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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.& ...

 

Summary of Findings Assessment of the Effects of Conservation Practices on Cultivated Cropland in the Lower Mississippi River Basin
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Key Findings from the CEAP-Cropland Assessment of the Effects of Conservation Practices on Cultivated Cropland in the Lower Mississippi River Basin
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Fact Sheet.

 

Conservation Easements – The Latest Tool in the Protection of Lands and Landscapes in the Mississippi Delta
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Conservation easements have been utilized as a primary tool for land protection in the United States for approximately thirty years. The movement started in the Northeastern part of the country and has slowly, but steadily, made its way to the Southeast; the Mississippi Alluvial Valley to be specific.

 

Tara Wildlife Doing Business as a Sustainable Recreation Destination
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Renowned for its hunting, Tara Wildlife also offers birding, hiking and a well-equipped conference and recreation facility.

 

Where Is the Carbon? Carbon Sequestration Potential from Private Forestland in the Southern United States
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Uncertainty surrounding the future supply of timber in the southern United States prompted the question, “Where is all the wood?” (Cubbage et al.

 

The National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative - A range-wide plan for recovering bobwhites
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The National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative (NBCI) is the unified range-wide strategy of 25 state wildlife agencies, with numerous conservation group and research institution partners, to achieve widespread restoration of native grassland habitats and huntable populations of wild quail.

 

A Guide to Successful Wildlife Food Plots - Blending Science with Common Sense
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This publication provides technical guidance and practical information for wildlife management beyond planting and managing food plots.  ...

 

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.

 

Restoration, Management, and Monitoring of Forest Resources in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley - Recommendations for Enhancing Wildlife Habitat
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The conservation objective in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley is to provide forested habitat capable of supporting sustainable populations of all forest dependent wildlife species.

 

A Land Conservation Vision for the Gulf of Mexico Region
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The Gulf Partnership is committed to Strategic Conservation, the identification of the most important areas in a region for conservation, restoration and long-term management.

 

Conservation buffers - wildlife benefits in Southeastern agricultural systems
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Conservation buffers such as filter strips, riparian buffers, grassed waterways, and field borders are especially applicable to southeastern landscapes and have multiple environmental benefits while serving to significantly improve wildlife habitats.

 

Bobwhite and Upland Songbird Response to CCRP Practice CP33, Habitat Buffers for Upland Birds
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Summary Findings The Habitat Buffers for Upland Birds practice (CP33) is the first Federal conservation practice to target species-specific population recovery goals of a national wildlife conservation initiative (the Northern Bobwhite Conservation Initiative).

 

Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture Operational Plan
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For a landscape supporting healthy native bird populations across the LMVJV

 

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.

 

Density and diversity of overwintering birds in managed field borders in Mississippi.
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ABSTRACT.—Grassland bird populations are sharply declining in North America. Changes in agricultural practices during the past 50 years have been suggested as one of the major causes of this decline.

 

