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Alabama
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C.
420 Twentieth St, N, Ste. 1600, Birmingham, AL 35203
Phone: (205) 250-8372 | Fax: (205) 488-3772
Website: www.bakerdonelson.com
With 17 offices from Washington, D.C. to Orlando to Houston, our firm assists in all aspects of conservation projects. Matters included are federal and state incentives, issues concerning land trusts, negotiating complex multiparty conservation easements and reciprocal use agreements, and representation of landowners, appraisers, land trusts and governmental agencies in disputes.
William R. Sylvester
1600 Wells Fargo Tower, 420 20TH Street North, Birmingham, AL 35203
Phone: (205) 250-8372 | Fax: (205) 488-3772
Email: BSylvester@BakerDonelson.Com
Jed Steven Beardsley
Monarch Plaza Suite 1600, 3414 Peachtree Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30326
Phone: (404) 223-2214 | Fax: (404) 238-9614
Email: JBeardsley@BakerDonelson.Com
Kenneth P. ("Pete") Ezell, Jr.
Suite 800, Baker Donelson Center, 211 Commerce Street, Nashville, TN 37201
Phone: (615) 726-5721 | Fax: (615) 774-5721
Email: PEzell@BakerDonelson.Com
Conservation Easement Consultants
9 Office Park Circle, Suite 101, Birmingham, AL 35223
Phone: (205) 401-5181
Email: jbrady@cecllc.org
Conservation Easement Consultants provides services to our clients in the facilitation of structuring and placement of conservation easements. Our staff assists clients in determining suitability, documentation preparation and execution and support activities such as appraisal, mapping, and baseline reporting. CEC has placed in excess of 100,000 acres in conservation easements in Alabama, Georgia, Florida,Mississippi, New Mexico, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wyoming.
Clark ~ Davis, P.C.
646 River Route, Magnolia Springs, AL 36555-9728
Phone: (251) 988-1010 | Fax: (251) 988-1011
Website: www.clarkappraisals.com
Clark~Davis, P.C. is an appraisal firm with experience appraising various types of property for conservation easements and charitable contributions. We have had successful experience with IRS audits of our appraisals. We have contacts in many geographical locations and are able to perform appraisals or review appraisals for compliance and thoroughness. Successfully defended Kiva Dunes v. Commissioner IRS.
DiPiazza, LaRocca, Heeter and Co, LLC
510 Office Park Drive, Suite 100, Birmingham, AL 35223
Phone: (205) 871-9973 | Fax: (205) 871-9973
Email: avl@dlhcpa.com
Website: www.dlhcpa.com
Contact: Anthony Vincent LaRocca
Sirote & Permutt, Inc.
2311 Highland Ave S, Birmingham, AL 35205
Phone: (205) 930-5274 | Fax: (205) 212-3894
Email: rlevitt@sirote.com
Website: www.sirote.com
California
Adler & Colvin
235 Montgomery, Suite 1220, San Francisco, CA 94104-3103
Phone: (415) 421-7555 | Fax: (415) 421-0712
Email: km@adlercolvin.com
Website: www.adlercolvin.com
Adler & Colvin is a small law firm specializing in the law of nonprofit organizations. We provide advice on federal and state tax-exemption and other legal issues affecting nonprofits. Our areas of practice include nonprofit corporate governance, transactions between nonprofit and for-profit organizations, lobbying and political activities, and charitable gift planning. We also assist clients with tax audits and help organizations identify issues before a regulatory audit occurs.
Ann Taylor Schwing, Best Best & Kriefer LLP
400 Capitol Mall, Suite 1650, Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 325-4000 | Fax: (916) 325-4010
Email: ats@atschwing.com
Attorney and author of multiple legal treatises available to assist land trusts, governmental agencies, and landowners in drafting templates for conservation easements, specific conservation easements, and research, writing and editing of briefs and other documents relating to conservation easements and land trust operations.
Connectivity for Wildlife, LLC
10767 Citrus Drive, Moorpark, CA 93021-8732
Phone: (805) 469-3530 | Fax: (805) 469-3530
Email: patrickd@cfwildlife.com
Website: www.cfwildlife.com
The mission of Connectivity for Wildlife is to provide scientifically robust data used for land acquisition strategies, conservation, and habitat connectivity projects. CFW gathers data using a variety of wildlife survey methods and ground truthing techniques. CFW survey methods also assess the permeability of a landscape for wildlife.
Conservation Land Group, Inc
550 Montgomery St Ste 900, San Francisco, CA 94111
Phone: (415) 391-3003 | Fax: (415) 391-2779
Conservation Partners
1604 Solano Ave, Berkeley, CA 94707-2109
Phone: (510) 528-7350 | Fax: (510) 526-3672
Website: www.conservationpartners.com
Conservation Partners offers an array of services to successfully complete land conservation transactions. We provide legal counsel to both land trusts and landowners throughout California. We specialize in conservation easements, federal land exchanges and land acquisitions. Our services include negotiating, drafting and closing conservation transactions, in addition to acting as consultants regarding organizational and policy matters and in providing professional training.
