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Cattlemen’s Land Trust at the Forefront of Conservation
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Watch and listen to an on-the-ground panel of experts talk about the relationship of how ranchers and conservationists work together provides successful conservation outcomes while keeping working lands working.

 

Beyond Easements: Broader Approaches for Greater Conservation Outcomes
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CONSERVATION EASEMENTS CAN PROTECT thousands of acres of valuable and vulnerable lands from development. However, why stop there?  ...

 

Donate a conservation easement: How federal benefits put money in your pocket!
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In addition to the Colorado credit, landowners can receive an extra reward for conserving their land with a conservation easement. The current rules are not yet permanent, so please keep that in mind as you and your advisors make plans for your taxes.

 

A step-by-step guide to donating a conservation easement
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This guide is meant to help you understand the steps that must be completed to conserve your property and the typical costs that are involved.

 

A fierce, expensive fight erupts over conservation easements
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An ongoing fight over tax breaks for conserving privately owned land — and accusations that some people are using them as a tax shelter — is spurring an expensive lobbying battle involving landowners and conservationists.

 

Final Rule on SALT and State Tax Credit Programs
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The U.S. Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service pre-released the final rule on how the federal government will treat charitable donations that individual taxpayers make to nonprofits via giving programs incentivized by state and local tax (SALT) credits.

 

Enforcing Perpetual Conservation Easements Against Third-Party Violators
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Among the most daunting challenges the holder of a perpetual conservation easement faces is the enforcement of the easements it holds, for all time, and against all violators.& ...

 

Amending or Terminating Conservation Easements: The New Hampshire Experience
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Since their release in 2010, the Guidelines have been useful to the land trust community and to the New Hampshire Attorney General in facilitating a thorough and efficient review of proposed amendments to, as well as partial extinguishments of, conservation easements.

 

Understanding When Perpetual Is Not Forever: An Update To The Challenge Of Changing Conditions, Amendment, And Termination Of Perpetual Conservation Easements, And Response To Ann Taylor Schwing
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Rarely in the legal discourse is an author afforded the opportunity to revisit and update a recently published law review article and to correct misunderstandings of a response thereto.

 

Perpetuity is Forever, Almost Always: Why It Is Wrong To Promote Amendment and Termination of Perpetual Conservation Easements
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When a landowner makes a charitable gift of a conservation easement to a nonprofit organization or government entity and elects to seek a federal tax deduction, both landowner and easement holder are subject to federal tax laws and regulations governing the creation, monitoring, amendment, and extinguishment of the easement.

 

Conservation Easement Reform: As Maine Goes Should the Nation Follow
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This article explores how the Reform Law has worked and whether it makes sense as a model for other states in response to weaknesses in their enabling laws.

 

Use of Conservation Easements in Estate and Conservation Planning
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Under many circumstances, the donation of a conservation easement or sale of such easement for less than fair market value may give income tax, estate tax, and real property tax benefits to the donor or seller.

 

Leaving a Legacy of Land
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Protecting private lands that provide significant natural resource or cultural values is often a capstone objective for landowners, managers, and conservationists.

 

Conservation Almanac

The Trust for Public Land has created the Conservation Almanac, which is a great resource for understanding the context of the conservation and conservation finance movements. Here you can see how much land has been protected in your state, which state and federal agencies have protected the land, the ratio of money spent to land conserved, and policies and programs that could help your state reach its conservation objectives.

 

How a Conservation Easement Works - Sample example of conservation easement

A simple example illustrates how a conservation easement works in practice. Let’s assume pressure from buyers building vacation homes has pushed the value of land up in recent years to the point where the family is concerned about how the next generation will pay the estate tax bill without selling the land.

 

Land Preservation - An Essential Ingredient in Smart Growth
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The preservation of land for working rural landscapes, wildlife habitat, urban parks, recreational trails, and protecting water supplies and floodplains is emerging as an integral component of smart growth programs.

 

6 Basic Steps to Conveying a Conservation Easement
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How does one go about donating or selling a conservation easement.? There is no one right way to go about it. However, the following outline shows the most common steps to the process.

 

The Law of Agricultural Land Preservation in the United States
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Thomas Daniels and John Keene's new book breaks down the legal principles, federal and state requirements, and the legal issues that affect agricultural land preservation efforts.

 

Maine Futures Community Mapper

The Maine Futures Community Mapper (MFCM) is a web-based tool that helps Mainers: (1)identify locations that are most suitable for future development, conservation, agricultural uses, or forestry; (2) identify potential conflicts and compatibilities between different land uses; and(3) envision their future landscape under different possible scenarios of change.

Ensuring a future where Mainers can count on vibrant communities with vital economic development, coupled with a sustainable natural resource base, requires thoughtful planning. We developed the MFCM in partnership with dozens of stakeholders from the economic development, conservation, forestry, and agriculture communities to assist planners, citizens, policy-makers, and scientists in planning for our collective future.

 

Find a Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCCs)

Find an LCC here. The 22 LCCs collectively form a network of resource managers and scientists who share a common need for scientific information and interest in conservation. Each LCC brings together federal, state, and local governments along with Tribes and First Nations, non-governmental organizations, universities, and interested public and private organizations. Our partners work collaboratively to identify best practices, connect efforts, identify science gaps, and avoid duplication through conservation planning and design. 

Managing the landscapes that provide our natural and cultural resources has become increasingly challenging. With the signing of Secretarial Order No. 3289, the Department of the Interior launched the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs) to better integrate science and management to address climate change and other landscape scale issues. By building a network that is holistic, collaborative, adaptive, and grounded in science, LCCs are working to ensure the sustainability of our economy, land, water, wildlife, and cultural resources. 

 

Using the Conservation Tax Incentive
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This short brochure summarizes the conservation easement tax incentive and provides answers to some frequently asked questions. For the late ...

 

Conservation Easements
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One tool for estate planners is the conservation easement, by which a landowner voluntarily restricts his or her land from being developed, restricts the amount of development or protects existing features, like a building facade with historic value.

 

Conservation Easements - How Flexible Is Too Flexible?

To ensure the continued conservation of natural resources and habitats, it is important to ensure that easements are not simply undone by successors to the original parties after the tax benefits have been realized.& ...

 

Mitigation and Conservation Banking
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To many landowners a threatened or endangered (T&E) species on their property is anathema because it can herald all kinds of state and federal limitations on use of their property.& ...

 

2015 National Land Trust Census Report

 

Conservation Easements - A Tool for Preventing the Fragmentation of Family Lands
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Land stewards can use conservation easements to help manage the future. Conservation easements can be created to protect different natural assets ranging from endangered species and water sources to productive, open space and agricultural land.

 

Maine Attorney General Prevents Termination of Conservation Easement
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Over the past two years, the Office of the Maine Attorney General has upheld the continued existence of a conservation easement that a landowner had sought to terminate.

 

Uniform Conservation Easement Act Summary
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Although traditional uses of land for industrial, commercial, residential and agricultural purposes have continued, conservation and historic preservation have become important as well.

 

Uniform Conservation Easement Act (with 2007 Amendments)
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The Act enables durable restrictions and affirmative obligations to be attached to real property to protect natural and historic resources.

 

Multi-Generational Ownership and Planning for Family Owned Properties
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The paper explains many of the common legal tools used by families to manage and/or transfer family lands, and gives a very good overview of the expectations and considerations families will face throughout the process.

 

Forever Donation
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A landowner recently asked us: What is the best way to ensure that the land I donate is not sold? We put the question to the land trust community and it generated quite a bit of activity on the land trust listserv.

 

Tax Benefits of Donating Conservation Land
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There are several kinds of tax benefits available to donors of land or conservation easements. This article attempts to summarize these benefits and provide some examples of how they work.

 

What is a Land Trust?

Land trusts are non-profit organizations directly involved in the permanent protection of land and its resources for the public benefit. A trust may operate on a local, state, regional, or national level.

 

Bundle Of Rights Approach To Value
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The bundle of rights theory maintains that ownership of a parcel of real estate may embrace a great many rights, such as the right to its occupancy and use; the right to sell it in whole or in part; the right to bequeath; the right to transfer by contract for specified periods of time, the benefits to be derived by occupancy and use of the real estate.

 

2014 Farm Bill Field Guide to Fish and Wildlife Conservation
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The 2014 Farm Bill Field Guide to Fish and Wildlife Conservation was prepared as an introduction for fish and wildlife conservation providers – the on-the-ground biologists and conservation partners who help deliver Farm Bill conservation programs to landowners.

 

13 Components of a Successful Transferable Development Right Program
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For those of you who don’t know, TDR stands for Transferable Development Rights. Simply put, these are typically programs that are designed by local government to allow for the free market transfer of subdivision or development rights from a rural (agricultural and/or conservation) zone to a designated development zone within a jurisdiction.& ...