Show Conservation Markets Organizations & Professionals (402)
There are 402 resources serving Central Region in the following categories:
map itMap of Conservation Markets Organizations & Professionals serving Central Region
Biologists / Ecologists
Aaron Dugas
SWCA Environmental Consultants - Baton Rouge, LA
Aaron S. Bass
CH2M HILL - Baton Rouge, LA
Adam Trahan
ENCOS - Baton Rouge, LA
Advanced Ecology, LTD.
Keith Webb - Environmental Operations Manager - Center, TX
Allen Ecological Consultants
- Charles Allen, PhD - Monroe, LA
Allen Native Ventures
Dr. Charles Allen - Pitkin, LA
Anthony Vingiello
SWCA Environmental Consultants - Baton Rouge, LA
Austin D Carroll
Wiregrass Ecological Associates - President - Gulfport, MS
Ben Holten
Gulf Coastal Plain Biologist - Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries - Pineville, LA
Brad Kennon
Mississippi Alluvial Valley Biologist - Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries - Monroe, LA
Brady S. Trahan
T. Baker Smith, Inc. - Lafayette, LA
Christopher McCready
SWCA Environmental Consultants - Baton Rouge, LA
Conestoga-Rovers & Associates
Raymond J. (Trace) Chadwick - Shreveport, LA
Corey May
Hancock Natural Resource Group - Wildlife Biologist / CF - West Monroe, LA
CRC, LLC
- Shreveport, LA
Cypress Creek Environmental
Josh McDaniel - Wetland Biologist - Oak Grove, LA
Daniel Bollich
Delta Land Services - Certified Forester - Port Allen, LA
David D. Hebert
H2Oyster, LLC - Metairie, LA
David Hayden
GCP Biologist Supervisor - Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries - Pineville, LA
Earl J. Melancon, Jr.
Environmental Consulting - Thibodaux, LA
Eco-Asset Solutions & Innovations LLC
- Redwood City, CA
Florida Association of Native Nurseries
Cammie Donaldson - Executive Director - Melbourne , FL
Fredrick E. Schultz
E & E Group, LLC - Biologist - Kenner, LA
FTN Associates, Ltd.
Gary Tucker - Little Rock, AR
Gabriel Johnson
MREC Environmental, LLC - Marrero, LA
Greg Simons
Wildlife Consultants, Inc. - Wildlife Biologist - San Angelo, TX
Gregory Badon
ARCADIS - Baton Rouge, LA
Gulf Engineers & Consultants
Ed Champagne - Lafayette, LA
Gulf Engineers and Consultants
Mike Hattaway - Mandeville, LA
Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System
- College Station, TX
Gulf South Research Corporation
- Baton Rouge, LA
Jason Shackelford
SWCA Environmental Consultants - Baton Rouge, LA
John Wallace
Pheasants Forever Inc. - Regional Field Representative - Greenville, OH
Jude J. LeDoux
T. Baker Smith, Inc. - Lafayette, LA
Ken Moreau
Mississippi Alluvial Valley Biologist - Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries - Pineville, LA
Kenneth King, Jr.
T. Baker Smith, Inc. - Houma, LA
Kenneth Ribbeck
Biologist Administrator/Chief - Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries - Baton Rouge, LA
Kori Legleu
Gulf Coastal Plain Biologist - Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries - Lake Charles, LA
Laura Lee Wilkinson
US Army Corps of Engineers - Biologist - New Orleans, LA
Mark H. Gagliano
Coastal Environments, Inc. - Baton Rouge, LA
Matt Stahman
Principal - Baton Rouge, LA
Michael A. Petter
Resource & Land Management, Inc. - President - Pleasanton, TX
Michael F. Rayle
E & E Group, LLC - Biologist - Kenner, LA
Nesbit Ecological Services
- Brian Newman - Baton Rouge, LA
Nicholas Gaspard
Fenstermaker - Lafayette, LA
Noel V. Brodtmann, Jr.
Environmental Professionals Limited - Metairie, LA
Paul M. LeBlanc, III
SJB Group - Baton Rouge, LA
Richard L. Waldron
Robert P. Waldron Incorporated - River Ridge, LA
Robert Gosnell
Biologist Director - Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries - Baton Rouge, LA
Ruben Cantu
Wildlife Consultants, Inc. - Certified Wildlife Biologist, Certified Professional Rangeland Management - San Angelo, TX
Sarah K. Roy
E & E Group, LLC - Biologist - Kenner, LA
Scott A. Porter
EcoLogic Environmental - Houma, LA
Thomas A. Picou
T. Baker Smith, Inc. - Houma, LA
Tyler Ortego
ORA Estuaries - New Orleans, LA
Conservation Credit Markets
Advanced Ecology, LTD.
Keith Webb - Environmental Operations Manager - Center, TX
American Mass Timber
Russ Krauss - CEO and Founder - Owls Head, ME
Blue Source
- Cottonwood Heights, UT
Bradley Raffle
Conservation Capital - CEO - Eugene, OR
Chestnut Carbon Solutions
- New York, NY
Climate Action Reserve
- Los Angeles, CA
Coggin Asset Management
Daniel S. Coggin - President - Amory, MS
Eco-Asset Solutions & Innovations LLC
- 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
GrassrootsCarbon-PastureMap
PastureMap - San Antonio, TX
Green Assets, Inc
- Wilmington, NC
Indigo Ag
- Boston, MA
Mitigation Solutions USA
- Center, TX
Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC
Ross Guidry - Region Land Manager - Lafayette, LA
Soil Value Exchange, PBLLC
- Houston, TX
TerraCarbon LLC
- Peoria, IL
Unique Places Conservation
Michael Scisco - Conservation & Mitigation Specialist - Albuquerque, NM
Fisheries Biologists
Austin D Carroll
Wiregrass Ecological Associates - President - Gulfport, MS
Cindy A. Williams
U.s. Fish & Wildlife Service - Southeast Regional Office - Regional Aquatic Invasive Species (Ais) Coordinator - Atlanta, GA
James Ballard
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commision - Sport Fish Restoration Administrative Program Coordinator - Ocean Springs, MS
Lochow Ranch - Pond & Lake Management
- Bryan, TX
Lower Mississippi River Conservation Committee
Angeline Rodgers - Acting Coordinator - Vicksburg, MS
Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture
Keith McKnight - Coordinator - Vicksburg, MS
Richard L. Waldron
Robert P. Waldron Incorporated - River Ridge, LA
Southern Sportsman Aquatics & Land Management
Scott Brown - Owner - Advance, NC
Tyler Ortego
ORA Estuaries - New Orleans, LA
Foresters
Advanced Ecology, LTD.
Keith Webb - Environmental Operations Manager - Center, TX
Alan B. Youens
Dean, Youens, & Rosser - Graduate Forester - Atlanta, TX
American Forest Management
- Charlotte, NC
Austin D Carroll
Wiregrass Ecological Associates - President - Gulfport, MS
Bickham L. Crooks
- Forester - Gonzales, LA
Bill Hetley Jr.
- Mansfield, LA
Brandon Ewing
Ewing Timber Co - Ruston, LA
Brandon Melville
Bottomland Consulting LLC - Duson, LA
Buddy Rosser
Dean, Youens, & Rosser - Graduate Forester - Daingerfield, TX
Cade Smith
- Jonesboro, LA
Charles Donald Timber
Charles Donald, Jr. - President - Vicksburg, MS
Chestnut Land and Timber Company
Cory Dobson - Consulting Forester - Chestnut, LA
Chris Bordelon
RecLand Realty, LLC - Forester/Agent (North/East/Central LA) - Monroe, LA
Clay Mayo
Rainmaker Timber Consulting LLC - Trout, LA
Corey May
Hancock Natural Resource Group - Wildlife Biologist / CF - West Monroe, LA