David Anderson, Attorney At Law
1119 State St, Suite 200, Santa Barbara, CA 93101-2712
Phone: (805) 963-6503 | Fax: (805) 963-5988
Email: andhowbow@aol.com
Elizabeth Richardson
2294 Ronda Vista Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90027
Phone: (323) 661-1509
Email: elsema3@aol.com
Fitzgerald, Abbott & Beardsley LLP
1221 Broadway Fl 21, Oakland, CA 94612-1823
Phone: (510) 451-3300 | Fax: (510) 451-1527
Email: bepstein@fablaw.com
Website: www.fablaw.com
We are a mid-sized California law firm representing land trusts and other nonprofit organizations in land conservation and other nonprofit-specific issues. We also represent nonprofits, land owners, businesses, individuals, and public entities in water rights, land use, environmental, real estate, corporate, tax, employment, trademark, litigation, gift and estate planning/trust administration issues.
Hammock, Arnold, Smith & Co
215 W. Figuero St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Phone: (805) 966-0869 | Fax: (805) 966-6352
McCarthy & Rubright, LLP
P.O. Box 190, Red Bluff, CA 96080
Phone: (530) 527-0213
Email: mrlaw1@sbcglobal.net
McCarthy & Rubright, LLP assists private land owners in all phases of conservation easement transactions. We provide counseling on the various easement options available to meet the landowner’s goals for the current and ensuing generations. We will assist in defining long-term goals and in identifying Land Trusts who can best manage and pursue these goals. McCarthy & Rubright, LLP will assist in negotiating, drafting and closing the transaction in a form that best protects and respects the land owner’s current uses and long-term goals for the land.
Scharffenberger Land Planning
523 17th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94121
Phone: (415) 387-3077 | Fax: (415) 387-3077
Email: tscharf@pacbell.net
Tom Scharffenberger is a landscape architect and conservation planner who assists non-profit organizations and landowners with individual acquisition transactions, as well as the development of strategic conservation plans for entire regions. Conservation plans have been prepared for the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, American Farmland Trust, The Nature Conservancy, the Great Valley Center and several California land trusts.
Weintraub Genshlea Chediak
400 Capitol Mall, 11th Floor, Sacramento, CA 95814-4434
Phone: (916) 558-6127 | Fax: (916) 446-1611
Email: smair@weintraub.com
Website: www.weintraub.com
Colorado
Allan C. Beezley, P.C., Attorney at Law
1928 14th Street, Suite 300, Boulder, CO 80302
Phone: (303) 440-5867 | Fax: (303) 539-6530
Email: allan@acbpc.com
Legal representation of national, statewide, and local conservation organizations and governmental agencies in land conservation matters. Services provided include general counsel to clients throughout the course of a project, drafting of contracts, conservation easements and complex documents, review of due diligence materials and coordination of closing. Since 1991, Allan and his paralegal Marie Vicek have been involved in over 1,300 land conservation transactions.
Conservation Impact
1792 Wynkoop St, Ste 307, Denver, CO 80202-1075
Phone: (303) 223-4886 | Fax: (303) 223-4886
Email: shelli@conservationimpact.com
Website: www.conservationimpact.com
Conservation Impact provides comprehensive organizational development consulting to nonprofit organizations and public agencies. Since 1996, Conservation Impact has worked with dozens of Land Trusts of all sizes across the country to take them to their next level of development. The staff brings significant expertise in stewardship, conservation sciences and nonprofit management. Our services are focused and highly customized for each client. Contact us for information about strategic planning and positioning, marketing, organizational development and resource development.
Conservation Law, PC
52 Meadowlark Drive, Evergreen, CO 80439
Phone: (803) 674-3709 | Fax: (803) 674-3715
Email: conservationlaw@msn.com
Website: www.conservationlaw.org
Contact: Jessica Jay, Conservation Attorney
Conservation Tax Credit Transfer, LLC
PO Box 249
Masonville, CO 80541
Phone: (970) 612-0696
Fax: (970) 612-0698
Email: carl@taxtransfer.net
Website: www.taxtransfer.net
Conservation Tax Credit Transfer, LLC (CTCT) and Conservation Tax Transfer (CTT) facilitate the transfer and sale of conservation tax credits. CTCT operates in Colorado and CTT in Georgia. Our team brings over 23 years of experience and our passion for conservation to every credit transaction. We conduct a thorough due diligence review of all transaction documents to ensure high quality tax credits. We are actively involved in our conservation communities to strengthen conservation excellence.
Ducker, Montgomery Lewis & Bess, P.C.
1560 Broadway, Ste. 1400, Denver, CO 80202
Phone: (303) 228-2503 | Fax: (303) 861-4017
Email: mbeck@duckerlaw.com
Website: www.duckerlaw.com
Melinda Beck assists land trusts, government entities and private landowners with donations and acquisitions of conservation easements throughout the United States and internationally, including acquisitions utilizing local, state and federal funds. Melinda is also co-author and co-editor of Mineral Development and Land Conservation: A Handbook for Conservation Professionals.
Hunsperger & Weston, Ltd.
5889 Greenwood Plaza Blvd, Ste 404, Englewood, CO 80111
Phone: (303) 741-5918 | Fax: (303) 741-2111
Website: www.hwltd.net
Isaacson Rosenbaum, P.C.
633 17th St Ste 220, Denver, CO 80202-3661
Phone: (303) 292-5656 | Fax: (303) 292-3152
Email: bsilberstein@ir-law.com
Website: www.ir-law.com
Contact: William M. Silberstein
Conservation law attorneys representing the interests of land trusts, governmental agencies, organizations and landowners in conservation transactions, including: sales and donations of conservation easements and land, obtaining and maintaining 501(c)(3) tax exempt status, estate and tax planning, IRS audits, property taxation, dispute resolution and litigation, stewardship of conservation easements, and lobbying and legislation.
