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Show Articles on Conservation Easements (59)
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?  ...

 

Donate a conservation easement: How federal benefits put money in your pocket!
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In addition to the Colorado credit, landowners can receive an extra reward for conserving their land with a conservation easement. The current rules are not yet permanent, so please keep that in mind as you and your advisors make plans for your taxes.

 

A step-by-step guide to donating a conservation easement
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This guide is meant to help you understand the steps that must be completed to conserve your property and the typical costs that are involved.

 

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.

 

Final Rule on SALT and State Tax Credit Programs
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The U.S. Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service pre-released the final rule on how the federal government will treat charitable donations that individual taxpayers make to nonprofits via giving programs incentivized by state and local tax (SALT) credits.

 

Enforcing Perpetual Conservation Easements Against Third-Party Violators
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Among the most daunting challenges the holder of a perpetual conservation easement faces is the enforcement of the easements it holds, for all time, and against all violators.& ...

 

Amending or Terminating Conservation Easements: The New Hampshire Experience
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Since their release in 2010, the Guidelines have been useful to the land trust community and to the New Hampshire Attorney General in facilitating a thorough and efficient review of proposed amendments to, as well as partial extinguishments of, conservation easements.

 

Understanding When Perpetual Is Not Forever: An Update To The Challenge Of Changing Conditions, Amendment, And Termination Of Perpetual Conservation Easements, And Response To Ann Taylor Schwing
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Rarely in the legal discourse is an author afforded the opportunity to revisit and update a recently published law review article and to correct misunderstandings of a response thereto.

 

Perpetuity is Forever, Almost Always: Why It Is Wrong To Promote Amendment and Termination of Perpetual Conservation Easements
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When a landowner makes a charitable gift of a conservation easement to a nonprofit organization or government entity and elects to seek a federal tax deduction, both landowner and easement holder are subject to federal tax laws and regulations governing the creation, monitoring, amendment, and extinguishment of the easement.

 

Conservation Easement Reform: As Maine Goes Should the Nation Follow
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This article explores how the Reform Law has worked and whether it makes sense as a model for other states in response to weaknesses in their enabling laws.

 

Use of Conservation Easements in Estate and Conservation Planning
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Under many circumstances, the donation of a conservation easement or sale of such easement for less than fair market value may give income tax, estate tax, and real property tax benefits to the donor or seller.

 

Leaving a Legacy of Land
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Protecting private lands that provide significant natural resource or cultural values is often a capstone objective for landowners, managers, and conservationists.

 

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.

 

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.

 

The Law of Agricultural Land Preservation in the United States
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Thomas Daniels and John Keene's new book breaks down the legal principles, federal and state requirements, and the legal issues that affect agricultural land preservation efforts.

 

Find a Landscape Conservation Cooperative (LCCs)

Find an LCC here. The 22 LCCs collectively form a network of resource managers and scientists who share a common need for scientific information and interest in conservation. Each LCC brings together federal, state, and local governments along with Tribes and First Nations, non-governmental organizations, universities, and interested public and private organizations. Our partners work collaboratively to identify best practices, connect efforts, identify science gaps, and avoid duplication through conservation planning and design. 

Managing the landscapes that provide our natural and cultural resources has become increasingly challenging. With the signing of Secretarial Order No. 3289, the Department of the Interior launched the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCCs) to better integrate science and management to address climate change and other landscape scale issues. By building a network that is holistic, collaborative, adaptive, and grounded in science, LCCs are working to ensure the sustainability of our economy, land, water, wildlife, and cultural resources. 

 

Using the Conservation Tax Incentive
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This short brochure summarizes the conservation easement tax incentive and provides answers to some frequently asked questions. For the late ...

 

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.

 

Conservation Easements - How Flexible Is Too Flexible?

To ensure the continued conservation of natural resources and habitats, it is important to ensure that easements are not simply undone by successors to the original parties after the tax benefits have been realized.& ...

 

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.& ...

 

2015 National Land Trust Census Report

 

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.

 