Coy Purkey
RecLand Realty, LLC - Forester/Agent - Monroe, LA
Dan Derouen
DeRouen Forestry - Ville Platte, LA
Dan H. Martin
Timberland Services - Taylor, LA
Daniel L. Suire, ACF
Willis & Suire Forestry Consultants - Co-Owner - Opelousas, LA
David Campbell
Lousiana Division of Agriculture & Forestry - Forestry Program Director, Forest Management - Baton Rouge, LA
David Grassi, R.F.
Crest Natural Resources - President - Pineville, LA
David L. Lassiter, ACF
The Lassiter Company - Owner - Stonewall, LA
Don C. Harris
Harris Timberland Management - Owner - Fordyce, AR
Donald J. Baker, ACF
Baker Land & Timber Management, Inc. - President - Alexandria, LA
Donald P. Reed
Louisiana State University - Extension Specialist - Clinton, LA
Donald Russell
Bird & Crawford Forestry - Forester - Shreveport, LA
Dr. MaryAnne Sword Sayer
USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station - Pineville, LA
Dwayne P. Templet, ACF
Delta Resource Management, LLC - Forester - Geismar, LA
Ed Applequist
- Consulting Forester - Center, TX
Eric Gee
- Metairie, LA
Eric Steven Kirk
Burns Forest Products - Jonesboro, LA
Evan Austin Jr.
Roy O Martin - Certified Forester - Campti, LA
FL Johnson
FL Johnson Forestry - Winnfield, LA
Frederick Trotter Hagaman
Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries - Pineville, LA
G. Charest. Thibodeaux
Southern Appraisals, Inc. - DeRidder, LA
Gary E. Patterson, ACF
Patterson Forestry Consultants, LLC - Owner - Ruston, LA
George L. (Chip) Cline
Ewing Timber L.L.C. - Management Forester - Ruston, LA
George Munsterman
Munsterman Forestry, LLC - Pineville, LA
George Ramsey
Crowell Lumber Industries - Certified Forester - Forest Hill, LA
Glen I Stephens
ForestLand Associates, LLC - Land Broker - Dry Prong, LA
Green Laws Website
Prof. Buck Abbey,ASLA, paAIA - Landscape Ordinance Research Project - Baton Rouge, LA
Greg Hay, ACF, CF, RF
ArborGen - Reforestation Advisor - Conway, AR
Gulf Engineers & Consultants
Ed Champagne - Lafayette, LA
Gulf Engineers and Consultants
Mike Hattaway - Mandeville, LA
Harry Helmrich
- Baton Rouge, LA
Idaho Timber of Carthage
John Peaslee - General Manager (Carthage Location) - Meridian, ID
Jakeb Pennington
Legacy Land & Timber - Forester - Devers, TX
James Moss
Graphic Packaging International - Certified Forester - Deville, LA
James Russell Flowers
Cenla Forestry - Ball, LA
James Smith
American South Environmental Services - Certified Forester - Pineville, LA
Jarod Patterson, ACF
Patterson Forestry Consultants, LLC - Ruston, LA
Jay G. Evans
Hunt Forest Products, Inc. - Olla, LA
Jeff A. Taylor, ACF
Taylor Forestry, Inc. - President - Summit, MS
Jeffery A. Taylor, ACF
Taylor Forestry, Inc. - President - Summit, MS
Jerry Talley
- Wisner, LA
Jim Caldwell
USFS - Pineville, LA
Joel Sanders
Joel Sanders Consulting Forestry - Baton Rouge, LA
John A. Russo CF
Burns Forest Products LLC - Bienville, LA
John Diehl
Diehl Forestry LLC - Bossier City, LA
John E.Tuma
Resource Mangament Services, LLC - Trout, LA
John Tracy
Acadian Forestry Consulting, LLC - Forester - Lemoyen, LA
Josh Price
RecLand Realty, LLC - Agent/Forester - Monroe, LA
Keith Hawkins
Louisiana State University Ag Center - Area Extension Forester – Southwest Louisiana - DeRidder, LA
Kevin Daugherty
Forestland Associates, LLC. - Owner - Urania, LA
Kurt R. Krueger, ACF
Larson & McGowin, Inc. - Merryville, LA
Laine Fontenot
E&F Resource Management, LLC - Kinder, LA
Lamar Joffrion
- Woodworth, LA
Lance Patterson, ACF
Patterson Forestry Consultants, LLC - Consulting Forester - Ruston, LA
Larry Eugene Miller
CLECO - Pineville, LA
Layne McGuffee
Resource Management Service, LLC - Jena, LA
Leo Brent Wofford
Kinder Timber - Kinder, LA
Louis Ernest VanHoof, III
Tyler Timber, LLC R R 2512 - Pineville, LA
Louis Van Hoof
Ross Shipping LLC - Certified Forester - Woodworth, LA
Lucas LaCour
Dubea Investments - Dry Prong, LA
Lytle Forestry Services
James L. Lytle - Springhill, LA
Marc C Brown
- Rayville, LA
Mark Bird, ACF
Principal / Forester / Realtor - Bird & Crawford Forestry - Center, TX
Mark Drahem
JMS Forestry Associates - Nacogdoches, TX
Mark R. Hurst
Hurst Forestry Services, LLC - Owner - Clinton, LA
Mary S. Clapp
Stevens Forestry Service, Inc. - Owner - El Dorado, AR
Mason, Bruce & Girard
Roger Lord, ACF - Blacksburg, VA
Matthew Jason Lohman
Ewing Timber - Jonewboro, LA
Matthew N. Walters
Walters Forestry Services - Mayhew, MS
Merlin Smith & Associates
- Monroe, LA
Michael Daughdrill
Timberland Management Services, Inc. - Owner and Manager - Bueche, LA
Michael Dominguez
5 Star Forestry - Owner - Kooskia, ID
Michael J. Jordan
Burns Forest Products - Jonesboro, LA
Mike Bird, ACF
Principal / Forester - Bird & Crawford Forestry - Center, TX
Mike Young
FNC Forest Resource Management - Forest Technician - Jacksonville, TX
Paul F. Thompson, ACF
Farmcraft, Inc. - Oakdale, LA
Paul G. Stone
- DeRidder, LA
Paul Stone
Crosby Resource Management - DeQuincy, LA
Philip D. Bailey, MAI
Mason, Bruce & Girard, Inc. - Senior Appraiser, Eastern US & International - Blacksburg, VA
Ray Lott, ACF
Ray Lott & Associates, Inc. - President - Texarkana, TX
Reed Huckabay
Roy O. Martin - Campti, LA
Resource Management Service, Inc.
- Birmingham, AL
Ricky ONeill
Neeley Forestry Service, Inc. - Certified Wildlife Biologist and Certified Forester - Camden, AR
Robert Bennett III
Bennett Timber Co. - DeRidder, LA
Robert J. Tassin, ACF
Baker Land & Timber Management, Inc - Alexandria, LA
Robert Keady
Crest Natural Resources - Central Area Forester - Pineville, LA
Robert Ogle
Bird & Crawford Forestry - Forester - Shreveport, LA
Robin Willhoite
United Timber Management Co. - Consulting Forester - Timpson, TX
Roland Dobson
Dobson Pulpwood Co - Campti, LA
Ronnie Edmonds
E&F Resource Management, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA
RoyOMartin
Hunting Leases - Alexandria, LA
RoyOMartin Forestry Services
John Dunn - Manager - Alexandria, LA
Ryan Jackson
Stevens Forestry Service, Inc. - Forester - El Dorado, AR
Ryan Manuel
Acadian Forestry Consulting, LLC - Forester - Lemoyen, LA
Sean Johnson
FNC Forest Resource Management - Forest Technician - Jacksonville, TX
Shortleaf Pine Initiative
- Athens, GA
Silva-Tech - South, Ltd.
Michael D. Bird, ACF - Forester - Center, TX
Southeast Prescribed Fire Update
North Carolina State University Extension Forestry - Raleigh, NC
Southern Forestry Consultants, Inc.
- Bainbridge, GA
Southern Group of State Foresters
- Garner, NC
Southern Loggers Cooperative
Jason Philip Slatten - Pineville, LA
Southern States Realty
- Mccomb, MS
Stephen A. Breaux
Roy O. Martin - Chopin, LA
Stephen Muslow, CF
Muslow Forestry, Inc - Shreveport, LA
Steve Butler
TimberCorp, Inc. - President - Brandon, MS