 

Like-Kind Exchanges of Conservation Easements
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Certain individuals who own land with significant conservation value, for example landowners of wildlife habitat or open space, can preserve the character of their land, obtain additional property, and defer taxes on the transaction, all at the same time.

 

Working Lands For Wildlife
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Through Working Lands for Wildlife —a voluntary, incentive-based effort—the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and its conservation partners will provide landowners with technical and financial assistance to: Restore populations of declining wildlife species.

 

NextGen Conservation - Peninsula Open Space Trust engages Millennials in its mission.
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The 80 million-plus Millennials in the United States represent the next generation of potential land trust supporters and advocates.

 

Putting Smart Growth to Work in Rural Communities
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Many rural communities are facing challenges, including rapid growth at metropolitan edges, declining rural populations, and loss of working lands.

 

Conservation of Private Lands - Opportunities and Challenges for the States
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Private land conservation initiatives are a critical component of any state-level quality of life agenda. Although concerns over sprawl, including the loss of prime agricultural lands and significant green space, continue to be one of the underlying rallying cries in support of state-level smart growth initiatives, the fact remains that with few exceptions, conservation of privately-owned working lands has not received significant attention in smart growth literature or conferences.

 

Bosque Canyon Ranch v. Comm’r—Partnerships Denied Deductions for Conservation Easements Allowing Movable Homesites and Taxed on Disguised Sales of Homesites
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Bosque Canyon Ranch, L.P. located in the hill country of Texas was just denied $15.9 million of deductions claimed by partnerships for the donation of conservation easements on two grounds in a tax court decision.

 

The Conservation Easement Quiz
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Take a quick quiz and test your knowledge on conservation easements and learn if they can work for you.

 

Conservation Easement Paragraph Databank
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The CE Paragraph Databank is a work in progress assembled by the Stanford Conservation and Climate Change Drafting Committee and a number of CE professionals assisting in the work.

 

Conservation Easements and the 2010 Roth Conversion - A symbiotic relationship
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It may come as a shock, but there is a sort of symbiotic relationship at work between property owners with conservation easements and the IRS.

 

Using Conservation Easements to Protect Working Forests
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For decades, conservation easements have protected open space values such as wildlife habitat, ecological diversity, recreational access and aesthetics.

 

Farm and Forest Land Preservation With Conservation Easements
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This publication is intended to provide basic information on conservation easements for landowners, community leaders, students and other interested individuals.

 

The Importance of Land Trusts to Forestry
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Almost everyone in forestry has heard of land trusts since they have become a common fixture especially in areas that are rapidly urbanizing.

 

Conservation Easements - Donor Beware
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Conservation easements have garnered significant attention and gained popularity over the last few years due in part to the availability of federal tax deductions and Virginia state tax credits associated with conservation easements.

 

Easements prove valuable in efforts to protect land
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Practically no one had heard of conservation easements 15 years ago when Charleston native Herbert J. Butler began trying to protect his hundreds of acres of former rice fields.

 

State of the Land 2006, A brief inventory of public and private land in the United States
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“In wildness is the preservation of the world.” Quoted from an essay by Thoreau lamenting the way in which modern urban life has made natural resources into commodities and isolated people from the natural processes on which their lives depended.

 

An Overview of Financial Alternatives for Land Conservation Transactions
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Clearly, the motivation for a land conservation transaction is often the desire of the landowner to safeguard the property. However, this objective must be balanced with the need to maximize the return to the landowner.

 

