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Because the land 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, succession planning and non-profit capacity building.
Serving the Mid-Atlantic and Southwest Regions of the U.S.
Remote and/or onsite in Delaware, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Texas National
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AgriCapture is a regenerative agriculture company committed to providing carbon sequestration technologies to landowners for purposes of developing climate friendly commodities and high-quality carbon offsets.
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AgriCapture is a regenerative agriculture company committed to providing carbon sequestration technologies to landowners for purposes of developing climate friendly commodities and high-quality carbon offsets.
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BackOffice Thinking is the creator of LOCATE, the premier land trust database built on Salesforce. Besides LOCATE, we also design, built, and support websites as well as implement and support nonprofit CRMs ( Salesforce, NeonCRM, and CiviCRM ) and provide technology assessments to help guide nonprofits to right decisions.
Although we work with a variety of nonprofits, we have particular expertise with conservation-focused organizations and cultural destination nonprofits such as land trusts, botanical gardens, and smaller museums. Last year we worked with over 50 conservation-based organizations.
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Experienced real estate finance professional (and attorney) works with land trusts to assess and improve easement data and monitoring, online document storage, financial planning and forecasting and organizational development.
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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."
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Honua Consulting, LLC is a 100% Native Hawaiian woman owned boutique firm that specializes in environmental planning, cultural resource management, community advocacy, and nonprofit capacity building. Our owner, Trisha Kehaulani Watson, has both a law degree, with a specialization in environmental law and a Ph.D. with an emphasis on historic preservation and indigenous resource management. We have been a leader in these fields for nearly 20 years.
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We help land trusts achieve sustainability through efficient financial budgeting, tracking, reporting and providing industry-specific guidance in decision-making. We streamline accounting processes through modern technology and effective internal controls.
Our services:
- Bookkeeping
- Payroll
- Internal financial reporting
- Grants tracking and grants financial reporting
- Budget set up assistance (by program, project, agency total)
- Audit/Review and 990 tax prep organizers
- Accounting system efficiency realignment
- Accounting system upgrades and finance tech tools integrations
- Coaching in non-profit finance, internal controls and systems designs
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Landscape is online software that tracks and reports on every aspect of your land conservation program from acquisition to stewardship. Landscape is a powerful database that integrates project management, mapping, and document archival and moves seamlessly between the office and the field with the Landscape Mobile field data collection app.
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The Lyme Timber Company LP is a private timberland investment manager that focuses on the acquisition and sustainable management of lands with unique conservation values. Since its founding in 1976, the Company has followed a disciplined and value-oriented approach to investing in forestland and rural real estate in the U.S. and Canada.
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Parson Williams Group partners with nonprofits, government entities and corporations to develop strategies and tools to improve organizational culture and corporate citizenship. We equip organizations to activate an equity-focused approach to strategy, operations, and human capital. We do this through strategic advising, training, facilitation and coaching in the areas of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Organizational & Leadership Development, Strategic Planning and more.
Jasmine Parson Williams, JD is a results-driven strategist with nearly 20 years of experience in mission focused nonprofit, government and legal organizations. She has worked in various capacities leading key change initiatives focused on organizational capacity building, diversity and inclusion. She has provided consulting services for organizations of varying sizes and industries, including Fortune 500 corporations, government entities and local nonprofits.
Jasmine received her Bachelor of Social Work from the Indiana University School of Social Work Indianapolis and her Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law. She’s a classically trained pianist, reads more than she sleeps and is happy to tell you the story about how she got a job as a swim instructor before she could swim.
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Upstream Tech partners with nonprofit and for-profit organizations working towards ecological restoration, natural land conservation, carbon emissions reduction and sequestration, and renewable energy. Our Lens web-based platform helps land trusts to easily and efficiently monitor conservation easements, allowing users to automatically generate monitoring reports compliant with Land Trust Alliance standards. Lens compiles a broad range of public and private satellite and aerial data to allow users to view and monitor their properties using high resolution and ecological data throughout the year. Remote monitoring complements on-the-ground efforts by helping staff target their field visits, which reduces monitoring workload and increases the quality of information about each site. We host regular demo webinars of Lens for land trusts - please subscribe to our newsletter or follow us on Twitter for updates. As a public benefit corporation, we prioritize opportunities aligned with our climate and conservation mission.