SunOne Solutions
1444 Wazee St, #310, Denver, CO 80202
Phone: (303) 500-5017 | Fax: (303) 500-5017
Email: info@sunonesolutions.com
Website: www.sunonesolutions.com
Contact: John Hodges
SunOne Solutions is a leader in developing agricultural, forestry and land management projects for carbon credit markets. To date, SunOne has successfully developed over 150 projects on over 2.2 million acres of land for over 3 million carbon “offset” credits. SuneOne was named the #1 carbon aggregator in North America.
Tax Credit Connection, LLC
PO Box 6618, Longmont, CO 80501
Phone: (303) 827-5851 | Fax: (303) 682-3275
Third Sector Innovations
730 Bunting Ave
Grand Junction, CO 81501
Phone: 970-241-1139
Email: thirdsec@earthlink.net
Website: www.thirdsectoronline.com
Connecticut
Ackerly Brown, LLP
782 Bantam Road, Bantam, CT 06750
Phone: (860) 567-0828 | Fax: (860) 567-5844
Email: mackerly@ackerlybrown.com
Website: www.ackerlybrown.com
Danosky & Associates
P.O. Box 396, Sherman, CT 06784
Phone: (860) 355-0249
Email: danosky@att.net
Website: www.danosky.com
The Mentor Company
131 Boardman Rd
East Haddam, CT 06423
Phone: (860) 873-3025
Email: jane.mentorco@gmail.com
Website: www.solutionmentor.com
Primary Contact: Jane Zirlis
An experienced management consultant, Jane guides organizations in strategic initiatives. An AYO-trained partner, she conducts assessments in the New England area. Leadership development, succession planning, consensus-building, and decision-making strategies are used to enhance Board effectiveness. Project management and process improvement expertise optimize process and limited resources. Harvard BA, NYU MBA. Life member of the East Haddam Land Trust, former Vice-President and President.
NE Computer Solutions, LLC
701 Cottage Grove Rd, Ste F10, Bloomfield, CT 06002-3073
Phone: (860) 243-9896 | Fax: (860) 243-9896
Email: bereza@necomputersolutions.com
Website: www.necomputersolutions.com
District of Columbia
Appraisal Institute (Appraiser)
122 C St NW, Ste 360, Washington, DC 20001
Phone: (202) 298-5597
Website: www.appraisalinstitute.org
The Appraisal Institute is an international membership association of professional real estate appraisers, with more than 21,000 members and 99 chapters. The Appraisal Institute is the acknowledged worldwide leader in real estate appraisal education, research, publishing, and professional membership designation programs, currently conferring the MAI, SRA and SRPA designations.
Chiswell D. Langhorne, Jr.
1680 31st St NW, Washington, DC 20007-2924
Phone: (202) 471-4277 | Fax: (202) 471-4278
Email: langhorne@erols.com
Florida
Thomas Kay
PO Box 674
Mc Intosh, FL 32664
Phone: (813) 225-1988
Fax: (813) 225-1392
Email: tkay@jungandsisco.com
Website: www.jungandsisco.com
Georgia
Conservation Pays, LLC
6849 Peachtree Dunwoody Rd, Bldg, A-2, Atlanta, GA 30328
Phone: 770-671-1533 | Fax: 770-671-1347
Email: jskalski@largeandgilbert.com
Website: www.largeandgilbert.com
Contact: Mr. Joseph C. Skalski
Conservation Pays, LLC is the land conservation affiliate of Large & Gilbert CPAs. The company coordinates landowners, appraisers, land trusts and attorneys to make grants of conservation easements happen.
Conservation Tax Transfer, LLC
115 W Jefferson St.
Madison, GA 30650
Phone: 706-334-20073 | Fax: 877-542-1033
Email: carl@taxtransferga.com
Website: www.taxtransferga.com
Conservation Tax Credit Transfer, LLC (CTCT) and Conservation Tax Transfer (CTT) facilitate the transfer and sale of conservation tax credits. CTCT operates in Colorado and CTT in Georgia. Our team brings over 23 years of experience and our passion for conservation to every credit transaction. We conduct a thorough due diligence review of all transaction documents to ensure high quality tax credits. We are actively involved in our conservation communities to strengthen conservation excellence.
Hatcher, Stubbs, Land, Hollis & Rothschild, LLP
PO Box 2707, Columbus, GA 31902-2707
Phone: 706-243-6237 | Fax: 706-243-5237
Email: ar@hatcherstubbs.com
Website: www.hatcherstubbs.com/
Contact: Mr. Alan F. Rothschild, Jr.
Hawaii
Law Offices of Gregory D. Hendrickson
PO Box 124
Kealakekua, HI 96750
Phone: (808) 217-7773
Fax: (808) 323-2371
Email: greg@ghendricksonlaw.com
Website: www.ghendricksonlaw.com
Advising both land owners and land trusts on conservation approaches for real property, Mr. Hendrickson negotiates transactions, analyzes income, gift, and estate tax consequences of complex transactions, and consults with governmental and private citizen stakeholders on achieving ecological goals and environmental values for managed landscapes.