Show Conservation Easements Organizations & Professionals (424)
There are 424 resources serving Somerset County in the following categories:
map itMap of Conservation Easements Organizations & Professionals serving Somerset County
Agricultural Law Attorneys
Farmers Legal Action Group
- St. Paul, MN
Legal Services Food Hub
Conservation Law Foundation - Boston, MA
The National Agricultural Law Center
- Fayetteville, AR
Certified Appraisers
American Forest Management
- Charlotte, NC
Bret P. Vicary, PhD, MAI, LPF, CGA
Sewall Forestry & Natural Resources LLC - President - Old Town, ME
Donald G. MacKay, Ph.D, CFA
Forest Research, LLC - Forest Economist and Appraiser - Orono, ME
H. Randolph Glennon, III, MAI, AI-GRS
- Yarmouth, ME
J Chet Rogers, MAI
- Real Estate Appraiser & Consultant - Hollis, NH
J. Chet Rogers, MAI
- Hollis, NH
Keith Ross
LandVest - Senior Advisor - Warwick, MA
Kevin M. King, SRA
Crossroads Appraisal - Yarmouth, ME
Phil Bailey, MAI
TerraSource Valuation, LLC - Appraiser - Matthews, NC
Philip D. Bailey, MAI
Mason, Bruce & Girard, Inc. - Senior Appraiser, Eastern US & International - Blacksburg, VA
Shawn Smith
Earth Asset Partnership, LP - founder & managing partner - Huntington, VT
Theodore H. Webersinn, MAI
Webersinn Appraisal Company, Inc. - President - Surry, ME
Conservation Districts
Maine Association of Conservation Districts
- Portland, ME
Somerset County Soil & Water Conservation District
- Skowhegan, ME
Conservation Groups and Associations
Access Fund
- Boulder, CO
ACRE Investment Management, LLC
- The Plains, VA
Agrarian Trust
Ian McSweeney - Director - Weare, NH
AGree
- Washington, DC
American Agri-Women
- Colchester, VT
American Farm Bureau Federation
- Washington, DC
American Forest Foundation
- Washington, DC
American Forests
- Washington, DC
American Friends of Canadian Land Trusts
Sandra Tassel - Program Coordinator - Bellingham, WA
American Hiking Society
- Silver Spring, MD
American Tree Farm System
Paul DeLong - Senior Vice President, ATFS & Conservation - Washington, DC
Appalachian Mountain Club
- Boston, MA
Appalachian Trail Conservancy
- Harpers Ferry, WV
Arbor Day Foundation
- Nebraska City, NE
Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies
- Washington, DC
Atlantic Coast Joint Venture
Debra Reynolds - Communication Coordinator - Hadley, MA
Bat Conservation International
- Austin, TX
Bee City USA
An Initiative of the Xerces Society - Portland, OR
Biobased Maine
- Portland, ME
Butterflies and Their People
Dr. Ellen Sharp - Board Member and Project Director - Capulin, 
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society - New Brunswick Chapter
Roberta Clowater - Executive Director - Fredericton, NB
Center for Collaborative Conservation
Warner College of Natural Resources - Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO
Center for Large Landscape Conservation
- Bozeman, MT
Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance
- Missoula, MT
CitSci.org
Greg Newman - Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory at Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO
Conservation Law Center
Christian Freitag - Director - Bloomington, IN
Conservation Plus
- The Plains, VA
Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC)
- West Lafayette, IN
Continental Dialogue on Non-Native Forests Insects and Diseases
- Sheffield, MA
Ecological Restoration Business Association
- Tysons, VA
EcoResults!
- Flagstaff, AZ
Equine Land Conservation Resource
- Lexington, KY
Farmers For Monarchs
Franklin Holley - Keystone, CO
Forest Stewards Guild
- Santa Fe, NM
Forest Stewardship Council
- Minneapolis, MN
Friends of Maine Seabird Islands
- Rockland, ME
Great Ecology
- San Diego, CA
Green School Alliance
- New York, NY
Hidden Valley Nature Center
Andy Bezon - Forest and Recreation Specialist - Jefferson, ME
High Peaks Alliance
- Strong, ME
Hunt Fish 30x30 Coalition
Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation - Washington, DC
Iara Lacher
Seven Bends Nursery - Ecologist / Consultant - Winchester, VA
Itasca Ladyslipper Farm
Carol Steele - Grand Rapids, MN
Izaak Walton League
- Gaithersburg, MD
John Sanderson
Center for Collaborative Conservation - Director - Fort Collins, CO
Journey North
- Madison, WI
Keeping Maine’s Forests
- Augusta, ME
Lakes Environmental Association
Peter Lowell - Executive Director - Bridgton, ME
Land Conservation and Advocacy Trust
Steve Meltzer - Founder and Executive Director - Framingham, MA
Land For Good
- Keene , NH
Land Trust Alliance
- Washington, DC
Maine Christmas Tree Association
- Easton, ME
Maine Forest Products Council
Roberta Scruggs - Communications Director - Augusta, ME
Maine Huts and Trails
- Kingfield, ME
Maine Lakes Society
Cheryl Perusse Daigle - Executive Director - Belgrade Lakes, ME
Maine Natural Resource Conservation Program
Dawn Hallowell - Maine DEP - Augusta, ME
Maine Rivers
Landis Hudson - Executive Director - Yarmouth, ME
Maine Sporting Camp Association
- Augusta, ME
Maine Sporting Camp Heritage Foundation
John Rust - President - Hampden, ME
Maine TREE Foundation
Henry L. Whittemore - Executive Director - Augusta, ME
Manomet
- Plymouth, MA
Metro Blooms
Becky Rice - Executive Director - Minneapolis, MN
Monarch Butterfly and Pollinators Conservation Fund
- Washington, DC
Monarch Collaborative
Keystone Policy Center - Keystone, CO
Monarch Joint Venture
- St. Paul, MN
Monarch Larva Monitoring Project
- Madison, WI
MultiState Conservation Grant Program
- Washington, DC
National Association of State Foresters
- Washington, DC
National Audubon Society
- New York, NY
National Deer Association
- Bogart, GA
National Family Farm Coaltion
- Washington, DC
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
- Washington, DC
National Forestry Association
Keith A. Argow - President, Director at Large - Vienna, VA
National Grazing Lands Coalition
Monti Golla - National GLC Executive Director - College Station, TX
National Trust for Historic Preservation
- Washington, DC
National Wild Turkey Federation
- Edgefield, SC
National Wildlife Federation
- Reston, VA
Native Plant Trust
- Framingham, MA
Northern Forest Canoe Trail
- Waitsfield, VT
Orianne Society
- Tiger, GA
Parks for Pollinators
National Recreation and Park Association - Ashburn, VA
Partnership for Conservation
- Washington, DC
Pheasants Forever
- St Paul, MN
Pinchot Institute for Conservation
V. Alaric Sample - President - Washington, DC
Pollinators Prospering People
Project Monarch Health
- Athens, GA
Quebec-Labrador Foundation
Larry Morris - President - Ipswich, MA
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
- Washington, DC
Robert R Bryan
Forest Synthesis - President/Habitat Conservation Forester - Harpswell, ME
Savory Institute
- Boulder, CO
Soil and Water Conservation Society
- Ankeny, IA
Sportsman's Alliance of Maine
David Trahan - Executive Director - Augusta, ME
Sportsmen for Responsible Energy Development
Judith KohlerCO
St. Croix International Waterway Commission
Heather Almeda - Manager - St. Stephen, NB
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Kathy Abusow - President and CEO - Washington, DC
Sustainable Forests Roundtable
Sustainable Monarchs
- North Platte, NE
Terrafirma RRG LLC
- Burlington, VT
Texan by Nature
- Austin, TX
The American Chestnut Foundation
- Asheville, NC
The Climate Trust
- Portland, OR
The Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation
Lindsay Thomas - Chairman - Washington, DC
The Conservation Fund
- Arlington, VA
The Fund for Wild Nature
- La Canada, CA
The Land Institute
- Salina, KS
The Pollinator Partnership
- San Francisco, CA
The Trust for Public Land, Maine State Office
- Portland, ME
The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
- Portland, OR
Thunder Bay Field Naturalists
Bruce Thacker - President - Thunder Bay, ON
Tin Mountain Conservation Center
- Albany, NH
Trout Headwaters, Inc.
- Livingston, MT
Turtle Islands Earth Stewards
Tyhson Banighen - Tappen, BC
Two Countries, One Forest
Bill Weber - Executive Director - Toronto, ON
U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance (USFRA)
- Chesterfield, MO
Unique Places To Save
- Chapel Hill, NC
Upper Thames River Conservation Authority
- London, ON
USA National Phenology Network
- Tucson, AZ
Valleys 2000
Bill Huether - Treasurer - Bowmanville, ON
Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation
- Halifax, VA
Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network
- Manomet, MA
Western Monarch Milkweed Mapper
Xerces Society
Wildlife Alliance of Maine
Daryl DeJoy - Executive Director - Bangor, ME
Women, Food & Agriculture Network
- Ames, IA
Consultants - Land
Aaron Drake
Integrated Forest Management - Vice President GIS/IT & Certification - Turner, ME
American Forest Management
- Charlotte, NC
American Tree Farm System
Paul DeLong - Senior Vice President, ATFS & Conservation - Washington, DC
Ann Ruzow Holland, Ph.D. AICP
- Principal-Consultant - Willsboro, NY
Blaine N. Miller
Dirigo Timberland Management - Owner - North Anson, ME
Boyle Associates
James Boyle - President - Gorham, ME
Brenda Schick
Singing Stream Conservation Consultants - Principal - La Jolla, CA
Bret P. Vicary, PhD, MAI, LPF, CGA
Sewall Forestry & Natural Resources LLC - President - Old Town, ME
Cirrus Ecological Solutions
Neal Artz - Logan, UT
Corner Post Land Surveying
- Springvale, ME
David Anselm Irving
Shelterwood Solutions Inc - Forest and Wildlife Consultant - Lincoln, ME
David Harper
