein received the award for his vision and dedication to land conservation, which have resulted in extraordinary gains for the land trust movement. Stein was also named to serve in the Kingsbury Browne Fellowship at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy for 2012-2013. In this role, he will engage in research, writing and mentoring with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, a Cambridge, MA-based think-tank with a focus on land policy.
Both awards were presented at the Land Trust Alliance’s recent National Land Conservation Conference in Salt Lake City, UT. It is the largest annual gathering of professional and volunteer conservation leaders in the U.S.
Prior to joining The Lyme Timber Company, Stein was senior vice president of The Trust for Public Land. He lectures extensively at graduate schools and professional conferences on conservation investment schemes and strategies, and is a member of the boards of the National Alliance of Forestland Owners, the Forest History Society, and the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation.
In addition, he is a former board chair of the Land Trust Alliance; served as a founding commissioner of the Land Trust Accreditation Commission; and is a member of the advisory board of the Rose Smart Growth Real Estate Fund No. 1
Stein earned a bachelor of arts degree with highest honors from the University of California at Santa Cruz. He was a Loeb Fellow, and received a certificate in Advanced Environmental Studies from Harvard University.
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy is a leading resource for key issues concerning the use, regulation and taxation of land. The Land Trust Alliance is based in Washington, D.C., and has several regional offices.