Steven L. Hotard
Lousiana State University Agricultural Center - Extension Specialist - Calhoun, LA
Steven Templin
Templin Forestry, Inc. - President - Alexandria, LA
Teddy Reynolds, B.S.F., R.F., S.R.
Reynolds Forestry Consulting & Real Estate, PLLC - President/CEO - Magnolia, AR
The Longleaf Alliance
- Andalusia, AL
The Molpus Woodlands Group, LLC
- Jackson, MS
Thomas Marquis Webb
Webb Forestry Services - Pineville, LA
Tim Cooper
Forest Services & Supplies Inc. - Rosepine, LA
Timber Resource Management
Paul D. Smeltzer - Athens, LA
Timberland Management Service
- Hammond, LA
Tobias P. Ford Jr., PLS, RPLS
Tobias P Ford Land Surveying - St. Francisville, LA
Todd Howard Martin
Winn Forest Products, LLC - Winnfield, LA
Todd Springer
Crest Natural Resources - NW LA/NE TX Area Forester - Pineville, LA
Urban Forestry Department
City of Alexandria - Alexandria, LA
Verdel Forestry Services
- Vidalia, LA
W. Clapp
Graphic Packaging International - Certified Forester - West Monroe, LA
Wade Dubea
LA Office of Ag and Forestry - State Forester - Baton Rouge, LA
Walsh Timber Co LLC
David Cupp - Zwolle, LA
Ward Timber Company Inc.
- Linden, TX
Warren E. Peters, ACF
Peters Forest Resources, Inc. - Baton Rouge, LA
William Brown
- Merryville, LA
William Wieger
- Certified Forester - Ball, LA
Geologists / Hydrologists
Andrew Lewin
Department of Natural Resources - Special Projects- Geologist - Baton Rouge, LA
Ann Wiley
Department of Natural Resources - Tract Evaluation and Lease Development Section- Geologist - Baton Rouge, LA
Byron Miller
Department of Natural Resources - Supervisor - Special Projects Section - Baton Rouge, LA
C&S Environmental Consulting
Buford E. Collier - Senior Environmental Project Manager - Kilgore, TX
Cardno MM&A
David Ray Williamson - Senior Geologist/Registered Professional Geologist - Shreveport City, LA
Charles Bradbury
Department of Natural Resources - Special Projects- Engineering - Baton Rouge, LA
David R. Williamson, RPG
CRC, LLC International Archaeology & Ecology Consultants - Environmental Geologist - Chappell Hill, TX
ETTL Engineers & Consultants Inc.
Douglas E. Flatt - Chief Executive Officer - Tyler, TX
Fogarty Land and Environmental
Michael Fogarty - Earth Scientist - Canaan, NH
FTN Associates, Ltd.
Gary Tucker - Little Rock, AR
Hill Geophysical Consulting
Kevin Hill - Shreveport, LA
Jason Talbot
Department of Natural Resources - Tract Evaluation and Lease Development Section- Geologist - Baton Rouge, LA
Michael Harvey
Department of Natural Resources - Special Projects- Geologist - Baton Rouge, LA
Mike Bradley
Department of Natural Resources - Tract Evaluation and Lease Development Section- Geologist - Baton Rouge, LA
Sam Roquemore
Department of Natural Resources - Tract Evaluation and Lease Development Section- Geologist - Baton Rouge, LA
Sevee & Maher Engineers, Inc.
- Cumberland, ME
Shreveport Geological Society
- Shreveport, LA
TGE Resources, Inc.
Robin Franks, P.G., CHMM, RSO - President/Principal - Houston, TX
Williamson & Associates, LLC
Principal & Registered Professional Geologist - David Ray Williamson, PG - Shreveport, LA
Land Trusts
American Farmland Trust
- Washington, DC
Brenda Schick
Singing Stream Conservation Consultants - Principal - La Jolla, CA
GrassrootsCarbon-PastureMap
PastureMap - San Antonio, TX
Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust
- Washington, DC
Islands Trust Fund
- Victoria, BC
John Sanderson
Center for Collaborative Conservation - Director - Fort Collins, CO
Land Trust Alliance
- Washington, DC
Land Trust for Louisiana
- Hammond, LA
Louisiana Land Trust
New Orleans Office - New Orleans, LA
Margo Heekin
- Land Trust Consultant - Fort Bragg, CA
Mississippi River Trust
- Stoneville, MS
Nature Conservancy of Canada
National Office - Toronto, ON
North American Land Trust
- Chadds Ford, PA
Open Space Institute
Jennifer Grossman - Vice President New York Land Program - New York, NY
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
- Missoula, MT
Sage Advisors, LLC
- West Chester, PA
Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation Habitat Trust Fund
- Moose Jaw, SK
Societe de Protection Fonciere de Saint-Adele
Jean-Louis Poirier - President - Saint-Adele, QC
Sportsmen's National Land Trust
- Agawam, MA
Terrafirma RRG LLC
- Burlington, VT
The Barn Group
- Brooks, GA
The Nature Conservancy, Louisiana Field Office
- Baton Rouge, LA
Wetlands America Trust
- Memphis, TN
Mediators
Andrew A. Lemmon
Perry Dampf Dispute Solutions - Baton Rouge, LA
Barbara Young
Perry Dampf Dispute Solutions - Mediation Coordinator - Lake Charles, LA
Design Workshop
Anna Laybourn - Principal - Aspen, CO
H. Ward Fontenot
Perry Dampf Dispute Solutions - Baton Rouge, LA
Louisiana Agricultural Mediation Program
Alvin Washington - Southern University Law Center - Baton Rouge, LA
Margaret Burleigh
Perry Dampf Dispute Solutions - Mediation Coordinator - Baton Rouge, LA
Mildred 'Mimi' Methvin
- Lafayette, LA
Pamela N. Breedlove
Breedlove Law Firm - Attorney Mediator - Bossier City, LA
Resource Analytical & Management Group, LLC
Billy K. Lemons - President & Principal Consultant - Nacogdoches, TX
Richard Hymel
Perry Dampf Dispute Solutions - Baton Rouge, LA
Terri P. Ricks, LLC
- Baton Rouge, LA
Natural Resource Law Attorneys
Adam Young
Young & Cotter, LLC - Abbeville, LA
Andrew J. Harrison, Jr.
Harrison Law, LLC - Managing Member - Baton Rouge, LA
Benn Vincent
Kean Miller LLP - Baton Rouge, LA
Billy Plauché
Plauché & Carr LLP - Baton Rouge, LA
Blair Schilling
Fishman Haygood, LLP - Attorney - New Orleans, LA
Bradley Raffle
Conservation Capital - CEO - Eugene, OR
Clara M. Sartor
Snellings, Breard, Sartor, Inabnett & Trascher, L.L.P. - Monroe, LA
Con Cotter
Young & Cotter, LLC - Lafayette, LA
Conservation Law Center
Christian Freitag - Director - Bloomington, IN
Endangered Species Law and Policy Group
Nossaman LLP - Los Angeles, CA
H. Ward Fontenot
Perry Dampf Dispute Solutions - Baton Rouge, LA
Harry R. Holladay
Chaffe McCall L.L.P. - New Orleans, LA
Howell A. Dennis, Jr.
Dennis, Bates & Bullen, LLP - Member - Baton Rouge, LA
Hunter W. Lundy
Lundy, Lundy, Soileau & South, L.L.P. - Lake Charles, LA
J. Michael Veron
Veron, Bice, Palermo & Wilson, LLC - Lake Charles, LA
J. Rock Palermo III
Veron, Bice, Palermo & Wilson, LLC - Lake Charles, LA
James C. Bates
Dennis, Bates & Bullen, LLP - Memeber - Baton Rouge, LA
James L. Williams, IV
Dennis, Bates & Bullen, LLP - Member - Baton Rouge, LA
James P. Moorhead
Moorhead Law Group, LLC - Founder and Principal - Chicago, IL
Jere Jay Bice
Veron, Bice, Palermo & Wilson, LLC - Lake Charles, LA
Joseph L. Hargrove Jr.
Hargrove, Smelley, Strickland & Langley - Shreveport, LA
M. Reed Hopper
