Because everyone needs a good advocate.

Advocacy Matters, LLC founder, Gwendolyn Lacy, principal attorney, consultant, and mediator, works with private landowners, regional, local, and national land conservancies, as well as governmental agencies and environmental organizations to actively preserve those special places where life-long memories and legacies are forged. Client Services, include drafting and/or review of conservation easements, land acquisitions, historic preservation, mediation of easement violations, legislative advocacy, water rights, eminent domain, estate planning, and non-profit capacity building.

Serving the Mid-Atlantic and Southwest Regions of the U.S.

Braun & Gresham provides legal services to owners of rural land — advocating for their interests in estate planning, land conservation, real estate investment and property taxes; and defending them from condemnation, groundwater depletion, surface water pollution or infrastructure routing. Braun & Gresham believes that its conservation counsel is more effective if it stays focused on representing landowners rather than trying to represent land trusts and landowners.

I focus my practice on conservation easements and regularly provide guidance to property owners and land trusts regarding the structuring, negotiating, and closing of conservation transactions. I have particular experience representing landowners with respect to the myriad legal issues arising for rural land holdings and I also assist nonprofit clients with the purchase, sale, and leasing of property, as well as with exempt organization issues.

Judy Anderson of Community Consultants has worked in the land trust sector for over 30 years. She currently assists nonprofit organizations on practical strategic conservation initiatives incorporating local communities, climate change, governance, communications and marking, and community-based fundraising strategies.

Judy offers a free bi-monthly newsletter related to climate change, conservation and land trusts taking action to slow down climate. Judy also provides coaching on inclusive conservation, easement drafting and stewardship, and building greater community relevance to ensure land trusts withstand the test of time.

Judy coaches remotely as well as proving in-person trainings, workshops, and discussions.

The Conservation Consulting Group (CCG) is a collective of highly experienced professionals who are passionate about land conservation and dedicated to building the capacity and advancing the mission of nonprofit environmental and conservation organizations throughout the United States. Specialties include strategic planning, organizational assessment and improvement, Board development, meeting facilitation, coaching and mentoring, training and education. We assist organizations with planning and developing initiatives that engage, invigorate, and mobilize stakeholders and constituencies. We offer assessments and specific recommendations based on best practices to empower staffs and Boards. We deliver so our clients can deliver — results second to none.

Danosky & Associates is an action-oriented, results-driven consulting firm that helps non-profit organizations build the capacity to move their strategic vision forward with a solid foundation and an army of support behind them. Our approach draws on five key principles that can work as an integrated solution or be used independently to address specific concerns: Board Energy, Philanthropic Enrichment, Organizational Effectiveness & Learning, Community Engagement and Financial Empowerment.

David Allen at Development for Conservation assists conservation organizations raising money from individual donors by improving renewal, cultivation, and major gift development systems. David brings 25 years of experience to the practice, including 13 with The Nature Conservancy. With a focus on implementation and follow-through, he has worked with dozens of land trusts across the country on fundraising audits and plans, board training, campaigns, and coaching. “You can raise more money for your land trust. I can help."

Dinse, P.C., one of the oldest and largest law firms in Vermont, has extensive experience representing both land conservation organizations and landowners with complex real estate, land use, and other mission-related transactions.

Draper Law PLLC is a solo law firm focused on all aspects of land conservation — from serving as transactional counsel for the purchase, sale and donation of properties and conservation easements, to providing strategic guidance on the stewardship, management and enforcement of conservation easements. Adam Draper has over 15 years of attorney experience, with the past 10 years as in-house counsel at two land conservation organizations before striking out on his own in December 2018. In partnership with private landowners, land trusts, tribal governments, corporations and federal, state and local government officials, Adam has closed more than 70 transactions conserving 7,000+ acres of working, habitat and recreation/open space lands worth over $30 million. Adam is a sought-after public speaker and industry expert on land conservation, and has presented several sessions at the Land Trust Alliance’s annual Rally.

Grant & Lyons was founded in 1994. Since founding, our practice is dedicated solely to environmental, land use and real estate law. One of our founding partners, Drayton Grant (now deceased), was a founding member of the Winnakee Land Trust in Rhinebeck, NY. Current partner, John Lyons, presently sits on the Board of Directors of both the Winnakee Land Trust and the Catskill Center (whose land trust was recently accredited by LTA) and sits on the Board’s stewardship committee. John is an individual member of the LTA. Our legal practice regularly involves all facets of conservation easements. We represent both land trusts and landowners. We have drafted, negotiated and reviewed many easements, and provided legal advice to parties on both sides of the conservation easement equation. In addition to helping Winnakee and the Catskill Center, we also have worked with Scenic Hudson, Dutchess Land Conservancy, and Hudson River Heritage (for whom we successfully defended a lawsuit seeking to extinguish a conservation easement). We participate actively in continuing legal education to remain at the forefront of new developments in this field. We also work regularly with planners on open space preservation initiatives for our municipal clients.

Public officials and corporate executives with high profile public and private projects that must get planned and completed, call Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell. Whether the project is a public project, has a nexus with a government entity, or merely requires deep knowledge of how government works, our attorneys are sought after — because we’ve seen it and done it before.