Tom Pierce, Attorney At Law, LLC
PO Box 798, Makawao, HI 96768-0798
Phone: (808) 573-2428
Fax: (866) 776-6645
Email: tom@mauilandlaw.com
Website: www.mauilandlaw.com
Idaho
Law Office of C. Timothy Lindstrom, Esq.
P.O. Box 7622
Jackson, Wyoming 83002
Phone: (307) 201-1074
Fax: (307) 690-9755
Email: ctlesq@hotmail.com
Specializing in the law of conservation easements, conservation transactions and related state and federal tax law, including representation of land trusts and landowners throughout the United States. Tim is recognized as a national expert and has written and lectured extensively on these topics nationally. He is author of A Tax Guide to Conservation Easements available at www.amazon.com. He and his family have contributed conservation easements on farms in Michigan and Virginia.
Illinois
Law Offices of George Covington
500 North Western Ave, Suite 204, Lake Forest, IL 60045-1954
Phone: (847) 735-8764
Fax: (847) 735-8770
Contacts: George Covington, gcovington@sbcglobal.net and
Julia Magnus, juliamagnus@sbcglobal.net
Maine
Barb Welch Consulting
661 Eastside Road, Hancock, ME 04640
Phone: (207) 422-1005
Email: barb@barbwelch.com
Website: www.barbwelch.com
Caroline M. Pryor
459 Sound Drive, Mount Desert, ME 04660
Phone: (207) 288-0152
Email: carolinepryor1@gmail.com
Working with land trusts, other community organizations and landowners, I offer thirty years of land conservation and non-profit organizational experience. Guided Organizational Assessments, strategic planning, fundraising assistance, board development, project management and meeting facilitation are some of the services I provide.
Curtis Thaxter
P.O. Box 7320, Portland, ME 04112
Phone: (207) 774-9000 | Fax: (207) 774-0612
Email: jerler@curtisthaxter.com
Website: www.curtisthaxter.com
Law Office of Jonathan Bockian
165 Irving St, Watertown, MA 02472-2706
Phone: (617) 926-7801 | Fax: (617) 926-7804
Email: jbockian@bockianlaw.com
Website: preservationlawdigest.com
The Law Office of Jonathan M. Bockian provides legal counsel in preservation of historic, natural and farm places and commercial real estate. One of the largest regional heritage organizations in the United States has been represented by our firm since 1985. Jon Bockian is a graduate of Harvard Law School with transactional experience ranging from the sophisticated to the simple. He also authors the blog, Preservation Law Digest.
Law Offices of Stephen J. Small, Esq., P.C.
75 Federal St, Suite 1100, Boston, MA 02110
Phone: (617) 357-4012 | Fax: (617) 357-1857
Website: www.stevesmall.com
Stephen Small, Esq. and Stefan Nagel, Esq., Of Counsel, constitute the legal professionals at the Law Office of Stephen J. Small, Esq., P.C. They are both nationally recognized authorities on the private protection of environmentally and culturally significant properties. While representing individual, corporate and family owners of important conservation lands and historic properties, Steve and Stefan also advise land trusts, government agencies and other non-profits on property and property interest acquisition, stewardship and related tax matters. In addition, they have conducted workshops and legal education programs in more than forty-six states and abroad.
William A. Bayreuther Grant Writing
138 South Road, Readfield, ME 04355
Phone: (207) 242-6029
Email: bill@billbayreuther.com
Website: www.billbayreuther.com
Contact: Bill Bayreuther, Principal
Young, Beck, LLP (Attorney)
1248 Tremont Rd, Seal Cove, ME 04674
Phone: (207) 244-7729 | Fax: (207) 244-7795
Email: youngbeckllp@gmail.com
Maryland
Abernathy Consulting
7 Melbourne Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20901
Phone: (202) 257-8816
Email: jabernathy@verizon.net
Jim Abernathy has provided capacity building assistance to hundreds of environmental and conservation organizations throughout the United States in organizational assessments, strategic planning, leadership transitions, and strengthening coalitions and networks. He has conducted guided organizational assessments of organizational strength and land transaction capacity for land trusts
Conservation Partners, LLC
1130 Crestview Drive, Annapolis, MD 21409
Phone (443) 758-5023
Website: www.conservationpartners.biz
Conservation Partners offers land planning, restoration, and stewardship services to the owners of conservation lands in Maryland. Our clients include individuals, land trusts, state and local land conservation programs, and conservation land buyers. We assemble a team of experts specific to each project's requirements, and can assist with obtaining project funding. Conservation Partners is a NRCS certified technical service provider.
Look At The Land, Inc.
19 Sunnyside Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: (301) 585-0393
Email: sjtassel@earthlink.net
Samuel Stokes
8000 Park Crest Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: (301) 585-2270
Email: samstokes@aya.yale.edu
Sam Stokes assists land trusts with guided assessments and advises on natural areas protection, strategic planning, and effective management. He has over thirty years' experience working for the National Park Service, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and nonprofit conservation organizations.
Massachusetts
Asset & Risk Assessment International
38 Cemetary Rd
Charlton, MA 01507
Phone: (413) 237-9196
Sage Advisors
49 Birchwood Ln
Lincoln, MA 01773-4907
Phone: (406) 579-8259
Sage Advisors applies 25 years experience in land conservation to create opportunities and solutions for your needs, whether you are a landowner, land trust or professional colleague. Specialties include design and management of complex transactions, conservation easement stewardship, public policy, research and lobbying.