Land in Common - Charleston, SC
David Wardrop
Golden Forestry Services - President - Veazie , ME
Deborah Perkins, M.S.
First Light Wildlife Habitats - Wildlife Biologist - Poland Spring, ME
Dennis Bidwell
Bidwell Advisors - Northampton, MA
Design Workshop
Anna Laybourn - Principal - Aspen, CO
Donald G. MacKay, Ph.D, CFA
Forest Research, LLC - Forest Economist and Appraiser - Orono, ME
E. Ann Poole, CWS
Poole Ecological & Environmental Consultancy - Principal - Hillsborough, NH
Eco-Asset Solutions & Innovations LLC
William Coleman - Co-Founder & CEO - Redwood City, CA
Eric W. Entrekin
Southeast Forestlands - President and Director of Forest Management - Meridian, MS
Eric W. Kingsley
Innovative Natural Resource Solutions LLC - Vice President - Portland, ME
Evr-green Management Group, Inc
Matt S. Campbell - President - Rome, GA
Farm Family Dynamics LLC
Joe Kluender - North Mankato, MN
FB Environmental
Forrest Bell - FBE Owner & Principal Scientist - Portland, ME
Field Sport Concepts, LTD
- Charlottesville, VA
Flycatcher LLC
- Yarmouth, ME
Forever Forests, LLC
Nancy G. Zak - Founder - Ball Ground, GA
Green Infrastructure Center
Karen Firehock - Executive Director - Charlottesville, VA
Greener Prospects
- Brunswick, ME
Gregg Elliott
K Gregg Consulting - Conservation Communications Consultant - Cordova, TN
Hemard & Company
Victor E. Hemard Jr. - President - Texarkana, TX
Holistic Management International
Sandy Langelier - Director, Communications & Outreach - Albuquerque, NM
Iara Lacher
Seven Bends Nursery - Ecologist / Consultant - Winchester, VA
J Chet Rogers, MAI
- Real Estate Appraiser & Consultant - Hollis, NH
Jason B. Stinson, CCIM
Commercial Realty Services of Alabama, LLC - Managing Member & Principal - Gadsden, AL
Jeff Littleton
Moosewood Ecological - Chesterfield, NH
Jeffrey Hall
Hancock Land Company - Casco, ME
John Tomlin
Conservation Forestry, LLC - Exeter, NH
Jonathan Mohr
Land Management Partners - South Bristol, ME
Keith Ross
LandVest - Senior Advisor - Warwick, MA
Kenneth Fergusson
Huber Resources - Operations Forester - Old Town, ME
Land Conservation and Advocacy Trust
Steve Meltzer - Founder and Executive Director - Framingham, MA
Land Conservation Assistance Network
Amos Eno - President / Executive Director - Yarmouth, ME
Linda Ziccardi
Alpine EcoSciences LLC - Owner - Golden, CO
Living Habitats LLC
Heidi Natura, PLA, ASLA, LEED AP - Principal & CEO - Chicago, IL
LJ Conservation Matters
Leonard Jordan - Douglasville, GA
Margo Heekin
- Land Trust Consultant - Fort Bragg, CA
Mayes, Wilson & Associates
- San Marcos, TX
Mike Howie
American Forest Management - Forester - Ellsworth, ME
Mike Hughes
Hughes Inc. Arbor and Land Management - Licensed Arborist - Freeport, ME
Nancy Moore
Conservation Consulting Group - Managing Partner - Monona, WI
National NEMO Network
- Haddam, CT
Northeast Farm Access, LLC
Bob Bernstein - Managing Director - Keene, NH
Peter E McKeever
Conservation Consulting Group - Partner - Monona, WI
Philip D. Bailey, MAI
Mason, Bruce & Girard, Inc. - Senior Appraiser, Eastern US & International - Blacksburg, VA
Pinchot Institute for Conservation
V. Alaric Sample - President - Washington, DC
PlanIt Forward
Patrick Crist - Principal - Broomfield, CO
Randa Mansour, PhD
R. Mansour Ecological Consulting - Elon, NC
Resource Analytical & Management Group, LLC
Billy K. Lemons - President & Principal Consultant - Nacogdoches, TX
Rhizoterra Inc.
Avril Stevenson - Project Manager - Spokane, WA
Robert C. Crane
Woodland Management Service - Consulting Forester - Stevens Point, WI
Russell A. DeConti
Real Estate and Environmental Consultant - DeConti Environmental Planning, Inc - Hiram, ME
Sage Advisors, LLC
- West Chester, PA
Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine Land Trust
Tom Doak - Augusta, ME
Solutions in the Land, LLC
Ronald Doetch - Managing Partner - Poplar Grove, IL
Steve Spencer
Big Pine Consulting - Whitefield, ME
Steve Weems
Sustainable Communities Fund, Board Member - Polaris Associates, Managing Director - Brunswick, ME
Steven Michaud, LLS
Doucet Survey, Inc. - Vice President - Newmarket, NH
Strategic Conservation Solutions, LLC
Bruce I. Knight - Principal and Founder - Washington, DC
Synergy Resource Solutions, Inc.
Jack D. Alexander - President And Senior Resource Specialist - Belgrade, MT
Thomas DeCoste
Foxgreen Farm - Owner - Seboeis Plantation, ME
Thomas L. Daniels
University of Pennsylvania School of Design - Professor of City and Regional Planning - Philadelphia, PA
Understanding Ag, LLC
- Fort Payne, AL
Easement Monitoring and Stewardship Services
Brenda Schick
Singing Stream Conservation Consultants - Principal - La Jolla, CA
David Wardrop
Golden Forestry Services - President - Veazie , ME
Eco-Asset Solutions & Innovations LLC
William Coleman - Co-Founder & CEO - Redwood City, CA
Edward Spencer
Land Futures - Andover, NH
Forest Land Improvement
Timothy R. Nolin - Forester - Ossipee, NH
Forever Forests, LLC
Nancy G. Zak - Founder - Ball Ground, GA
Jonathan Milne
- Environmental Consultant - Sidney, ME
LightHawk
Bev Gabe - Communications Manager - Lander, WY
Margo Heekin
- Land Trust Consultant - Fort Bragg, CA
Resource Analytical & Management Group, LLC
Billy K. Lemons - President & Principal Consultant - Nacogdoches, TX
Shawn Smith
Earth Asset Partnership, LP - founder & managing partner - Huntington, VT
Estate Planners
Creative Conservation, LLC
Jerry A. Bley - Readfield, ME
David J. Backer
Drummond Woodsum - Trust and Estate Planning Group Chair - Portland, ME
Elliott Teel
Attorney at Law - Portland, ME
Helen Andreoli
UBS Family Wealth Management Partners - Account Vice President - Portland, ME
Jac Arbour
Combined Benefits United - VP and Manager of Life and Annuity Division - Hallowell, ME
Northeast Farm Access, LLC
Bob Bernstein - Managing Director - Keene, NH
Philip C. Hunt
Perkins Thompson - Attorney - Portland, ME
Smilie G. Rogers
- Attorney - York, ME
Steven E. Tenney
UBS Family Wealth Management Partners - Senior Vice President – Wealth Management - Portland, ME
Timothy P. Benoit
Perkins Thompson - Attorney - Portland, ME
Estate Planning Attorneys
David P. Silk
Curtis Thaxter LLC - Portland, ME
Dennis O’Donovan
Epstein & O'Donovan, LLP - Portland, ME
Elisabeth A. Pickle
Pickle Law Firm PLLC - Manchester, ME
Elizabeth R. Butler
Butler Law Offices, LLC - Brunswick, ME
Elizabeth T. McCandless
McCandless & Coburn LLC - Portland, ME
George F. Eaton II
Rudman Winchell Counselors at Law - Partner - Bangor, ME
Gretchen Jones
Eaton Peabody - Brunswick, ME
I. Richard Ploss
Porzio, Bromberg & Newman P.C. - Counsel - Portland, ME
Jenny Burch
Law Office of Jenny E. Burch - Lawyer - Bath, ME
Jewell & Bulger
Thomas Jewell - Portland, ME
John F. Loyd, Jr.
Eaton Peabody, PA - Brunswick, ME
John Paul Erler
Curtis Thaxter LLC - Portland, ME
Jonathan T. Harris
Lambert Coffin - Portland, ME
LeBlanc & Young, P.A.
- Portland, ME
Legal Services Food Hub
Conservation Law Foundation - Boston, MA
Mark Standen
The Law Office of Mark Standen, LLC - Yarmouth, ME
Martin C. Womer
Maine Center for Elder Law, LLC - Founder - Kennebunk, ME
Maureen E. Keegan
Curtis Thaxter LLC - Portland, ME
Misti Schmidt
Conservation Partners LLP - Partner - Oakland, CA
Nathaniel Putnam
Eaton Peabody - Bangor, ME
Paul O. Dillon
- Corinth, ME
R. Howard Lake, Esq.
Lake and Denison, LLP - Winthrop, ME
Sage Advisors, LLC
- West Chester, PA
Sidney St. F. Thaxter
Curtis Thaxter LLC - Portland, ME
Simon Sidamon-Eristof
Kalbian Hagerty LLP - of Counsel - Washington, DC
Federal and State Tax Incentives and Programs
Current Use Program
- Concord, NH
Current Use Tax Program
- Montpelier, VT
Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency
N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center - Raleigh, NC
Farmland Tax Law Program
Maine Revenue Services - Property Tax Division - Augusta, ME
Federal Endangered Species Tax Deduction
US Fish and Wildlife Service - Arlington, VA
Forest Conservation - Property Tax Benefits
Massachusetts Energy & Environmental AffairsMA
Green Acres tax deferral program
MN
Managed Forest Law
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources - Madison, WI
Native Prairie and Wildlife Habitat - Property Tax Benefits
- Des Moines, IA
Native Prairie Tax Exemption Program
Minnesota Department of Natural ResourcesMN
Open Space Conservation - Property Tax Benefits
- Crownsville, MD
Open Space Current Use Program
Maine Revenue Services - Property Tax Division - Augusta, ME
Property Tax Benefits for Maintaining Land Use
Georgia Department of RevenueGA
Reforestation Tax Credit Program
- Oregon Department of Forestry - Salem, OR
Sage Advisors, LLC
- West Chester, PA
Tree Growth Current Use Program
Maine Revenue Services - Property Tax Division - Augusta, ME
Waterfowl Restoration Program
- Cambridge, MD
Working Waterfront Program
Maine Revenue Services - Property Tax Division - Augusta, ME
FSA Local Offices
Somerset County Farm Service Agency Office
Scott Speck - County Executive Director - Skowhegan, ME
Land Trusts
7 Lakes Alliance
- Belgrade Lakes, ME
American Farmland Trust
- Washington, DC
Brenda Schick
Singing Stream Conservation Consultants - Principal - La Jolla, CA
Cape Elizabeth Land Trust
Cindy Krum - Executive Director - Cape Elizabeth, ME
Downeast Salmon Federation
Dwayne Shaw - Executive Director - Columbia Falls, ME
Equity Trust
Jim Oldham - Executive Director - Amherst, MA
Forest Society of Maine