Pacific Legal Foundation - Principal Attorney, National Litigation Center - Sacramento, CA
Nick Cramer
The Vertex Companies, Inc. - Senior Project Manager - Irving, TX
Rosemary Rougon Rummler
Rosemary Rougon Rummler, Attorney at Law, APLC - Oscar, LA
S. Beaux Jones
Baldwin Haspel Burke and Mayer - Environmental Lawyer - New Orleans, LA
Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C.
- New Orleans, LA
Snellings, Breard, Sartor, Inabnett & Trascher, L.L.P.
- Monroe, LA
Stephen J. Small, Esq.
Law Office of Stephen J. Small, Esq., P.C. - Cambridge, MA
Steven I. Klein
Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C. - New Orleans, LA
Terrence D. McCay
Kean Miller LLP - Lake Charles, LA
Thomas C. McKowen IV
Dennis, Bates & Bullen, LLP - Member - Baton Rouge, LA
Turner D. Brumby
Veron, Bice, Palermo & Wilson, LLC - Lake Charles, LA
Riparian and Wetlands Specialists
Aaron Dugas
SWCA Environmental Consultants - Baton Rouge, LA
Aaron S. Bass
CH2M HILL - Baton Rouge, LA
Adam Trahan
ENCOS - Baton Rouge, LA
Advanced Ecology, LTD.
Keith Webb - Environmental Operations Manager - Center, TX
Anthony Vingiello
SWCA Environmental Consultants - Baton Rouge, LA
Brady S. Trahan
T. Baker Smith, Inc. - Lafayette, LA
Christopher McCready
SWCA Environmental Consultants - Baton Rouge, LA
CRC, LLC
- Shreveport, LA
Cypress Creek Environmental
Josh McDaniel - Wetland Biologist - Oak Grove, LA
Daniel Bollich
Delta Land Services - Certified Forester - Port Allen, LA
David D. Hebert
H2Oyster, LLC - Metairie, LA
Earl J. Melancon, Jr.
Environmental Consulting - Thibodaux, LA
Fredrick E. Schultz
E & E Group, LLC - Biologist - Kenner, LA
FTN Associates, Ltd.
Gary Tucker - Little Rock, AR
Gabriel Johnson
MREC Environmental, LLC - Marrero, LA
Gregory Badon
ARCADIS - Baton Rouge, LA
Gulf South Research Corporation
- Baton Rouge, LA
HYDRIK Wetland Consultants
- Michael Henry 604 W. - Hammond, LA
James Ballard
Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commision - Sport Fish Restoration Administrative Program Coordinator - Ocean Springs, MS
Jason Shackelford
SWCA Environmental Consultants - Baton Rouge, LA
Jason Theriot
The Earth Partners - Houston, TX
Jude J. LeDoux
T. Baker Smith, Inc. - Lafayette, LA
Kenneth King, Jr.
T. Baker Smith, Inc. - Houma, LA
Land and Aquatic Resource Management, LLC
- Matt Williams, PWS - Benton, LA
Lochow Ranch - Pond & Lake Management
- Bryan, TX
Lower Mississippi River Conservation Committee
Angeline Rodgers - Acting Coordinator - Vicksburg, MS
Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture
Keith McKnight - Coordinator - Vicksburg, MS
Mark H. Gagliano
Coastal Environments, Inc. - Baton Rouge, LA
Matt Stahman
Principal - Baton Rouge, LA
Michael F. Rayle
E & E Group, LLC - Biologist - Kenner, LA
Natural Resource Professionals
Scott Nesbit - Sales - Baton Rouge, LA
Nicholas Gaspard
Fenstermaker - Lafayette, LA
Noel V. Brodtmann, Jr.
Environmental Professionals Limited - Metairie, LA
Paul M. LeBlanc, III
SJB Group - Baton Rouge, LA
Richard L. Waldron
Robert P. Waldron Incorporated - River Ridge, LA
Riparian, Inc.
- Kathy Haggar - Baton Rouge, LA
Sarah K. Roy
E & E Group, LLC - Biologist - Kenner, LA
Society for Range Management
- Littleton, CO
Southern Sportsman Aquatics & Land Management
Scott Brown - Owner - Advance, NC
TGE Resources, Inc.
Robin Franks, P.G., CHMM, RSO - President/Principal - Houston, TX
Thomas A. Picou
T. Baker Smith, Inc. - Houma, LA
Tierra Resources LLC
- New Orleans, LA
Tyler Ortego
ORA Estuaries - New Orleans, LA
Wildlife / Habitat Specialists
10 Point Wildlife Management
- Lake Village, AR
Aaron Dugas
SWCA Environmental Consultants - Baton Rouge, LA
Aaron S. Bass
CH2M HILL - Baton Rouge, LA
Allen Native Ventures
Dr. Charles Allen - Pitkin, LA
Anthony Vingiello
SWCA Environmental Consultants - Baton Rouge, LA
Austin D Carroll
Wiregrass Ecological Associates - President - Gulfport, MS
Brady S. Trahan
T. Baker Smith, Inc. - Lafayette, LA
Christopher McCready
SWCA Environmental Consultants - Baton Rouge, LA
Coggin Asset Management
Daniel S. Coggin - President - Amory, MS
David D. Hebert
H2Oyster, LLC - Metairie, LA
Earl J. Melancon, Jr.
Environmental Consulting - Thibodaux, LA
Fredrick E. Schultz
E & E Group, LLC - Biologist - Kenner, LA
Gabriel Johnson
MREC Environmental, LLC - Marrero, LA
Greg Simons
Wildlife Consultants, Inc. - Wildlife Biologist - San Angelo, TX
Gregory Badon
ARCADIS - Baton Rouge, LA
Gulf Coast Joint Venture
Barry Wilson, USFWS - GCJV Coordinator - Lafayette, LA
Jason Shackelford
SWCA Environmental Consultants - Baton Rouge, LA
Jude J. LeDoux
T. Baker Smith, Inc. - Lafayette, LA
Kenneth King, Jr.
T. Baker Smith, Inc. - Houma, LA
Kevin Daugherty
Forestland Associates, LLC. - Owner - Urania, LA
Lance Patterson, ACF
Patterson Forestry Consultants, LLC - Consulting Forester - Ruston, LA
Lannie B. Philley, AFM
Delta Land & Farm Mgmt Co, LLC - Appraiser, Manager - Mer Rouge, LA
Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture
Keith McKnight - Coordinator - Vicksburg, MS
Lytle Forestry Services
James L. Lytle - Springhill, LA
Mark H. Gagliano
Coastal Environments, Inc. - Baton Rouge, LA
Matt Stahman
Principal - Baton Rouge, LA
Matthew N. Walters
Walters Forestry Services - Mayhew, MS
Michael F. Rayle
E & E Group, LLC - Biologist - Kenner, LA
Nicholas Gaspard
Fenstermaker - Lafayette, LA
Noel V. Brodtmann, Jr.
Environmental Professionals Limited - Metairie, LA
Paul M. LeBlanc, III
SJB Group - Baton Rouge, LA
Premier Wildlife Consulting
Darren Boudreaux - Wildlife & Habitat Consultant - New Roads, LA
Richard L. Waldron
Robert P. Waldron Incorporated - River Ridge, LA
Ricky ONeill
Neeley Forestry Service, Inc. - Certified Wildlife Biologist and Certified Forester - Camden, AR
RoyOMartin Forestry Services
John Dunn - Manager - Alexandria, LA
Ruben Cantu
Wildlife Consultants, Inc. - Certified Wildlife Biologist, Certified Professional Rangeland Management - San Angelo, TX
Sarah K. Roy
E & E Group, LLC - Biologist - Kenner, LA
Society for Range Management
- Littleton, CO
Southeast Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
Bill Sutton, Jessica Homyack - Co-Chairs - Clemson, SC
Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
Curtis R Hopkins, Ph.D. - Executive Secretary - Flora, MS
Southern Conservation Partners
Chuck Roe - President - Raleigh, NC
Southern Forestry Consultants, Inc.
- Bainbridge, GA
Southern Sportsman Aquatics & Land Management
Scott Brown - Owner - Advance, NC
Teddy Reynolds, B.S.F., R.F., S.R.
Reynolds Forestry Consulting & Real Estate, PLLC - President/CEO - Magnolia, AR
Thomas A. Picou
T. Baker Smith, Inc. - Houma, LA
Timber Resource Management
Paul D. Smeltzer - Athens, LA
Tyler Ortego
ORA Estuaries - New Orleans, LA