Sullivan & Worcester
1 Post Office Square, Boston, MA 02109
Phone: 617-338-2422 | Fax: (617) 338-2880
Email: jedington@sandw.com
Website: www.sandw.com
Spatial Data Management Corp.
P.O. Box 95191, Newton, MA 02495-0191
Phone: (978) 618-4235
Email: mmayo@sdmgis.com
Website: www.sdmgis.com
SDMC provides GIS, mapping, and data management consulting services that meet the needs and budgets of large and small projects. SDMC can create parcel and aerial basemaps, streamline data management practices for land stewards, produce grant application attachments, and develop online map hosting to showcase your properties on the web.
Michigan
Big Paw Wildlife Conservancy
P.O. Box 541 , Harrisville, MI 48740
Phone: (989) 724-5089
Email: gregart@charter.net
Law Office of C. Timothy Lindstrom, Esq.
P.O. Box 7622
Jackson, Wyoming 83002
Phone: (307) 201-1074
Fax: (307) 690-9755
Email: ctlesq@hotmail.com
Specializing in the law of conservation easements, conservation transactions and related state and federal tax law, including representation of land trusts and landowners throughout the United States. Tim is recognized as a national expert and has written and lectured extensively on these topics nationally. He is author of A Tax Guide to Conservation Easements available at www.amazon.com. He and his family have contributed conservation easements on farms in Michigan and Virginia.
Mississippi
Barber & Mann, Inc.
453 Northpark Drive, Ridgeland, MS 39157
Phone: (601) 957-3443 | Fax: (601) 957-3424
Email: liz@barberandmann.com
Website: www.barberandmann.com
Montana
Erickson Consulting
325 Keith Ave, Missoula, MT 59801
Phone: (406) 370-0454 | Fax: (406) 721-8278
Email: dle@bresnan.net
Website: www.westernopenlands.com
Erickson Consulting, Inc provides planning and analysis services to land trusts, including organizational assessments, accreditation preparation, and strategic planning. Donna Erickson has Alliance training in organizational development. With extensive landscape planning experience, Erickson also assists land trusts in creating strategic land conservation plans.
Johnson Law Firm
305 S 4th E, Ste. 301, Missoula, MT 59801
Phone: (406) 721-2272
Email: sally.johnsonlawfirm@msn.com
New Hampshire
Lyme Timber Company
23 S Main St, 3rd Floor, Hanover, NH 03755
Phone: (603) 643-3300 | Fax: (603) 643-0331
Website: www.lymetimber.com
Contact: Peter R. Stein
Rowley & Associates, PC
6A Hills Avenue, Concord, NH 03301
Phone (603) 228-5400 | Fax (603) 226-3532
Email: admin@rowleyandassociates.com
Contact: Eric C. Rowley, CPA
New Jersey
Coughlin Duffy LLP
350 Mount Kemble Ave
Morristown, NJ 07960
Phone:(973) 631-6030
Fax: (973) 267-6442
Email: jwyse@coughlinduffy.com
Website: www.coughlinduffy.com
We provide a full range of services to conservation organizations, private landowners, and governmental agencies engaged in open space, habitat, farmland and historic preservation, including acquisition and financing transactions, federal and state income and estate tax planning, conservation and historic preservation easements, easement enforcement actions and corporate operations and qualification.
James P. Wyse, Esq.
Coughlin Duffy LLP
350 Mount Kemble Ave, P.O. Box 1917, Morristown, NJ 07962-1917
Phone: (973) 267-0058 | Fax: (973) 267-6442
Email: jwyse@coughlinduffy.com
Website: www.coughlinduffy.com
We provide a full range of services to conservation organizations, private landowners, and governmental agencies engaged in open space, habitat, farmland and historic preservation, including acquisition and financing transactions, federal and state income and estate tax planning, conservation and historic preservation easements, easement enforcement actions and corporate operations and qualification.
Matrix New World Engineering, Inc.
26 Columbia Turnpike
Florham Park, NJ 07932
Phone: (302) 598-7553
Fax: (302) 824-7086
Email: lmalizzi@matrixneworld.com
Website: www.matrixneworld.com
Matrix New World Engineering, Inc. is a woman-owned environmental consulting and engineering firm with a focus on habitat restoration and site remediation. Our mission is to marry companies that need to do restoration with projects that require funding with the outcome being the betterment of the natural environment.
New Mexico
Woody Duncan, GIS
7 Duende, Santa Fe NM 87508
Phone: (505) 470-6120
Email: woodyduncangis@gmail.com
Website: www.woodyduncangis.com
Woody Duncan is a senior GIS consultant based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and is responsible for ensuring timely, organized, predictable delivery of multiple, overlapping GIS conservation projects. Woody has over ten years of experience building on land conservation initiatives successes, managing national clients, strategic partnerships, applied GIS techniques and development of intellectual capital.