Jake Metzler - Forestland Stewardship Manager - Bangor, ME
GreenTrust Alliance
Dr. Doug Frederick - Executive Director - Raleigh, NC
Holden Land Trust
John Bryant - President - Holden, ME
Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust
- Washington, DC
Islesboro Islands Trust
Steve Miller - Executive Director - Islesboro, ME
John Sanderson
Center for Collaborative Conservation - Director - Fort Collins, CO
Kittery Land Trust
Christine Bennett - Executive Director - Kittery, ME
Land Trust Alliance
- Washington, DC
Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust
Simon Rucker - Executive Director - Portland, ME
Maine Audubon
Sally Stockwell - Conservation Director - Falmouth, ME
Maine Farmland Trust
Amanda Beal - President, CEO - Belfast, ME
Maine Wilderness Watershed Trust
- Augusta, ME
Margo Heekin
- Land Trust Consultant - Fort Bragg, CA
New England Forestry Foundation
Lisa Hayden - Landowner Outreach Coordinator - Littleton, MA
North American Land Trust
- Chadds Ford, PA
Northeast Wilderness Trust
Marisa Riggi - Conservation Director - Montpelier, VT
Open Space Institute
Jennifer Grossman - Vice President New York Land Program - New York, NY
Pleasant River Wildlife Foundation
Lois Winter - Executive Director - Addison, ME
Robert R Bryan
Forest Synthesis - President/Habitat Conservation Forester - Harpswell, ME
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
- Missoula, MT
Saco Valley Land Trust
- Saco, ME
Sage Advisors, LLC
- West Chester, PA
Sanford-Springvale Mousam Way Land Trust
Gordon Johnston - President - Sanford, ME
Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation Habitat Trust Fund
- Moose Jaw, SK
Sebasticook Regional Land Trust
Jennifer Irving - Executive Director - Unity, ME
Sebasticook River Watershed Association
ME
Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine Land Trust
Tom Doak - Augusta, ME
Societe de Protection Fonciere de Saint-Adele
Jean-Louis Poirier - President - Saint-Adele, QC
Somerset Woods Trustees
Jack Gibson - Skowhegan, ME
Sportsmen's National Land Trust
- Agawam, MA
Terrafirma RRG LLC
- Burlington, VT
The Barn Group
- Brooks, GA
The Nature Conservancy, Maine Field Office
- Brunswick, ME
Trust for Public Land, Massachusetts State Office
- Boston, MA
Vinalhaven Land Trust
Linnell Mather - Executive Director - Vinalhaven, ME
Western Foothills Land Trust
Lee Dassler - Executive Director - Norway, ME
Wetlands America Trust
- Memphis, TN
Windham Land Trust
- Co-Presidents - Windham, ME
Woodie Wheaton Land Trust
Patty Bubar - Office Manager - Forest City Twp, ME
Lawyers
Christopher J. Austin
Rudman Winchell Counselors at Law - Partner - Bangor, ME
David J. Backer
Drummond Woodsum - Trust and Estate Planning Group Chair - Portland, ME
David P. Silk
Curtis Thaxter LLC - Portland, ME
Dennis O’Donovan
Epstein & O'Donovan, LLP - Portland, ME
Donald A. Fowler, Jr.
- Kingfield, ME
Edmond J. Bearor
Rudman Winchell Counselors at Law - Partner - Bangor, ME
Elisabeth A. Pickle
Pickle Law Firm PLLC - Manchester, ME
Elizabeth T. McCandless
McCandless & Coburn LLC - Portland, ME
Elliott Teel
Attorney at Law - Portland, ME
Frederick Stocking
Stocking & Crotteau, LLC - Lamoine, ME
George F. Eaton II
Rudman Winchell Counselors at Law - Partner - Bangor, ME
Hope Hilton, Esq.
- Harpswell , ME
J. Gordon Scannell, Jr.
Perkins Thompson - Attorney - Portland, ME
James N. Katsiaficas
Perkins Thompson - Attorney - Portland, ME
Jane Surran Pyne
- Waldoboro, ME
Joanna B. Tourangeau
Drummond Woodsum - Portland, ME
John F. Loyd, Jr.
Eaton Peabody, PA - Brunswick, ME
John Paul Erler
Curtis Thaxter LLC - Portland, ME
Jonathan T. Harris
Lambert Coffin - Portland, ME
Kaighn Smith, Jr.
Drummond Woodsum - Portland, ME
Karen Huber, Shareholder
Eaton Peabody, PA - Chair, Real Estate and Natural Resources & Timberlands Practice Groups - Bangor, ME
Karin Marchetti Ponte
Land Conservation Legal Services - Mount Desert, ME
LeBlanc & Young, P.A.
- Portland, ME
Legal Services Food Hub
Conservation Law Foundation - Boston, MA
Maureen E. Keegan
Curtis Thaxter LLC - Portland, ME
Michael B. Peisner
Curtis Thaxter LLC - Portland, ME
Nathaniel Putnam
Eaton Peabody - Bangor, ME
Paul O. Dillon
- Corinth, ME
Peter Mills
Wright & Mills, P.A. - Skowhegan, ME
Philip C. Hunt
Perkins Thompson - Attorney - Portland, ME
Robert E. Stevens
Curtis Thaxter LLC - Portland, ME
Robert Levin
- Attorney at Law - Portland, ME
Sarah Lang Reinhart
Eaton Peabody, PA - Bangor, ME
Sidney St. F. Thaxter
Curtis Thaxter LLC - Portland, ME
Timothy P. Benoit
Perkins Thompson - Attorney - Portland, ME
William H. Hanson
Rudman Winchell Counselors at Law - Partner - Bangor, ME
Natural Resource Law Attorneys
Bradley Raffle
Conservation Capital - CEO - Eugene, OR
Brenda M. Buchanan
Warren, Currier & Buchanan - Portland, ME
Christopher J. Austin
Rudman Winchell Counselors at Law - Partner - Bangor, ME
Conservation Law Center
Christian Freitag - Director - Bloomington, IN
David B. Van Slyke
Preti Flaherty - Partner - Portland, ME
David M. Kallin
Drummond Woodsum - Portland, ME
David P. Silk
Curtis Thaxter LLC - Portland, ME
Edmond J. Bearor
Rudman Winchell Counselors at Law - Partner - Bangor, ME
Eliza Cope Nolan
Bernstein Shur - Shareholder - Portland, ME
Elizabeth R. Butler
Butler Law Offices, LLC - Brunswick, ME
Endangered Species Law and Policy Group
Nossaman LLP - Los Angeles, CA
George F. Eaton II
Rudman Winchell Counselors at Law - Partner - Bangor, ME
James N. Katsiaficas
Perkins Thompson - Attorney - Portland, ME
James P. Moorhead
Moorhead Law Group, LLC - Founder and Principal - Chicago, IL
Jeffrey T. Selser
Fletcher, Selser & Devine, LLC - Partner - Portland, ME
John Paul Erler
Curtis Thaxter LLC - Portland, ME
Jonathan A. Pottle
Eaton Peabody, PA - Shareholder - Bangor, ME
Karen Huber, Shareholder
Eaton Peabody, PA - Chair, Real Estate and Natural Resources & Timberlands Practice Groups - Bangor, ME
Legal Services Food Hub
Conservation Law Foundation - Boston, MA
M. Reed Hopper
Pacific Legal Foundation - Principal Attorney, National Litigation Center - Sacramento, CA
Misti Schmidt
Conservation Partners LLP - Partner - Oakland, CA
Nick Cramer
The Vertex Companies, Inc. - Senior Project Manager - Irving, TX
Patrick W. Lyons
Eaton Peabody, PA - Associate - Bangor, ME
R. Howard Lake, Esq.
Lake and Denison, LLP - Winthrop, ME
Richard A. Spencer
Drummond Woodsum - Portland, ME
Robert E. Stevens
Curtis Thaxter LLC - Portland, ME
Sarah A. McDaniel
Douglas McDaniel Campo LLC - Attorney/Owner - Westbrook, ME
Stephen J. Small, Esq.
Law Office of Stephen J. Small, Esq., P.C. - Cambridge, MA
William E. Taylor
Pierce Atwood LLP - Partner - Portland, ME
William H. Hanson
Rudman Winchell Counselors at Law - Partner - Bangor, ME
William L. Plouffe
Drummond Woodsum - Portland, ME
William V. Ferdinand, Jr.
Eaton Peabody, PA - Shareholder - Chair, Legislative & Government Relations Practice Group - Augusta, ME
NRCS Local Offices
Jay Braunscheidel
Tall Pines Forest Management - President & Lead Forester - Cornish, ME
Skowhegan NRCS Field Office
- Skowhegan, ME
Real Estate Attorneys
Brenda M. Buchanan
Warren, Currier & Buchanan - Portland, ME
David J. Perkins
Perkins Olson Attorneys at Law - Portland, ME
David M. Kallin
Drummond Woodsum - Portland, ME
Michael L. Lane
Preti Flaherty - Attorney - Augusta, ME
Nick Cramer
The Vertex Companies, Inc. - Senior Project Manager - Irving, TX
Peggy L. McGehee
Perkins Thompson - Portland, ME
Richard A. Shinay
Drummond Woodsum - Portland, ME
Richard A. Spencer
Drummond Woodsum - Portland, ME
Richard D. Prentice
Bernstein Shur - Portland , ME
Sarah A. McDaniel
Douglas McDaniel Campo LLC - Attorney/Owner - Westbrook, ME
William L. Plouffe
Drummond Woodsum - Portland, ME
William V. Ferdinand, Jr.
Eaton Peabody, PA - Shareholder - Chair, Legislative & Government Relations Practice Group - Augusta, ME
State Funding / Technical Resources
Agricultural Marketing Loan Fund
Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry - Augusta, ME
Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership
Dr. Lisa Havel - Coordinator - Arlington, VA
Beginning Farmer Resource Network of Maine
Tori Jackson - Chair - Lisbon Falls, ME
Kent Nelson
Maine Forest Service - Fire Prevention Specialist/Firewise State Liaison - Augusta, ME
Land for Maine's Future
- Augusta, ME
Maine Farmland Protection Program
- Augusta, ME
Maine Farms for the Future Program
Leigh Hallett - Farmland Protection Specialist
Maine Department of Agriculture Food, and Rural Resources - Augusta, ME
Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund
Carol Gay - Secretariat - Pittston, ME
Northeast Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies
Senior Farm Share Program
Julie Waller - Senior FarmShare Manager - Augusta, ME
Stewardship Program offered by the Maine Forest Service (Archived)
- Maine Forest Service - Augusta, ME
Whitewater to Bluewater Project
Lisa Havel - Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership Coordinator - Arlington, VA
Woods Wise Incentives to Stewardship Enhancement
- Augusta, ME
Tax Advisors
Jason B. Stinson, CCIM
Commercial Realty Services of Alabama, LLC - Managing Member & Principal - Gadsden, AL
Philip C. Hunt
Perkins Thompson - Attorney - Portland, ME
The Simple Dollar
Trent Ham - Founder & ContributorIA
Timothy P. Benoit
Perkins Thompson - Attorney - Portland, ME
Water Street Solutions
- Peoria, IL
Tax Credit Brokers
Foss & Company
Tax Credit Specialists - San Francisco, CA