 Conservation Servitudes

   
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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.

 

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?  ...

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.& ...

 

Conservation Force - Conservation easements overview
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Conservation Force is a Louisiana based land trust that focuses on preserving private land and game for hunting and fishing. 

 

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.

 

Summary of Findings Assessment of the Effects of Conservation Practices on Cultivated Cropland in the Lower Mississippi River Basin
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Key Findings from the CEAP-Cropland Assessment of the Effects of Conservation Practices on Cultivated Cropland in the Lower Mississippi River Basin
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Fact Sheet.

 

Conservation Easements – The Latest Tool in the Protection of Lands and Landscapes in the Mississippi Delta
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Conservation easements have been utilized as a primary tool for land protection in the United States for approximately thirty years. The movement started in the Northeastern part of the country and has slowly, but steadily, made its way to the Southeast; the Mississippi Alluvial Valley to be specific.

 

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.

 

Louisiana Conservation Servitudes

A conservation easement is known as a conservation servitude in Louisiana. This is a valuable land conservation tool that can be used to protect the legacy of your land.

 

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.

 

NRCS Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative and NFWF Recovered Oil Fund

In response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, which is fouling beaches, marshes and mudflats all along the northern Gulf coast, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has created the Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative.& ...

 

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.

 

Barthell Joseph and the Wetland Reserve Program

While in college, Barthell Joseph made several trips to the home of a friend whose family owned property near Hollandale, Mississippi, close to the Mississippi River.

 

Fred Bordelon's and Ernie Lane's Forest

Ernie Lane and Fred Bordelon grew up Greenville, Mississippi where they developed an appreciation for the bottomland hardwood forests in the floodplain of the Mississippi River.

 

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.

 

Preserving Big Black River of Mississippi

The Mississippi Land Trust and Ferris negotiated the terms of the conservation easement together. This binding agreement prohibits any development not compatible with a relatively natural preserve.

 

Coles Creek Land and Timber Company

Coles Creek Land and Timber Company (Coles Creek) is located approximately ten miles north of Natchez, Mississippi across the river from Waterproof, Louisiana.

 

Goldsby Easement Helps Preserve Mississippi River

The Duck Lake Project exemplifies what can happen when business, government and conservation interests work together to protect the environment.

 

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.

 

Conservation Easements and Economic Incentives
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The Mississippi Delta: Land Worth Conserving. The following is the speech given by the Resources First Foundation's Conservation Tax Center Director, Breana Behrens, given on Saturday, October 26 as a part of the inagural Tara Talks, at the Tara Wildlife in Mississippi.

 

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.

 

A Land Conservation Vision for the Gulf of Mexico Region
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The Gulf Partnership is committed to Strategic Conservation, the identification of the most important areas in a region for conservation, restoration and long-term management.

 

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.

 

Coastal Forest Conservation Initiative Guidelines
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Coastal forests in Louisiana have long been recognized as valuable for the goods and services that they provide. However, since coastal forests have become increasingly vulnerable to pressures from natural and anthropogenic forces, these critical habitats are in danger of being lost.