New York
Innovative Resources Group
11 Round Table Road, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Phone: 800-710-7760 | Mobile: (518) 225-4057
Email: beth@innovativeresourcesgroup.com
Website: www.innovativeresourcesgroup.com
Contact: Beth Hershenhart
Mark Pennington, LLC
841 Broadway, New York, NY 10003
Phone: (917) 546-0747
Email: mark@penningtonllc.com
Rapport Meyers, LLP
20 Springbrook Park, Rhinebeck, NY 12572
Phone: (845) 473-7766 | Fax: (845) 473-7790
Email: grodenhausen@rapportmeyers.com
Website: www.rapportmeyers.com
We are a Hudson Valley law firm serving clients from New York City to the North Country in environmental, land use, municipal and litigation law. We represent land trusts, donors and municipalities with conservation easement requirements in their land use laws. We are proud to be a member of the Land Trust Alliance.
North Carolina
Mayes | Wilson & Associates, LLC
17746 Caldwell Station Rd, Huntersville, NC 28078
Phone: (704) 655-8727 | Fax: (704) 453-1656
E-mail: sara@mayeswilsonassociates.com
Website: www.mayeswilsonassociates.com
MAYES|WILSON advises land trusts, nonprofit organizations, conservation and environmental groups, and conservation-minded individuals; helping clients focus their energy and resources to increase mission success. Services include organizational assessments, board evaluations, board and organizational development, and all aspects of planning—strategic, annual, transition, and succession. Specialty services for conservation organizations, agencies and landowners include conservation planning, assistance with conservation land transactions, land management, accreditation preparation, and stewardship.
Oregon
Conservation & Preservation Counsel, LLC
214 Trailside Loop, Eugene, OR 97405-3556
Phone: (541) 554-3665 | Fax: (541) 345-8298
Email: olmsted@landprotect.com
Website: www.landprotect.com
Contact: James Olmsted, Esq.
Conservation & Preservation Counsel (CPC) provides legal services to land trusts and landowners in land conservation transactions. CPC can assist clients in all phases of conservation transactions, from the initial agreement to escrow and closing. Services provided include purchase and sale agreement negotiation and negotiating and drafting conservation agreements. CPC provides legal services in California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. CPC offers low costs wholesale prices for clients choosing bulk legal services on an annual basis.
Decisions Decisions
1001 SE Water Ave, Ste. 360, Portland, OR 97214
Phone: (503) 249-0000 | Fax: (503) 249-0054
Email: jim@decision2.com
Website: www.decision2.com
Mason, Bruce & Girard (Appraiser)
707 SW Washington St, Ste 1300, Portland, OR 97205
Phone: (503) 224-3445 | Fax: (503) 224-6524
Website: www.masonbruce.com
Mason, Bruce & Girard has been providing natural resource consulting services since 1921. Our goal in every project is to develop innovative, effective solutions for our clients' natural resource concerns. Services of interest to land trusts include fee and conservation easement appraisals, acquisition due diligence, resource assessment and management planning.
Maul Foster & Alongi
2001 NW 19th Ave, Ste. 200
Portland OR 97209
Phone: 971-544-2139
Fax: 971-544-2140
Email: tvick@maulfoster.com
Website: www.maulfoster.com
MFA’s environmental consultants assist land trusts with strategic planning, regional prioritizations and management of assets using GIS based development and mapping solutions. Developing GIS databases of land trust assets enables standardization of base line documentation and monitoring while regional prioritizations strategically target locations that meet conservation goals.
Trout Mountain Forestry
1800 NW Upshur Street, Suite 201, Portland, OR 97209
Phone: (541) 602-2180 | Fax: (503) 517-9990
Email: mark@troutmountain.com
Website: www.troutmountain.com
Contact: Mark Miller
Trout Mountain Forestry specializes in long-term, conservation-based forest management for family forest owners, land trusts, organizations and municipal governments throughout western Oregon and Washington. We assist with conservation assessment, easement development, appraisal, mapping, and baseline reporting, as well as stewardship planning, restoration, and management for working forestlands. TMF is an FSC certified resource manager and a NRCS certified technical service provider.
Pennsylvania
George H. Elser, Attorney at Law
130 W Lancaster Ave , Suite 203, Wayne, PA 19087
Phone: (610) 964-9627 | Fax: (610) 964-9769
Email: gelserlaw@aol.com
Pregmon Law Offices
350 Sentry Parkway, Building 640 Suite 102, Blue Bell, PA 19422
Website: www.pregmonlaw.com
Rhode Island
Anne W. Garnett
46 Cole Street, Jamestown, RI 02835
Phone: (401) 423-3547 | Fax: (401) 423-3547
Email: awgarnett@cox.net
South Carolina
Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, P.A.
1831 West Evans St. , Florence, SC 29501
Phone: (843) 662-9008 | Fax: (843) 667-0828
Email: jscott@turnerpadget.com
Website: www.turnerpadget.com
Texas
Anjali Kaul Consulting
8826 Chalk Knoll Drive
Austin, TX 78735
Phone: (512) 917-2525 | Fax: (512) 306-8213
Email: anjalikaul@gmail.com
With over fourteen years of experience in the land conservation sector (almost twelve with the Trust for Public Land), Anjali Kaul provides comprehensive consulting services to non-profits in resource development (major gifts, foundation, and corporate fundraising, development planning, and board development); strategic planning and organizational development (LTA certified AYO trainer).
Armstrong Law
702 San Antonio St
Austin, TX 78701
Phone: (512) 277-5454
Email: susan@law-armstrong.com
Website: www.law-armstrong.com
Armstrong Law focuses on conservation law as well as estate planning for rural landowners. Prior to starting her own practice, Susan Armstrong was Executive Director of the Texas Land Trust Council, the umbrella organization of all land trusts in Texas. She has also served Executive Director of Connemara Conservancy Foundation, the regional land trust of North Texas, including Dallas/Fort Worth. Susan has also worked at Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP as well as an Assistant Attorney General in the Natural Resources Division.