 Conservation Markets

   
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Ecosystem Services: New Frontiers in Land-Based Resources
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Ecosystem markets are expanding and morphing into new configurations at a mind-boggling speed. While landowners may be tempted to stay at the house until the dust clears, Ellis suggested landowners get engaged now.

 

What are ecosystem services markets?
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A beginner’s guide to ecosystem service marketplaces Carbon credits. Asset quantification. Protocol assessment. Verifiers. The terms surrounding ecosystem services markets are foreign to most landowners.

 

Conservation Almanac

The Trust for Public Land has created the Conservation Almanac, which is a great resource for understanding the context of the conservation and conservation finance movements. Here you can see how much land has been protected in your state, which state and federal agencies have protected the land, the ratio of money spent to land conserved, and policies and programs that could help your state reach its conservation objectives.

 

Conservation Corridor Toolkit

Landscape corridors are among the most important conservation strategies in the face of global changes such as habitat fragmentation, habitat destruction, and climate change. We aim to bridge the science and practice of conservation corridors.  Conservation Corridor will provide up-to-date findings from science that will inform applied conservation.  And, we will highlight new innovations in applied conservation, with the goal of guiding the direction of applied science toward management needs. Click Here. 

 

COMET-FARM™

COMET-FARM™ is a  whole farm and ranch carbon and greenhouse gas accounting system.  The tool guides you through describing your farm and ranch management practices including alternative future management scenarios. Once complete, a report is generated comparing the carbon changes and greenhouse gas emissions between your current management practices and future scenarios.

 

Mitigation and Conservation Banking
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To many landowners a threatened or endangered (T&E) species on their property is anathema because it can herald all kinds of state and federal limitations on use of their property.& ...

 

Leveraging the Landscape - State of the Forest Carbon Markets 2012
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Over the last three years, projects that address the relationships between carbon and forests have moved from the sidelines of international climate action to center field.

 

The Potential for Soil Carbon Sequestration
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Luke Nave from the University of Michigan Biological Station presents this video short course on the fact that the largest terrestrial carbon pool is contained in soils.

 

Grasslands and Carbon - Processes and Trends
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Rebecca McCulley of the University of Kentucky, Dept. of Plant & Soil Sciences presents this video short course on Grasslands, which make up 30% of the U.S ...

 

Forests and Carbon - Trends and Data for the U.S.
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In this video short course you can get the scoop on forestland carbon storage in the United States, which helps offset approximately 12% of US carbon emissions from fossil fuels.

 

Forest Carbon for the Private Landowner (Part 2) - Protocols, Projects and Opportunities

Andrea Tuttle presents this video short course ont forest carbon markets and how these can be used to capture and hold carbon on the landscape.

 

Forest Carbon for the Private Landowner (Part 1) - Basics of Carbon Offsets, Markets, and Trading
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Wondering about carbon offsets, credits, baselines, permanence and leakage? Get the carbon basics here and find out why forest offsets could be a bridge to the future.

 

Guide to Environmental Markets for Farmers and Ranchers
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The Guide to Environmental Markets for Farmers and Ranchers, produced by the American Farmland Trust (AFT), provides an overview of available market opportunities for environmental credits and services, how farmers and ranchers can get involved in them, and ways to encourage their continued growth.

 

Innovations in Market-Based Watershed Conservation in the United States - Payments for Watershed Services for Agricultural and Forest Landowners
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New innovations in payments for watershed services (PWS) have emerged in the past decade and are pointing the way toward watershed protection approaches that might effectively complement existing government conservation programs and incentives for rural landowners.

 

Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due - Increasing Landowner Compensation for Ecosystem Services
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This report provides an overview of existing payment programs and markets, and discusses the concepts of bundling and stacking, offer policy recommendations, and provides examples of current efforts to more effectively integrate payment opportunities for landowners.

 

Ecosystem Service Market Development - The Role and Opportunity for Finance
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The creation of tradable credits for the development or preservation of ecosystem services has emerged as a method to provide such payments.

 

Getting Paid for Stewardship - An Agricultural Community Water Quality Trading Guide
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Agricultural producers are finding opportunities to get paid for their stewardship activities through water quality trading. Generally, they sell the amount of nutrients or sediment reduced by conservation practices.

 

Meeting Regulatory Needs with Voluntary Conservation
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Take a look at a PowerPoint presentation on market-based approaches as a voluntary means to reduce the cost of compliance with environmental regulations.& ...

 

Natural Resources Credit Trading Reference
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The purpose of the NRCS Natural Resource Credit Trading Reference is to provide an understanding of how environmental credit trading can be used to increase the provision of conservation and ecosystem services by agriculture.

 

Payments for Forest Carbon
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Payments for forest carbon sequestration are an emerging opportunity for small forest owners to earn additional income, and in turn to sustain both the economic and ecological values of the Northern Forest.

 

Guidance for the Establishment, Use, and Operation of Conservation Banks
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This document provides guidance on the establishment, use, and operation of conservation banks for the purpose of providing a tool for offset mitigating adverse impacts to species listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended.

 

Conservation Banking
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This fact sheet was published by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in August 2012 is a two page primer on conservation banking with some history and information on how these banks are working today to promote species conservation and help mitigate habitat loss.

 

A Landowner’s Guide to Carbon Sequestration Credits

This guide offers a path for local landowners to earn additional income while helping diminish adverse effects of global climate change through implementation of carbon sequestration and other stackable incentives.

 