 

Conservation Servitudes - a path to protection

 

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 Servitudes Organizations & Professionals (161)
There are 161 resources serving Central Region in the following categories:
map itMap of Conservation Servitudes Organizations & Professionals serving Central Region
Agricultural Law Attorneys
Daniel L. Lorenzi
Lorenzi & Barnatt LLP - Lake Charles, LA
Daniel L. Lorenzi
Lorenzi & Barnatt LLP - Lake Charles, LA
Farm Commons
Rachel Armstrong - Founder and Executive Director - Duluth, MN
Farmers Legal Action Group
- St. Paul, MN
Holden Hoggatt
Hoggatt Law Group - Lafayette, LA
John S. Campbell, Jr.
Taylor Porter - Partner - Baton Rouge, LA
Leo Miller, Attorney at Law
- West Monroe, LA
Lorenzi & Barnatt LLP
- Lake Charles, LA
Rosemary Rougon Rummler
Rosemary Rougon Rummler, Attorney at Law, APLC - Oscar, LA
Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C.
- New Orleans, LA
The National Agricultural Law Center
- Fayetteville, AR
Certified Appraisers
American Forest Management
- Charlotte, NC
Arthur L. Schwertz, MAI
Argote, Derbes, Graham, Shuffield, & Tatje, Inc. - Vice-President/Partner - Metairie, LA
G. Charest. Thibodeaux
Southern Appraisals, Inc. - DeRidder, LA
Henry W. Tatje, III, MAI
Argote, Derbes, Graham, Shuffield, & Tatje, Inc. - Part Owner/V.P. - Metairie, LA
Lannie B. Philley, AFM
Delta Land & Farm Mgmt Co, LLC - Appraiser, Manager - Mer Rouge, LA
Mason, Bruce & Girard
Roger Lord, ACF - Blacksburg, VA
Paul E. Bierschwale, ARA
Bierschwale Land Company, LLC - Owner, Real Estate Appraiser, Real Estate Broker, Consultant - Junction, TX
Peter M. McEnery, MAI
The McEnery Company - President - Covington, LA
Philip D. Bailey, MAI
Mason, Bruce & Girard, Inc. - Senior Appraiser, Eastern US & International - Blacksburg, VA
Ray Kinney
Barber & Kinney, LLC - Broker/General Appraiser - Ridgeland, MS
Ricky ONeill
Neeley Forestry Service, Inc. - Certified Wildlife Biologist and Certified Forester - Camden, AR
Southern Forestry Consultants, Inc.
- Bainbridge, GA
Steve Butler
TimberCorp, Inc. - President - Brandon, MS
Terry J. Broussard, MAI
- Kaplan, LA
TrustLand
- Alexandria, LA
Walter H. Gibbes, III, MAI
Gibbes Valuation Consultants, Inc. - President - McComb, MS
Warren E. Peters, ACF
Peters Forest Resources, Inc. - Baton Rouge, LA
Estate Planners
Blaise M. Sonnier
Allen & Gooch - Of Counsel - Lafayette, LA
Charles T. 'Tad' Hightower
Stubbs Law Firm, LLC - Lafayette, LA
Joe Psalmonds, CFP®
JPJ Investments, Inc. - President, Certified Financial Planner™ - Shreveport, LA
Estate Planning Attorneys
Carey Messina
Kean Miller LLP - Baton Rouge, LA
Carrick R. Inabnett
Snellings, Breard, Sartor, Inabnett & Trascher, L.L.P. - Monroe, LA
Charles Weems
Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues and Rundell - President - Alexandria, LA
Christian N. Weiler
Weiler & Rees - New Orleans, LA
Christie Boudan Rao
McGlinchey Stafford - Associate - New Orleans, LA
Con Cotter
Young & Cotter, LLC - Lafayette, LA
Daniel L. Lorenzi
Lorenzi & Barnatt LLP - Lake Charles, LA
Dorrell J. Brister
Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues and Rundell - Shareholder - Alexandria, LA
Edward N. George
Chaffe McCall L.L.P. - New Orleans, LA
Erin E. Bohacek
Stone Pigman - Associate - New Orleans, LA
Erin J. Benoit
Weiler & Rees - Covington, LA
F. Sherman Boughton Jr.
- New Orleans, LA
Gary Conlay
- Natchitoches, LA
Gerhardt Toerner
Antin Law Firm - Hammond, LA
Gregory B. Upton
Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues and Rundell - Shareholder - Alexandria, LA
Guy Campbell, III
Snellings, Breard, Sartor, Inabnett & Trascher, L.L.P. - Monroe, LA
Hirschel T. Aboott
Stone Pigman - Member - New Orleans, LA
J. Graves Theus, Jr.
Gold, Weems, Bruser, Sues and Rundell - Shareholder - Alexandria, LA
J. Todd Kindler
Stubbs Law Firm, LLC - Lafayette, LA
Jake Airey
Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C. - New Orleans, LA
Jaye A. Calhoun
McGlinchey Stafford - Member - New Orleans, LA
John J. Weiler
Weiler & Rees - New Orleans, LA
Kenneth A. Weiss
McGlinchey Stafford - Member - New Orleans, LA
Kevin C. Curry
Kean Miller LLP - Baton Rouge, LA
Kristi W. Richard
McGlinchey Stafford - Assoicate - Baton Rouge, LA
L. Milton Cancienne Jr.
Cancienne Law Firm - Houma, LA
Laura Walker Plunkett
Stone Pigman - Member - New Orleans, LA
Lawrence L. Lewis III
Onebane Law Firm, PC - Lafayette, LA
Lester J. Zaunbrecher
Allen & Gooch - Partner - Lafayette, LA
Linda S. Melancon
Legacy Center of Louisiana - Owner - Prairieville, LA
Lorenzi & Barnatt LLP
- Lake Charles, LA
Marie A. Moore
Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C. - New Orleans, LA
Mary Shirer Romagosa
Cornerstone Financial Group - Vice President - Lafayette, LA
Paul Damian Rees
Weiler & Rees - Covington, LA
Rachel South Boquet
Cancienne Law Firm - Houma, LA
Rhonda M. Gabb
Ronda M. Gabb & Associates LLC - Covington, LA
Richard M. Campbell
- Monroe, LA
Ryan C. Toups
Chaffe McCall L.L.P. - New Orleans, LA
Sage Advisors, LLC
- West Chester, PA
Simon Sidamon-Eristof
Kalbian Hagerty LLP - of Counsel - Washington, DC
Siobhan S. Leger
Legacy Center of Louisiana - Attorney-at-Law - Prairieville, LA
Snellings, Breard, Sartor, Inabnett & Trascher, L.L.P.
- Monroe, LA
Stephen R. Yancey II
Cook Yancey - Shreveport, LA
Steven T. Ramos
Onebane Law Firm, PC - Lafayette, LA