Braun & Gresham, PLLC
P.O. Box 466, Dripping Springs, TX 78620-0466
Phone: (512) 894-5426 | Fax: (512) 894-3405
Website: www.braunassociateslaw.com
Braun & Gresham, PLLC provides expert legal counsel and practical advice for owners of rural property nationwide. We use traditional resources in innovative ways to help our clients protect and create new value in their land.
Diane Dickson Realty
1907 Wildwood Lane, Richmond, TX 77406-1346
Phone: (281) 794-5263 | Fax: (281) 239-8833
Email: diane01@aol.com
Land brokerage in the State of Texas, specializing in equestrian properties. We bridge the gap for land owners to land trusts by providing information and services which offer viable solutions and options in the vast array of land trusts available and the available conservation easement options.
Frontier GIS
6304 Hall Street
Austin, TX 78757
Phone: (512) 757-1484
Fax: (512) 757-1484
Email: sroberson@frontiergis.com
Website: www.frontiergis.com
Frontier GIS offers a range of services to improve and expedite the conservation easement process, including full-service mapping, on-site visits by certified wildlife biologists and mapping experts, and baseline document authoring.
Law Office of Burgess Jackson
1206 W St. Johns Ave, Austin, TX 78757
Phone: (512) 699-9012 | Fax: (512) 454-2250
Email: burgess@conservationlaw.net
Mayes | Wilson & Associates, LLC
P.O. Box 946, San Marcos, TX 78607
Phone: (414) 807-4319
E-mail: sara@mayeswilsonassociates.com
Website: www.mayeswilsonassociates.comMAYES|WILSON advises land trusts, nonprofit organizations, conservation and environmental groups, and conservation-minded individuals; helping clients focus their energy and resources to increase mission success. Services include organizational assessments, board evaluations, board and organizational development, and all aspects of planning—strategic, annual, transition, and succession. Specialty services for conservation organizations, agencies and landowners include conservation planning, assistance with conservation land transactions, land management, accreditation preparation, and stewardship.
SONRi Corp
26 Cascade Caverns Road, Boerne, TX 78015-8308
Phone: (210) 387-8628
Email: steve.bonner@sonricorp.com
Website: www.sonricorp.com
SONRI is dedicated to helping people talk about the balance between economic development, environmental impact, and social responsibility. We have helped dozens of land trusts develop their organizational capabilities and capacity for conservation, and serve as consultants to key policy makers in Washington and around the nation. From all-volunteer nonprofits to the Department of Defense, SONRI leads the way in cutting-edge conservation for a more sustainable future.
Utah
Nancy A. McLaughlin, Professor of Law, University of Utah, College of Law
332 South 1400 East, Rm. 101, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0730
Phone: (801) 581-5944 | Fax: (801) 581-6897
Email: mclaughlinn@law.utah.edu
Vermont
Law Office of Annette Lorraine, PLC / Land As Legacy Consulting
PO Box 1466
Montpelier, VT 05601
Phone: (802) 262-6400
Fax: (802) 262-4305
Email: rainlaw@sover.net
Website: www.landaslegacy.com
Annette Lorraine is a real estate attorney actively practicing in Vermont, and a land conservation consultant nationwide. She has direct experience in land trust transactional and stewardship work as well as degrees in environmental law and organizational behavior. These result in comprehensive, practical and efficient services.
Virginia
Conservation Partners, LLC
PO Box 152, 13 Court House Square, Lexington, VA 24450
Phone (540) 464-1899
Website: www.conservationpartnersllc.com
Conservation partners consults with Virginia landowners and their professional advisors throughout the process of donating conservation easements and preparing and registering high-quality Virginia land preservation tax credits. In most cases, after an easement donor's credits are registered we help the donor market and sell his or her credit to individuals and businesses who are enthusiastic about purchasing high-quality credits and supporting land conservation in Virginia.
Conservation Service Company, LLC
20 W Chapman St, Alexandria, VA 22301-2502
Phone: (703) 683-0506 | Fax: (703) 683-4940
Email: jean@hockers.com
Contact: Jean W. Hocker
Georgia H. Herbert, PC
PO Box 21, 6537 Main St, The Plains, VA 20198-0021
Phone: (540) 253-5855 | Fax: (540) 253-5209
Law Office of C. Timothy Lindstrom, Esq.
P.O. Box 7622
Jackson, Wyoming 83002
Phone: (307) 201-1074
Fax: (307) 690-9755
Email: ctlesq@hotmail.com
Specializing in the law of conservation easements, conservation transactions and related state and federal tax law, including representation of land trusts and landowners throughout the United States. Tim is recognized as a national expert and has written and lectured extensively on these topics nationally. He is author of A Tax Guide to Conservation Easements available at www.amazon.com. He and his family have contributed conservation easements on farms in Michigan and Virginia.
Lenhart Obenshain
PO Box 1287
Harrisonburg, VA 22803
Phone: (540) 437-3118
Email: lah@lolawfirm.com
Lenhart Obenshain PC represents easement holders and landowners in gift, bargain-sale and sale of conservation easements, and has helped preserve thousands of acres of land across Virginia. Its team leader, Lisa Hawkins, has educated diverse audiences on conservation, ranging from land trusts to farmers, governmental officials and even other attorneys.