Representing organizations and landowners in all phases of conservation real estate transactions, including land and conservation easement sales and donations, conservation easement amendments, and exchanges. Conservation Advisors LLC secures public and private conservation capital, and analyzes and implements conservation and business strategies.

Our firm provides exceptional legal counsel to individuals and clients throughout widely diversified industries on a local, regional, and national level — we counsel with expertise, insight, responsiveness and sensitivity to our client’s goals and needs. 

Representing land trusts and governmental entities in land conservation transactions, the stewardship of protected lands and organizational issues.

CONSULTANT | COACH* focusing on executives and emerging leaders | ORGANIZATIONAL PROBLEM SOLVER | BOARD FIXER | STRATEGIST | PLANNER.

MAYES | WILSON & ASSOCIATES knows your world and your pain-points. Our team's core focus is organizational development and sustainability, building better boards and solving board problems, solving organizational and team challenges, planning for the future (strategic, succession & transition) and fundraising. We conduct organizational assessments, deliver accreditation guidance and application management and prepare fundraising plans. We problem solve, we build, we train. We're bada** consultants who are passionate about solving your problem and love our work. We bring experience in leading nonprofits, programs and businesses to our solution oriented approach to your most challenging problems. We work throughout the US & in the Caribbean in person and by conference/video calls.

*CTI coach certification program 2018.

Widely recognized as one of the region’s foremost authorities in conservation law, Pregmon Law has been instrumental in preserving thousands of acres of land in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland. Whether it is private donation of conservation easements or publicly funded acquisitions of open space, partners Pat Pregmon and Lauren Pregmon Tetreault provide counsel to both land trusts and private landowners. We also coordinate public-private partnerships and develop innovative donation agreements and funding covenants to meet the needs of land trusts responsible for the perpetual stewardship of conservation transactions. Pregmon Law excels at analyzing individual needs, mediating competing interests, and creating a structure which unites them- while always keeping in mind the goal of crafting a solution which will last in perpetuity. Being a small firm, Pregmon Law can apply a more thoughtful approach and get to a more intimate level of detail to meet our clients’ conservation objectives.

Rodenhausen Chale is a firm of experienced and highly focused attorneys ready to work hard to help you achieve your goals. Our practice is wide ranging. We negotiated the massive New York City Watershed Agreement, we formed the East of Hudson Watershed Corporation for nineteen municipalities in Westchester, Dutchess and Putnam Counties, we successfully defended the New Paltz wetlands law from constitutional challenge, and we successfully argued the Supreme Court Middlefield case giving towns the right to ban fracking through their zoning laws.

Solid Ground Consulting is a full-service organizational development firm specializing in conservation-related organizations. Our mission is to build the capacity and confidence of leaders to make a difference in their communities.

Based in Portland, Oregon and working nationwide, our consultants help land trusts and other conservation groups with every facet of what it takes to lead and support a successful organization.

Governance: Board development, clarifying board/staff roles, strategic board recruitment.

Leadership: Executive director and other leadership staff searches, leadership team development, leadership training, staffing structure analysis, executive coaching.

Planning: Organizational assessment, strategic planning, revenue planning, fundraising feasibility studies, campaign plans, business plans.

Communications: Strategic positioning, branding, and communications plans.

We work collaboratively to help our clients solve high-stakes problems and make mission-critical decisions. Clients value our responsiveness, integrity, and work quality. Collectively we have decades of experience in a variety of disciplines, allowing us to create the team that best suits your needs.

After 19 years as a conservation professional, I decided to launch Strong Outcomes to use what I learned to help environmental agencies and organizations be more successful.

In my career, I have helped dozens of communities and organizations build capacity to conserve natural resources and authored a book on natural resource-based land use planning. I developed conservation plans, organized workshops and events, developed community engagement strategies, and implemented practical measures of success.

I have a BS in Biology and an MS in Biodiversity Conservation and Policy from the University at Albany, and a Certificate in Change Leadership from Cornell University. I am a Senior Fellow with the Environmental Leadership Program and have 13 years of nonprofit board experience.

The Land Use and Sustainable Development Law Clinic (Land Use Clinic) provides legal and planning services to conserve land and water, supports local land use planning, and offers educational opportunities for law students and citizens of West Virginia.

Thirty-six-year history in biological conservation, science education and organizational management.

William F. “Fritz” Paulus is a real estate attorney who focuses on land protection transactions and land use matters in Oregon. Representing government entities, nonprofits, and individuals, Mr. Paulus has extensive experience in assisting and advising clients with all facets of the willing-seller-and-buyer property acquisition process from project assessment to closing, including negotiation consultation, preparing purchase and sale agreements, conducting due diligence involving condition of title, appraisals, surveys, and environmental compliance, deed preparation, and escrow instructions. In addition to fee title acquisitions, conservation easements are one of his practice areas, including those to maintain and protect working farmlands. In 2015, he authored a chapter about conservation easements in the Oregon Real Estate Deskbook, published by the Oregon State Bar and is a frequent speaker on the topic. Prior to his current practice, he served as the Executive Director of the Oregon Water Trust and was a Real Estate Negotiator with the Natural Areas Program at Metro, the Portland-area regional government. He is a graduate of the University of Oregon law school and has been an Oregon State Bar member since 1991.