Sue Tannehill Mann
Onebane Law Firm, PC - Lafayette, LA
Susan J. Burkenstock
Elkins PLC - New Orleans, LA
Susan M. Peterson
Weiler & Rees - New Orleans, LA
Ted W. Hoyt
Hoyt & Stanford LLC - Lafayette, LA
Terri P. Ricks, LLC
- Baton Rouge, LA
The Rowe Law Firm
- Baton Rouge, LA
Theresa Ann Barnatt
Lorenzi & Barnatt LLP - Lake Charles, LA
Thomas C. McKowen IV
Dennis, Bates & Bullen, LLP - Member - Baton Rouge, LA
Troy D. Cancienne
Cancienne Law Firm - Houma, LA
Valerie Van Matherne
- Monroe, LA
Walter “Bud” Antin
Antin Law Firm - Hammond, LA
William C. Kalmbach
Cook Yancey - Shreveport, LA
William P. Stubbs, Jr.
Stubbs Law Firm, LLC - Lafayette, LA
Young & Cotter, LLC
- Shreveport, LA
Federal and State Tax Incentives and Programs
Current Use Tax Program
- Montpelier, VT
Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency
N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center - Raleigh, NC
Forest Protection Tax
- Baton Rouge, LA
Forest Tax Program Chapter 61
DCR Bureau of Forest Fire Control and Forestry - Amherst, MA
Louisiana Dairy Producers Refundable Tax Credit Program
- Baton Rouge, LA
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 Resources - St Paul, MN
Open Space Conservation - Property Tax Benefits
- Crownsville, MD
Ray Kinney
Barber & Kinney, LLC - Broker/General Appraiser - Ridgeland, MS
Reforestation Tax Credit Program
- Oregon Department of Forestry - Salem, OR
Sage Advisors, LLC
- West Chester, PA
Waterfowl Restoration Program
- Cambridge, MD
Land Trusts
American Farmland Trust
- Washington, DC
Brenda Schick
Singing Stream Conservation Consultants - Principal - La Jolla, CA
GrassrootsCarbon-PastureMap
PastureMap - San Antonio, TX
Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust
- Washington, DC
Islands Trust Fund
- Victoria, BC
John Sanderson
Center for Collaborative Conservation - Director - Fort Collins, CO
Land Trust Alliance
- Washington, DC
Land Trust for Louisiana
- Hammond, LA
Louisiana Land Trust
New Orleans Office - New Orleans, LA
Margo Heekin
- Land Trust Consultant - Fort Bragg, CA
Mississippi River Trust
- Stoneville, MS
Nature Conservancy of Canada
National Office - Toronto, ON
North American Land Trust
- Chadds Ford, PA
Open Space Institute
Jennifer Grossman - Vice President New York Land Program - New York, NY
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
- Missoula, MT
Sage Advisors, LLC
- West Chester, PA
Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation Habitat Trust Fund
- Moose Jaw, SK
Societe de Protection Fonciere de Saint-Adele
Jean-Louis Poirier - President - Saint-Adele, QC
Sportsmen's National Land Trust
- Agawam, MA
Terrafirma RRG LLC
- Burlington, VT
The Barn Group
- Brooks, GA
The Nature Conservancy, Louisiana Field Office
- Baton Rouge, LA
Wetlands America Trust
- Memphis, TN
Natural Resource Law Attorneys
Adam Young
Young & Cotter, LLC - Abbeville, LA
Andrew J. Harrison, Jr.
Harrison Law, LLC - Managing Member - Baton Rouge, LA
Benn Vincent
Kean Miller LLP - Baton Rouge, LA
Billy Plauché
Plauché & Carr LLP - Baton Rouge, LA
Blair Schilling
Fishman Haygood, LLP - Attorney - New Orleans, LA
Bradley Raffle
Conservation Capital - CEO - Eugene, OR
Clara M. Sartor
Snellings, Breard, Sartor, Inabnett & Trascher, L.L.P. - Monroe, LA
Con Cotter
Young & Cotter, LLC - Lafayette, LA
Conservation Law Center
Christian Freitag - Director - Bloomington, IN
Endangered Species Law and Policy Group
Nossaman LLP - Los Angeles, CA
H. Ward Fontenot
Perry Dampf Dispute Solutions - Baton Rouge, LA
Harry R. Holladay
Chaffe McCall L.L.P. - New Orleans, LA
Howell A. Dennis, Jr.
Dennis, Bates & Bullen, LLP - Member - Baton Rouge, LA
Hunter W. Lundy
Lundy, Lundy, Soileau & South, L.L.P. - Lake Charles, LA
J. Michael Veron
Veron, Bice, Palermo & Wilson, LLC - Lake Charles, LA
J. Rock Palermo III
Veron, Bice, Palermo & Wilson, LLC - Lake Charles, LA
James C. Bates
Dennis, Bates & Bullen, LLP - Memeber - Baton Rouge, LA
James L. Williams, IV
Dennis, Bates & Bullen, LLP - Member - Baton Rouge, LA
James P. Moorhead
Moorhead Law Group, LLC - Founder and Principal - Chicago, IL
Jere Jay Bice
Veron, Bice, Palermo & Wilson, LLC - Lake Charles, LA
Joseph L. Hargrove Jr.
Hargrove, Smelley, Strickland & Langley - Shreveport, LA
M. Reed Hopper
Pacific Legal Foundation - Principal Attorney, National Litigation Center - Sacramento, CA
Nick Cramer
The Vertex Companies, Inc. - Senior Project Manager - Irving, TX
Rosemary Rougon Rummler
Rosemary Rougon Rummler, Attorney at Law, APLC - Oscar, LA
S. Beaux Jones
Baldwin Haspel Burke and Mayer - Environmental Lawyer - New Orleans, LA
Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C.
- New Orleans, LA
Snellings, Breard, Sartor, Inabnett & Trascher, L.L.P.
- Monroe, LA
Stephen J. Small, Esq.
Law Office of Stephen J. Small, Esq., P.C. - Cambridge, MA
Steven I. Klein
Sher Garner Cahill Richter Klein & Hilbert, L.L.C. - New Orleans, LA
Terrence D. McCay
Kean Miller LLP - Lake Charles, LA
Thomas C. McKowen IV
Dennis, Bates & Bullen, LLP - Member - Baton Rouge, LA
Turner D. Brumby
Veron, Bice, Palermo & Wilson, LLC - Lake Charles, LA
Tax Advisors
Argent Financial
- Ruston, LA
Jason B. Stinson, CCIM
Commercial Realty Services of Alabama, LLC - Managing Member & Principal - Gadsden, AL
Water Street Solutions
- Peoria, IL
Tax Credit Brokers
Foss & Company
Tax Credit Specialists - San Francisco, CA