Show Conservation Markets Organizations & Professionals (273)
There are 273 resources serving Somerset County in the following categories:
map itMap of Conservation Markets Organizations & Professionals serving Somerset County
Biologists / Ecologists
Arlen Lovewell
- Asst. Regional Biologist - Ashland, ME
Bob Humphrey
Sport-Ventures  - Professional Maine Guide - Pownal, ME
Deborah Perkins, M.S.
First Light Wildlife Habitats - Wildlife Biologist - Poland Spring, ME
Douglas Kane
- Regional Biologist - Greenville, ME
E. Ann Poole, CWS
Poole Ecological & Environmental Consultancy - Principal - Hillsborough, NH
Eco-Asset Solutions & Innovations LLC
William Coleman - Co-Founder & CEO - Redwood City, CA
Flycatcher LLC
- Yarmouth, ME
James Hall
- Asst. Regional Biologist - Jonesboro, ME
Jeff Littleton
Moosewood Ecological - Chesterfield, NH
Kendal Marden
- Regional Biologist - Sidney, ME
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
- Augusta, ME
Merlin Benner
Wildlife Specialists, LLC - President - Wellsboro, PA
Robert Cordes
- Asst. Regional Biologist - Strong, ME
Rodney Kelshaw
Boyle Associates Environmental Consulting - Wildlife Bilogist - Gorham, ME
Ryan Robicheau
- Biologist (Land Management) - Sidney, ME
Scott McLellan
- Asst. Regional Biologist - Greenville, ME
Steven Young
- Certified Wildlife Biologist - FRENCHVILLE, ME
Thomas Schaeffer
- Regional Biologist - Jonesboro, ME
Conservation Credit Markets
American Mass Timber
Russ Krauss - CEO and Founder - Owls Head, ME
Blue Source
- Cottonwood Heights, UT
Bradley Raffle
Conservation Capital - CEO - Eugene, OR
Climate Action Reserve
- Los Angeles, CA
Eco-Asset Solutions & Innovations LLC
William Coleman - Co-Founder & CEO - Redwood City, CA
Ecological Restoration Business Association
- Tysons, VA
Ecosystem Marketplace
- Washington, DC
Ecosystem Services Market Consortium
Debbie Reed - Executive Director - Falls Church, VA
EP Carbon
- Berkeley, CA
Forest Carbon Fund
- Berkeley, CA
Forest Carbon Works
- Berkeley, CA
Forest Trends
- Washington, DC
Grassroots Carbon
- San Antonio, TX
Green Assets, Inc
- Wilmington, NC
Indigo Ag
- Boston, MA
Soil Value Exchange, PBLLC
- Houston, TX
TerraCarbon LLC
- Peoria, IL
Unique Places Conservation
Michael Scisco - Conservation & Mitigation Specialist - Albuquerque, NM
Fisheries Biologists
Cobscook Bay Resource Center
Will Hopkins - Eastport, ME
Dave Boucher
- Regional Biologist - Strong, ME
Francis Brautigam
- Regional Biologist - Gray, ME
James Lucas
- Asst. Regional Biologist - Sidney, ME
Jeff Bagley
- Asst. Regional Biologist - Greenville, ME
Joseph Overlock
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife - Biology Specialist - Jonesboro, ME
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
- Augusta, ME
Sandra Keppner
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Regional AIS Coordinator - Basom, NY
Steve Seeback
- Biologist Specialist - Greenville, ME
Timothy Obrey
- Regional Biologist - Greenville, ME
Foresters
Aaron R Carroll
Alderwood Farm Forestry Services - Limerick , ME
Alfred D Schaeffer
Northern Forests Llc - Owner - Gray , ME
Alvin E Yates
- W Paris , ME
Amanda Farrar
Orion Timberlands, LLC - Management Forester - Bangor, ME
Amanda Mahaffey
Forest Stewards Guild - Deputy Director - Brunswick, ME
American Forest Management
- Charlotte, NC
Anita Blakeman
Woodland Care Forest Management - Licensed Forester, NH and Maine - North Sutton, NH
Barbara E. Brusila
Mid-Maine Forestry - Warren, ME
Benjamin F. Hoffman, Jr.
- Bradford, ME
Benjamin Povak
Pine State Timberlands - Skowhegan, ME
Blaine N. Miller
Dirigo Timberland Management - Owner - North Anson, ME
Bob Kilpatrick
- Limestone, ME
Bob Young
American Forest Management - GIS Analyst - Augusta, ME
Bret P. Vicary, PhD, MAI, LPF, CGA
Sewall Forestry & Natural Resources LLC - President - Old Town, ME
Brian Reader
Reader Forest Management - North Waterboro, ME
Bryan J Savoy
Sappi North America - Skowhegan , ME
Caleb Winslow
Wadsworth Woodlands Inc - Licensed Professional Forester - Hiram , ME
Carl H Sanborn
Cs Forestry Services - Bangor , ME
Carol L. Redelsheimer
- Yarmouth, ME
Chad Cote
Landvest - District Forester - Fort Kent, ME
Charles 'Chick' Crockett
- Consulting Forester - Lincoln, ME
Chester G. Gage
- Caribou, ME
Chip Love
Southern Maine Forestry Services - Turner , ME
Clifton E Foster
Timberstate G. Inc - Gray , ME
Dale Covey
- Groveton, NH
Dale L. Robinson
- Forester - Pittsfield, ME
Dan Jacobs
District Forester - Island Falls, ME
Daniel P Smith
Northwoods Management - Licensed Forester LF0000002015 - Bangor, ME
Daren Turner
Kennebec Valley Forestry Inc - Forester, Professional Maine Guide - Skowhegan , ME
David Anselm Irving
Shelterwood Solutions Inc - Forest and Wildlife Consultant - Lincoln, ME
David Degruttola
Landvest Inc - District Forester - Bethel , ME
David G Cole
- Hampden, ME
David Parker
Parker Forestry Associates, LLC - Owner - N. Berwick, ME
David T. Edson, ACF
James W. Sewall Company - President - Old Town, ME
David Wardrop
Golden Forestry Services - President - Veazie , ME
Debra Bourgon
American Forest Management - Licensing Specialist - Milford, ME
Dennis H Stevens
- Jay, ME
Donald G. MacKay, Ph.D, CFA
Forest Research, LLC - Forest Economist and Appraiser - Orono, ME
Duane Nadeau
Forest Resource Specialties, LLC - Wilton, ME
Dylan Smith
Wadsworth Woodlands Inc - Licensed Intern Forester - Hiram , ME
Edward G. Witt, Sr.
- Madison, NH
Erik Grove
Southern Me Forestry Services - Parsonsfield , ME
Ervin B Tower
Towering Forest - Patten , ME
Eugene L Putnam-Surveyor
- Hampden , ME
FOR Maine
ME
Forest Land Improvement
Timothy R. Nolin - Forester - Ossipee, NH
Forest Society of Maine
Jake Metzler - Forestland Stewardship Manager - Bangor, ME
Fredrick C Herrick
- Harmony , ME
Gary L Morse
Moosehead Forestry Services - Greenville , ME
Gerilyn L. Bosse, ACF
James W. Sewall Company - Senior Consultant - Old Town, ME
Gregory E. Foster, ACF
Timberstate G. Inc. - Treasurer - Gray, ME
Gregory J Gorten
Moose Ramble Forestry - Clinton , ME
Harold F. Dwyer
Ghost Dancer Forestry - Fayette, ME
Harold K. Burnett, ACF
Two Trees Forestry - Winthrop, ME
J. Michael Eash
- Sherman, ME
Jason Lyle
Northern Forestland Investors - Consulting Forester - East Wakefield, NH
Jay Braunscheidel
Tall Pines Forest Management - President & Lead Forester - Cornish, ME
Jay Plourde
Forest Diversity Services Inc. - Owner - Cross Lake, ME
Jeremy Stultz
Integrated Forest Management - Vice President Forestry - Durham, ME
Jesse Duplin
Northwest Forest Management - Licensed Professional Forester - Sebago, ME
John A. Dirkman
Dirkman's Consulting - Waterville, ME
John W. Ackley
Prism Forestry - Skowhegan, ME
John Wadsworth
Wadsworth Woodlands Inc. - Licensed Professional Forester - Cornish, ME
Jon Doty
Two Trees Forestry - Forester - Winthrop, ME
Jonathan R Scott
- Linneus, ME
Jones Associates, Inc.
Rick Jones - President and Owner - Auburn, ME
Karl Buckley
Wadsworth Woodlands Inc - Licensed Professional Forester - Hiram , ME
Keith P. Johnson
Fitts Mountain Forestry - Holden , ME
Ken Lamond
Family Forestry - Brewer , ME
Kenneth Fergusson
Huber Resources - Operations Forester - Old Town, ME
Kerry D. Hebert
Mt Hunger Forestry - Starks, ME
Lawrence E. Caldwell, III, ACF
L.E. Caldwell, LLC - Owner - Winthrop, ME
Lucas Lamond
Sappi North America - Skowhegan , ME
Mark Rabon
Integrated Forest Management Inc - President - Turner , ME
Mark Vannah
Robbins Lumber Co. - Searsmont, ME
Marshall White
Maine Woods Company - Head of Log Procurement - Portage, ME
Matt Jacobs
American Forest Management - Forester - Stratton, ME
Matthew Jacobs
American Forest Management - Stratton , ME
McPherson Timberlands, Inc.
Henry E. (Hank) McPherson - Owner/Forester - Hermon, ME
Megan Henderson
- Silver Lake, NH
Michael E. Kankainen, ACF
Michael E. Kankainen, Forester - Owner - Kingfield, ME
Michael Jensen
- Jonesboro, ME
Michael Maines
Maines Tree Works - Gray, ME
Michael W. Demo
- Canaan, ME
Mike Howie
American Forest Management - Forester - Ellsworth, ME
Nathaniel Vir
Sappi North America - Skowhegan, ME
New England Forestry Consultants, Inc
- Bristol, NH
Nolan Steele
Robbins Lumber Co. - Staff Forester - Searsmont, ME
Northeast Wilderness Trust
Marisa Riggi - Conservation Director - Montpelier, VT
Northeast-Midwest State Foresters Alliance
Kristen Miller - Policy and Communications Director - Menomonee Falls, WI
Orion Timberlands, LLC
- Bangor, ME
P. Forrest Tracy
- Farmington, ME
Patty Cormier
District Forester - Norridgewock, ME
Paula Pelletier
American Forest Management - Environmental Services Manager - Milford, ME
Peter Honey
American Forest Management - Forest Technician - Milford, ME
Peter D. Chase
