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Founded in March 2004 by a group of partners who had practiced together for many years at another major law firm, Coughlin Duffy LLP is a diverse, full-service firm committed to providing legal services of exceptional quality and superior value.
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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.
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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.
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Unique to Illinois, Forest Preserve Districts are designed to protect large natural areas and provide passive recreation. As principal guardian of Lake County’s open space and natural areas since 1958, we set the standard in nature and historic preservation, and in outdoor recreation and education. The guiding elements of our mission remain focused on preservation, restoration, education and recreation. Acknowledged as a regional and national leader, we protect nearly 31,000 acres of natural land and are the second largest Forest Preserve District in Illinois.
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We are the Land Trust Alliance of British Columbia (LTABC) representing 35 land trust members across the province. Associate members (consultants, environmental groups and individuals) bring our total membership to one hundred. Since 1997 when LTABC was established, we have developed educational, research and resource programs that have helped conservation groups steward, protect and restore BC’s natural and cultural diversity. BC land trusts, with the help of generous donors and willing land owners, have now protected well over one million acres of significant land.
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Representing land trusts and governmental entities in land conservation transactions, the stewardship of protected lands and organizational issues.
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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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MB&G is a full-service natural resource consulting firm based in Portland, Oregon and serving the greater Northwest. We offer a wide variety of forestry, environmental, and geospatial services and expertise. We have deep experience in the appraisal of forests and natural resources lands for fee acquisition and conservation easements, including significant Yellow Book appraisal expertise. Visit our website or contact us for more information on how we can help your conservation project succeed.
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MassLand works to advance land protection in Massachusetts by providing education, tools, networking, and advocacy support for land trusts and their partners.
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Mitchell & Co., P.C. is a local CPA firm located in Leesburg, Virginia. We provide a wide range of accounting services including audits, reviews, and compilations for a variety of organizations across many industries. In addition, we prepare personal and corporate tax returns for an ever-expanding client base.
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The mission of the Montana Association of Land Trusts (MALT) is to promote and support excellence in private voluntary land conservation in Montana through leadership, collaboration, education and outreach.
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The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) protects areas of natural diversity for their intrinsic value and for the benefit of our children and grandchildren.
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The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Stewardship Program provides long-term stewardship of conservation easements and lands acquired as compensatory mitigation by the State of North Carolina. The program currently stewards approximately 21,600 across North Carolina.
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The Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board is a state agency that provides grants to help Oregonians take care of local streams, rivers, wetlands, and natural areas. Community members and landowners use scientific criteria to decide jointly what needs to be done to conserve and improve rivers and natural habitat in the places where they live. OWEB grants are funded from the Oregon Lottery, federal dollars, and salmon license plate revenue. The agency is led by an 18-member citizen board drawn from the public at large, tribes, and federal and state natural resource agency boards and commissions.
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While Otten Johnson specializes in real estate and land use matters, we provide a variety of related legal expertise to serve clients through each of our eight practice areas.
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The Pacific Crest Trail Association is an eclectic band of trail junkies who champion the needs of the Pacific Crest Trail. From across the country and the world, our team travels throughout the mountain ranges of the American West to support the much larger Pacific Crest Trail community in protecting, preserving and promoting the trail.
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The Partnership for Gulf Coast Land Conservation (the Gulf Partnership) is a coalition of more than 20 local, regional and national conservation organizations that work in the Gulf Coast region within the five Gulf of Mexico states – Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Our mission is to increase the pace, quality and permanence of voluntary land and water conservation within the coastal region.
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The Pennsylvania Land Trust Association helps people conserve the lands needed for healthy, prosperous, and secure communities — the forests, farms, parks, urban gardens and other green places that safeguard our drinking water, prevent flooding, protect wildlife, provide recreational and economic opportunities, and preserve scenic beauty and community treasures. The Association accomplishes this by helping nonprofits and local governments improve their effectiveness and efficiency in acquiring and stewarding land and easements, advancing sustainable land use practices, and connecting people to the outdoors. The Association also fosters public understanding of conservation, advocates for sound governmental policy, and leads state and national endeavors to achieve far-reaching advancements in conservation.
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Founded in 1970, the Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust is a nonprofit conservancy headquartered in Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania, 15 miles northeast of Philadelphia. The Trust is staffed by professionals and volunteers dedicated to the stewardship of the lands that are protected by the Trust in its 812-acre Pennypack Preserve natural area.
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Pitkin County is located in the central Rocky Mountains of Colorado. The Pitkin County Open Space and Trails Program was established by the voters of Pitkin County in 1990 by the passage of a ballot initiative creating a County Program for the purpose of acquiring open spaces and developing trails. The Program is funded by a property tax. In 2016, Pitkin County Open Space and Trails Board of Trustees is to acquire, preserve, maintain and manage open space properties for multiple purposes including, but not limited to, recreational, wildlife, agricultural, scenic and access purposes; and to acquire, preserve, develop, maintain and manage trails for similar purposes.