Uniform Conservation Easement Act Summary
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Although traditional uses of land for industrial, commercial, residential and agricultural purposes have continued, conservation and historic preservation have become important as well.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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 Easements Organizations & Professionals (466)
There are 466 resources serving Mississippi Alluvial Plain Region in the following categories:
map itMap of Conservation Easements Organizations & Professionals serving Mississippi Alluvial Plain Region
Agricultural Law Attorneys
Farm Commons
Rachel Armstrong - Founder and Executive Director - Duluth, MN
Farmers Legal Action Group
- St. Paul, MN
The National Agricultural Law Center
- Fayetteville, AR
Certified Appraisers
American Forest Management
- Charlotte, NC
Burney Lightle, MAI
- Searcy, AR
Gregory K Zieba
Gregory K Zieba & Associates - Hendersonville, TN
Lannie B. Philley, AFM
Delta Land & Farm Mgmt Co, LLC - Appraiser, Manager - Mer Rouge, LA
Phil Bailey, MAI
TerraSource Valuation, LLC - Appraiser - Matthews, NC
Philip D. Bailey, MAI
Mason, Bruce & Girard, Inc. - Senior Appraiser, Eastern US & International - Blacksburg, VA
Randy Minton, MAI
Rabo AgriFinance, Inc. - Appraiser - Ward, AR
Ray Kinney
Barber & Kinney, LLC - Broker/General Appraiser - Ridgeland, MS
Richard A Maloy, MAI,JD
Maloy and Company, Inc - President - Birmingham, AL
Richard A. Stephens, MAI, SRA
Richard A. Stephens & Assoc., Inc. - Vice President - Little Rock, AR
Richard Gilmore
AgVisory - Charlton, MA
Ricky ONeill
Neeley Forestry Service, Inc. - Certified Wildlife Biologist and Certified Forester - Camden, AR
Sara W. Stephens, MAI
Richard A. Stephens & Assoc., Inc. - President - Little Rock, AR
Southern Forestry Consultants, Inc.
- Bainbridge, GA
Steve Butler
TimberCorp, Inc. - President - Brandon, MS
Ted L. Glaub, AFM, ALC
Glaub Farm Management - Jonesboro, AR
Warren E. Peters, ACF
Peters Forest Resources, Inc. - Baton Rouge, LA
Conservation Districts
Arkansas Association of Conservation Districts
Debbie Moreland - Program Administrator - North Little Rock, AR
Arkansas County Conservation District
- Dewitt, AR
Ashley County Conservation District
- Hamburg, AR
Chicot County Conservation District
- Lake Village, AR
Clay County Conservation District
- Piggott, AR
Craighead County Conservation District
- Jonesboro, AR
Crittenden Conservation District
- Marion, AR
Cross County Conservation District
- Wynne, AR
Desha County Conservation District
- McGehee, AR
Drew County Conservation District
- Monticello, AR
Greene County Conservation District
- Paragould, AR
Independence County Conservation District
- Batesville, AR
Jackson County Conservation District
- Newport, AR
Jefferson County Conservation District
- Pine Bluff, AR
Lawrence County Conservation District
- Walnut Ridge, AR
Lee County Conservation District
- Marianna, AR
Lincoln County Conservation District
- Star City, AR
Lonoke County Conservation District
- Lonoke, AR
Mississippi County Conservation District
- Osceola, AR
Monroe County Conservation District
- Clarendon, AR
Phillips County Conservation District
- Helena, AR
Poinsett Conservation District
- Harrisburg, AR
Prairie County Conservation District
- Hazen, AR
Pulaski Conservation District
- No. Little Rock, AR
Randolph County Conservation District
Lisa Cagle - District Secretary - Pocahontas, AR
St. Francis County Conservation District
- Forrest City, AR
White County Conservation District
- Searcy, AR
Woodruff County Conservation District
- Augusta, AR
Conservation Groups and Associations
Access Fund
- Boulder, CO
ACRE Investment Management, LLC
- The Plains, VA
Agrarian Trust
Ian McSweeney - Director - Weare, NH
AGree
- Washington, DC
American Agri-Women
- Colchester, VT
American Battlefield Trust
- Washington, DC
American Farm Bureau Federation
- Washington, DC
American Forest Foundation
- Washington, DC
American Forests
- Washington, DC
American Friends of Canadian Land Trusts
Sandra Tassel - Program Coordinator - Bellingham, WA
American Hiking Society
- Silver Spring, MD
American Tree Farm System
Paul DeLong - Senior Vice President, ATFS & Conservation - Washington, DC
Arbor Day Foundation
- Nebraska City, NE
Arkansas Cattlemen's Association
Adam McClung - Executive Vice President - Little Rock, AR
Arkansas Hunters Feeding the Hungry
- Little Rock, AR
Arkansas Monarch Conservation Partnership
AR
Arkansas Recreation and Parks Association (ARPA) - Central Region
Dana Rozenski, CPRP - Central Region Director - Jacksonville, AR