McCallum & Kudravetz
250 E High St, Charlottesville, VA 22902
Phone: (434) 293-8191 | Fax: (434) 296-9641
McCandlish Holton
1111 E. Maine Ste 1500, PO Box 796, Richmond, VA 23219-3521
Phone: (804) 775-3100
Email: tfoster@lawmh.com
Website: www.mccandlishholton.com
Megan Gallagher, Conservation Consulting
5618 Rock Hill Mill Rd, The Plains, VA 20198
Phone: (540) 253-5162
Email: meganinc@earthlink.net
Website: www.meganincva.com
Megan Gallagher provides strategic planning for effective initiatives in land use, land protection and compatible economic development; develops advocacy campaigns to protect natural and historic resources; guides conservation board members and staff through program audits, organizational development and other steps to improve performance and gain tax exempt status or land trust accreditation; and creates messages, publications and other public outreach tools to achieve positive change in public policy.
Washington
Douglas Mason, Attorney at Law
2404 35th Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368
Phone: (360) 379-9579 | Fax: (360) 387-1517
Email: seahorse@olympus.net
Website: www.saveland.org
Katharine Bill
27 W Fawn Creek Rd, Winthrop, WA 98862
Phone: (509) 996-3156
Email: katharine.bill@gmail.com
Environmental consultant specializing in organizational mentoring, strategic planning, AYO Assessments, and conservation prioritization.
Maul Foster & Alongi
2001 NW 19th Ave, Ste. 200
Portland OR 97209
Phone: 971-544-2139
Fax: 971-544-2140
Email: tvick@maulfoster.com
Website: www.maulfoster.com
MFA’s environmental consultants assist land trusts with strategic planning, regional prioritizations and management of assets using GIS based development and mapping solutions. Developing GIS databases of land trust assets enables standardization of base line documentation and monitoring while regional prioritizations strategically target locations that meet conservation goals.
Thomas F. Haensly, Attorney At Law
144 Railroad Ave, Ste 217, Edmonds, WA 98020
Phone: (425) 775-4803 | Fax: (425) 775-9839
Email: thaensly@mns.com
Contact: Thomas F. Haensly, Esq
Tom advises clients on real estate and estate planning, including land conservation, entities, and charitable contributions. He received his law degree from Stanford and has a M.S. in wildlife ecology. He is a frequent speaker on land conservation topics. He co-authored “Conservation Easements” in the Washington Real Property Deskbook.
Wisconsin
Development for Conservation LLC
608 West Dean Ave, Madison, WI 53716
Phone: (608) 239-5006
Email: fundraisinghelp@sbcglobal.net
Website: www.developmentforconservation.wordpress.com
D4C assists conservation organizations raising money from individual donors by improving renewal, cultivation, and major gift systems. David Allen brings 25 years experience to the practice, including thirteen with TNC. He is a skilled seminar presenter, particularly in major gift fundraising. Specialties include Development Audits, Board training, and campaigns.
Graff & Associates
518 Kettle Moraine Drive South, Slinger, WI 53086
Phone: (262) 644-9600
Email: graffinc@charter.net
Mayes | Wilson & Associates, LLC
3323 North Summit Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53211
Phone: (414) 807-4319 | Fax: (414) 967-5860
E-mail: sara@mayeswilsonassociates.com
Website: www.mayeswilsonassociates.com
MAYES|WILSON advises land trusts, nonprofit organizations, conservation and environmental groups, and conservation-minded individuals; helping clients focus their energy and resources to increase mission success. Services include organizational assessments, board evaluations, board and organizational development, and all aspects of planning—strategic, annual, transition, and succession. Specialty services for conservation organizations, agencies and landowners include conservation planning, assistance with conservation land transactions, land management, accreditation preparation, and stewardship.
Superior Nonprofits, LLC
222 Dixon Street, Madison, WI 53704
Phone: (608) 242-8321 | Fax: (608) 575-3632
Email: karen@superiornonprofits.com
Website: www.superiornonprofits.com
Contact: Karen Bassler
I have been consulting with nonprofit conservation groups for over a decade, working with them on strategic planning, conservation planning, policies and procedures review, and leadership development. I have facilitated the creation of diverse collaborations, built partnerships between businesses and nonprofits, and helped in the formation of new organizations. My work can be tailored to meet your current organizational and programmatic needs, from a one-time presentation to an ongoing relationship.
Wyoming
Conservation Consulting
4445 Moose Wilson Rd, Wilson, WY 83014
Phone: (307) 733-8673 | Fax: (307) 733-3107
Contact: Story Clark
Email: storyclark@mac.com
Law Office of C. Timothy Lindstrom, Esq.
P.O. Box 7622
Jackson, Wyoming 83002
Phone: (307) 201-1074
Fax: (307) 690-9755
Email: ctlesq@hotmail.com
Specializing in the law of conservation easements, conservation transactions and related state and federal tax law, including representation of land trusts and landowners throughout the United States. Tim is recognized as a national expert and has written and lectured extensively on these topics nationally. He is author of A Tax Guide to Conservation Easements available at www.amazon.com. He and his family have contributed conservation easements on farms in Michigan and Virginia.