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Pennsylvania General Certified Appraisers specializing in the production of residential and commercial appraisals exceeding the requirements of the Uniform Standards of Professional Practice of the Appraisal Foundation, Uniform Standards of Federal Land Acquisitions and/or Internal Revenue Service requirements.
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At AgVisory, we have deep roots in agriculture with extensive experience and in-depth knowledge of agricultural industries. When you are looking for an appraisal for your farm, ranch, or agribusiness, you want to work with qualified experts that understand the complexity of agriculture. AgVisory can provide you a unique perspective having a broad range of experience in both the agricultural industry and the finance and banking industry.
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Our attorneys specialize in environmental and land law and work to support a sustainable New Hampshire. We represent land trusts, landowners and others. We design legal solutions consistent with both private property rights and sustainable stewardship of our land and natural resources.
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Bold Bison provides creative communications solutions, engaging facilitation services and inspiring workshops and trainings for the conservation movement, the education sector and the arts.
Conservation communications needs to be bolder. We bring a down-to-earth, common sense approach to communications strategies and tools from digital and print to content creation and media relations. We also provide hands-on workshops and skill-building training sessions, and we facilitate retreats, coalitions and networks.
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Boulder County Parks & Open Space’s mission is to conserve natural, cultural, and agricultural resources and provide public uses that reflect sound resource management and community values. The county achieves this through preserving rural lands, community buffers and cultural resources; providing recreational experiences while protecting open space resources; and supporting sustainable agriculture. The county has conserved over 104,000 acres of open space from the plains to the Continental Divide. Approximately 65,000 acres are fee-owned, and 39,000 acres are private properties subject to conservation easements or similar restrictions. Several work divisions manage these land and water resources. The Real Estate Division at Parks & Open Space handles all real estate matters, including new acquisitions, conservation easement amendments, condemnations/takings of land, access by third parties with legal rights, and protection of conservation values from surface disturbance by oil and gas activities. The conservation easement team is housed within this division and is responsible for stewarding 840+ conservation easement properties through monitoring, reviewing development proposals to ensure consistency with conservation easement terms, building and maintaining strong working relationships with the landowners, and resolving violations.
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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.
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Buncombe County Soil and Water Conservation District holds conservation easements on farmland in Buncombe County.
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The California Council of Land Trusts’ mission is to build a statewide land trust community equal to the challenge and privilege of conserving our extraordinary land and water resources for all Californians. We serve as a unified voice for more than 150 land trusts working throughout California.
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The City of Charlotte's tree ordinance allows for payment in lieu of protecting trees on site in certain commercial development situations. The money collected from the ordinance goes into a fund that is designated for the acquisition and preservation of land to ensure that our tree canopy is maintained for future generations.
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The Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts (or COLT) is the only association of land trusts in Oregon, where it serves as a statewide service center and the central voice of the land trust community. COLT focuses on improving and advancing land conservation in the state through increased land trust capacity and coverage, engagement of stakeholders, defending and developing new and larger sources of funding, and supportive policies. It represents the land trust community and provides leadership on important initiatives in public policy advocacy, policy implementation decisions, and outreach to public and private stakeholders.
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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.
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The Connecticut Land Conservation Council (CLCC) serves Connecticut’s land trusts by representing their interests to state government, connecting them to training and guidance resources on both statewide and local levels, and providing direct assistance to help them achieve their conservation goals and ensure their long-term viability. Since its formation in 2006, CLCC has grown into one of the most effective statewide land trust service centers in the country, and its annual conference is now drawing close to 500 participants.
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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.
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Conservation Impact and Nonprofit Impact are client-centered practices of our mission-driven company dedicated to helping organizations become more impactful, successful, and sustainable.