Arkansas Recreation and Parks Association (ARPA) - Northeast Region
Brandon Shrader - Northeast Region Director - Little Rock, AR
Arkansas Recreation and Parks Association (ARPA) - Northwest Region
Byron Humphry - Northwest Region Director - Fayetteville, AR
Arkansas Recreation and Parks Association (ARPA) - Southeast Region
Kitty Lane - Executive Secretary - Little Rock, AR
Arkansas Recreation and Parks Association (ARPA) - Southwest Region
Ross Cowling - Southwest Region Director - Texarkana, AR
Arkansas Trappers Association
Gary Helms - President - Cabot, AR
Arkansas Turf Grass Association
Mary Beth Rogers - Bryant, AR
Arkansas Wildlife Federation
Wayne Shewmake - President - Little Rock, AR
Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies
- Washington, DC
Bat Conservation International
- Austin, TX
Bayou Bartholomew Alliance
- Pine Bluff, AR
Bee City USA
An Initiative of the Xerces Society - Portland, OR
Black Bear Conservation Coalition
- Clinton, LA
Butterflies and Their People
Dr. Ellen Sharp - Board Member and Project Director - Capulin, 
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society - New Brunswick Chapter
Roberta Clowater - Executive Director - Fredericton, NB
Center for Collaborative Conservation
Warner College of Natural Resources - Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO
Center for Large Landscape Conservation
- Bozeman, MT
Central Hardwoods Joint Venture
Jane Fitzgerald - Coordinator - Reeds Spring, MO
Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance
- Missoula, MT
CitSci.org
Greg Newman - Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory at Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO
Conservation Law Center
Christian Freitag - Director - Bloomington, IN
Conservation Plus
- The Plains, VA
Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC)
- West Lafayette, IN
Continental Dialogue on Non-Native Forests Insects and Diseases
- Sheffield, MA
Delta Waterfowl - Arkansas
Ty Jean - Arkansas Regional Director - Bismarck, ND
Ecological Restoration Business Association
- Tysons, VA
EcoResults!
- Flagstaff, AZ
Equine Land Conservation Resource
- Lexington, KY
Farmers For Monarchs
Franklin Holley - Keystone, CO
Forest Stewards Guild
- Santa Fe, NM
Forest Stewardship Council
- Minneapolis, MN
Great Ecology
- San Diego, CA
Great Plains Institute for Sustainable Development
Gail Nosek - Communications Director - Minneapolis, MN
Green School Alliance
- New York, NY
Hunt Fish 30x30 Coalition
Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation - Washington, DC
Iara Lacher
Seven Bends Nursery - Ecologist / Consultant - Winchester, VA
Illinois River Watershed Partnership
- Cave Springs, AR
Itasca Ladyslipper Farm
Carol Steele - Grand Rapids, MN
Izaak Walton League
- Gaithersburg, MD
John Sanderson
Center for Collaborative Conservation - Director - Fort Collins, CO
Journey North
- Madison, WI
Kings River Watershed Partnership
- Berryville , AR
Land Conservation and Advocacy Trust
Steve Meltzer - Founder and Executive Director - Framingham, MA
Land Trust Alliance
- Washington, DC
Lower Mississippi River Conservation Committee
Angeline Rodgers - Acting Coordinator - Vicksburg, MS
Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture
Keith McKnight - Coordinator - Vicksburg, MS
Manomet
- Plymouth, MA
Metro Blooms
Becky Rice - Executive Director - Minneapolis, MN
Mid-America Monarch Conservation Strategy
- Rhinelander, WI
Monarch Butterfly and Pollinators Conservation Fund
- Washington, DC
Monarch Collaborative
Keystone Policy Center - Keystone, CO
Monarch Joint Venture
- St. Paul, MN
Monarch Larva Monitoring Project
- Madison, WI
MultiState Conservation Grant Program
- Washington, DC
National Association of State Foresters
- Washington, DC
National Audubon Society
- New York, NY
National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative
John Doty - Communications Director - Knoxville, TN
National Deer Association
- Bogart, GA
National Family Farm Coaltion
- Washington, DC
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
- Washington, DC
National Forestry Association
Keith A. Argow - President, Director at Large - Vienna, VA
National Grazing Lands Coalition
Monti Golla - National GLC Executive Director - College Station, TX
National Trust for Historic Preservation
- Washington, DC
National Wild Turkey Federation
- Edgefield, SC
National Wildlife Federation
- Reston, VA
National Wildlife Federation - South Central Regional Center
- Austin, TX
North Arkansas Quail Club
Kelly Batterton - President - Salem, AR
Northwest Arkansas Conservation Authority (NACA)
- Bentonville, AR
Orianne Society