- Bar Harbor, ME
Philip Andrews
Andrews Land Services Inc. - Lincoln, ME
Philip D. Bailey, MAI
Mason, Bruce & Girard, Inc. - Senior Appraiser, Eastern US & International - Blacksburg, VA
Phillip G. Dow
- Albion, ME
Rene Noel Jr
- Windham, ME
Richard G. Carbonetti, ACF
LandVest, Inc. - Vice President - Newport, VT
Richard Jones
- Auburn, ME
Richard W. Pierce
Timber Resources Group - Industry , ME
Robert A Thorndike Ii
- Avon, ME
Robert Leso
- Chesterville, ME
Robert Murphy
American Forest Management - Forester - Milford, ME
Robert Nelson, CF
- Corinna, ME
Robert S Carlton
Freeman Ridge Forestry - Kingfield , ME
Roger Milligan
St. Croix Property Services - Forester, Professional Maine Guide - Princeton, ME
Ronald E. St. Saviour
- Parsonsfield , ME
Sally Butler
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service - Certified Forester - Smithfield, ME
Scott B. Austin
- Winslow, ME
Seven Islands Land Company
John McNulty - President - Bangor , ME
Sherman R Small
New England Forestry Consultants Inc - Bethel , ME
Stephen Sacks
Sappi North America - Skowhegan, ME
Steve Zagorianakos
American Forest Management - Forester - Milford, ME
The Trust to Conserve Northeast Forestlands
Ted Wright - Executive Director - Augusta, ME
Thomas G. Cushman
Maine Custom Woodlands, LLC - Durham, ME
Thomas L Short
- Saint Albans, ME
Todd Massey
American Forest Management - Forester - Milford, ME
Trevor E. London
- Merrill, ME
Walter R. Armstrong
- Woolwich, ME
Walter R. Gooley
- Farmington, ME
Whitney Souers
Treeline Inc. - Vice President - Lincoln, ME
William A Haslam
American Forest Management - Farmington , ME
Geologists / Hydrologists
C&S Environmental Consulting
Buford E. Collier - Senior Environmental Project Manager - Kilgore, TX
Fogarty Land and Environmental
Michael Fogarty - Earth Scientist - Canaan, NH
Jeff Littleton
Moosewood Ecological - Chesterfield, NH
Rich Campbell
Campbell Environmental Group - Maine and New Hampshire Certified Geologist - Falmouth, ME
Sevee & Maher Engineers, Inc.
- Cumberland, ME
Land Trusts
7 Lakes Alliance
- Belgrade Lakes, ME
American Farmland Trust
- Washington, DC
Brenda Schick
Singing Stream Conservation Consultants - Principal - La Jolla, CA
Cape Elizabeth Land Trust
Cindy Krum - Executive Director - Cape Elizabeth, ME
Downeast Salmon Federation
Dwayne Shaw - Executive Director - Columbia Falls, ME
Equity Trust
Jim Oldham - Executive Director - Amherst, MA
Forest Society of Maine
Jake Metzler - Forestland Stewardship Manager - Bangor, ME
GreenTrust Alliance
Dr. Doug Frederick - Executive Director - Raleigh, NC
Holden Land Trust
John Bryant - President - Holden, ME
Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust
- Washington, DC
Islesboro Islands Trust
Steve Miller - Executive Director - Islesboro, ME
John Sanderson
Center for Collaborative Conservation - Director - Fort Collins, CO
Kittery Land Trust
Christine Bennett - Executive Director - Kittery, ME
Land Trust Alliance
- Washington, DC
Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust
Simon Rucker - Executive Director - Portland, ME
Maine Audubon
Sally Stockwell - Conservation Director - Falmouth, ME
Maine Farmland Trust
Amanda Beal - President, CEO - Belfast, ME
Maine Wilderness Watershed Trust
- Augusta, ME
Margo Heekin
- Land Trust Consultant - Fort Bragg, CA
New England Forestry Foundation
Lisa Hayden - Landowner Outreach Coordinator - Littleton, MA
North American Land Trust
- Chadds Ford, PA
Northeast Wilderness Trust
Marisa Riggi - Conservation Director - Montpelier, VT
Open Space Institute
Jennifer Grossman - Vice President New York Land Program - New York, NY
Pleasant River Wildlife Foundation
Lois Winter - Executive Director - Addison, ME
Robert R Bryan
Forest Synthesis - President/Habitat Conservation Forester - Harpswell, ME
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
- Missoula, MT
Saco Valley Land Trust
- Saco, ME
Sage Advisors, LLC
- West Chester, PA
Sanford-Springvale Mousam Way Land Trust
Gordon Johnston - President - Sanford, ME
Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation Habitat Trust Fund
- Moose Jaw, SK
Sebasticook Regional Land Trust
Jennifer Irving - Executive Director - Unity, ME
Sebasticook River Watershed Association
ME
Small Woodland Owners Association of Maine Land Trust
Tom Doak - Augusta, ME
Societe de Protection Fonciere de Saint-Adele
Jean-Louis Poirier - President - Saint-Adele, QC
Somerset Woods Trustees
Jack Gibson - Skowhegan, ME
Sportsmen's National Land Trust
- Agawam, MA
Terrafirma RRG LLC
- Burlington, VT
The Barn Group
- Brooks, GA
The Nature Conservancy, Maine Field Office
- Brunswick, ME
Trust for Public Land, Massachusetts State Office
- Boston, MA
Vinalhaven Land Trust
Linnell Mather - Executive Director - Vinalhaven, ME
Western Foothills Land Trust
Lee Dassler - Executive Director - Norway, ME
Wetlands America Trust
- Memphis, TN
Windham Land Trust
- Co-Presidents - Windham, ME
Woodie Wheaton Land Trust
Patty Bubar - Office Manager - Forest City Twp, ME
Mediators
Design Workshop
Anna Laybourn - Principal - Aspen, CO
Resource Analytical & Management Group, LLC
Billy K. Lemons - President & Principal Consultant - Nacogdoches, TX
Natural Resource Law Attorneys
Bradley Raffle
Conservation Capital - CEO - Eugene, OR
Brenda M. Buchanan
Warren, Currier & Buchanan - Portland, ME
Christopher J. Austin
Rudman Winchell Counselors at Law - Partner - Bangor, ME
Conservation Law Center
Christian Freitag - Director - Bloomington, IN
David B. Van Slyke
Preti Flaherty - Partner - Portland, ME
David M. Kallin
Drummond Woodsum - Portland, ME
David P. Silk
Curtis Thaxter LLC - Portland, ME
Edmond J. Bearor
Rudman Winchell Counselors at Law - Partner - Bangor, ME
Eliza Cope Nolan
Bernstein Shur - Shareholder - Portland, ME
Elizabeth R. Butler
Butler Law Offices, LLC - Brunswick, ME
Endangered Species Law and Policy Group
Nossaman LLP - Los Angeles, CA
George F. Eaton II
Rudman Winchell Counselors at Law - Partner - Bangor, ME
James N. Katsiaficas
Perkins Thompson - Attorney - Portland, ME
James P. Moorhead
Moorhead Law Group, LLC - Founder and Principal - Chicago, IL
Jeffrey T. Selser
Fletcher, Selser & Devine, LLC - Partner - Portland, ME
John Paul Erler
Curtis Thaxter LLC - Portland, ME
Jonathan A. Pottle
Eaton Peabody, PA - Shareholder - Bangor, ME
Karen Huber, Shareholder
Eaton Peabody, PA - Chair, Real Estate and Natural Resources & Timberlands Practice Groups - Bangor, ME
Legal Services Food Hub
Conservation Law Foundation - Boston, MA
M. Reed Hopper
Pacific Legal Foundation - Principal Attorney, National Litigation Center - Sacramento, CA
Misti Schmidt
Conservation Partners LLP - Partner - Oakland, CA
Nick Cramer
The Vertex Companies, Inc. - Senior Project Manager - Irving, TX
Patrick W. Lyons
Eaton Peabody, PA - Associate - Bangor, ME
R. Howard Lake, Esq.
Lake and Denison, LLP - Winthrop, ME
Richard A. Spencer
Drummond Woodsum - Portland, ME
Robert E. Stevens
Curtis Thaxter LLC - Portland, ME
Sarah A. McDaniel
Douglas McDaniel Campo LLC - Attorney/Owner - Westbrook, ME
Stephen J. Small, Esq.
Law Office of Stephen J. Small, Esq., P.C. - Cambridge, MA
William E. Taylor
Pierce Atwood LLP - Partner - Portland, ME
William H. Hanson
Rudman Winchell Counselors at Law - Partner - Bangor, ME
William L. Plouffe
Drummond Woodsum - Portland, ME
William V. Ferdinand, Jr.
Eaton Peabody, PA - Shareholder - Chair, Legislative & Government Relations Practice Group - Augusta, ME
Riparian and Wetlands Specialists
Boyle Associates
James Boyle - President - Gorham, ME
Forest Land Improvement
Timothy R. Nolin - Forester - Ossipee, NH
Jeff Littleton
Moosewood Ecological - Chesterfield, NH
Jennifer Jespersen
Ecological Instincts - Sr. Scientist - Manchester, ME
Jonathan Milne
- Environmental Consultant - Sidney, ME
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
- Augusta, ME
Merlin Benner
Wildlife Specialists, LLC - President - Wellsboro, PA
Wildlife / Habitat Specialists
Atlantic Coast Joint Venture
Debra Reynolds - Communication Coordinator - Hadley, MA
Blaine N. Miller
Dirigo Timberland Management - Owner - North Anson, ME
Boyle Associates
James Boyle - President - Gorham, ME
David Wardrop
Golden Forestry Services - President - Veazie , ME
Deborah Perkins, M.S.
First Light Wildlife Habitats - Wildlife Biologist - Poland Spring, ME
Flycatcher LLC
- Yarmouth, ME
Jonathan Milne
- Environmental Consultant - Sidney, ME
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
- Augusta, ME
Merlin Benner
Wildlife Specialists, LLC - President - Wellsboro, PA
Rodney Kelshaw
Boyle Associates Environmental Consulting - Wildlife Bilogist - Gorham, ME
Steven Young
- Certified Wildlife Biologist - FRENCHVILLE, ME