- Tiger, GA
Parks for Pollinators
National Recreation and Park Association - Ashburn, VA
Partnerscapes
Steve Jester - Executive Director - Pueblo, CO
Partnership for Conservation
- Washington, DC
Partnership for Southern Forestland Conservation
- Clemson, SC
Pheasants Forever
- St Paul, MN
Pinchot Institute for Conservation
V. Alaric Sample - President - Washington, DC
Pollinators Prospering People
Project Monarch Health
- Athens, GA
Project Wingspan
Pollinator Partnership - San Francisco, CA
Quail and Upland Wildlife Federation, Inc.
Craig A. Alderman - Executive Director - Buffalo, MO
Quail Forever - Arkansas Chapter
- Gravette, AR
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
- Washington, DC
Robert R Bryan
Forest Synthesis - President/Habitat Conservation Forester - Harpswell, ME
Savory Institute
- Boulder, CO
Shortleaf Pine Initiative
- Athens, GA
Soil and Water Conservation Society
- Ankeny, IA
Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
Curtis R Hopkins, Ph.D. - Executive Secretary - Flora, MS
Southeastern Grasslands Initiative
- Clarksville, TN
Southeastern Wood Producers Association
- Hilliard, FL
Southern Conservation Partners
Chuck Roe - President - Raleigh, NC
Southern Group of State Foresters
- Garner, NC
Sportsmen for Responsible Energy Development
Judith KohlerCO
Sustainable Forest Action Coalition
- Placerville, CA
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Kathy Abusow - President and CEO - Washington, DC
Sustainable Forests Roundtable
Sustainable Monarchs
- North Platte, NE
Terrafirma RRG LLC
- Burlington, VT
Texan by Nature
- Austin, TX
The Association for Beaver Lake Environment (ABLE)
- Rogers, AR
The Climate Trust
- Portland, OR
The Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation
Lindsay Thomas - Chairman - Washington, DC
The Conservation Fund
- Arlington, VA
The Fund for Wild Nature
- La Canada, CA
The Land Institute
- Salina, KS
The Ozark Society
Bob Cross - President - Little Rock, AR
The Pollinator Partnership
- San Francisco, CA
The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
- Portland, OR
Thunder Bay Field Naturalists
Bruce Thacker - President - Thunder Bay, ON
Trout Headwaters, Inc.
- Livingston, MT
Turtle Islands Earth Stewards
Tyhson Banighen - Tappen, BC
U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance (USFRA)
- Chesterfield, MO
Unique Places To Save
- Chapel Hill, NC
Upper Thames River Conservation Authority
- London, ON
USA National Phenology Network
- Tucson, AZ
Valleys 2000
Bill Huether - Treasurer - Bowmanville, ON
Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation
- Halifax, VA
Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network
- Manomet, MA
Western Monarch Milkweed Mapper
Xerces Society
Women, Food & Agriculture Network
- Ames, IA
Consultants - Land
American Forest Management
- Charlotte, NC
American Tree Farm System
Paul DeLong - Senior Vice President, ATFS & Conservation - Washington, DC
Ann Ruzow Holland, Ph.D. AICP
- Principal-Consultant - Willsboro, NY
ATOKA, Inc.
Dr. Jerry Overton, PG - President & CEO - Hot Springs, AR
Brenda Schick
Singing Stream Conservation Consultants - Principal - La Jolla, CA
Cirrus Ecological Solutions
Neal Artz - Logan, UT
David Harper
Land in Common - Charleston, SC
David R. Williamson, RPG
CRC, LLC International Archaeology & Ecology Consultants - Environmental Geologist - Chappell Hill, TX
Design Workshop
Anna Laybourn - Principal - Aspen, CO
Dewey Jack Haney
South Arkansas Crop Consulting - President - Pine Bluff, AR
Eco-Asset Solutions & Innovations LLC
William Coleman - Co-Founder & CEO - Redwood City, CA
Eric W. Entrekin
Southeast Forestlands - President and Director of Forest Management - Meridian, MS
Evr-green Management Group, Inc
Matt S. Campbell - President - Rome, GA
Farm Family Dynamics LLC
Joe Kluender - North Mankato, MN
Field Sport Concepts, LTD
- Charlottesville, VA
Forever Forests, LLC
Nancy G. Zak - Founder - Ball Ground, GA
Genesis Environmental Consulting
- Jodi Taylor - Little Rock, AR
Green Infrastructure Center
Karen Firehock - Executive Director - Charlottesville, VA
Greener Prospects
- Brunswick, ME
GreenTrees
- The Plains, VA
Greg Hay, ACF, CF, RF
ArborGen - Reforestation Advisor - Conway, AR
Gregg Elliott
K Gregg Consulting - Conservation Communications Consultant - Cordova, TN
Hemard & Company
Victor E. Hemard Jr. - President - Texarkana, TX
Holistic Management International
Sandy Langelier - Director, Communications & Outreach - Albuquerque, NM
Iara Lacher
Seven Bends Nursery - Ecologist / Consultant - Winchester, VA
Jackson Environmental Consulting Services, LLC
Jeremy L.Jackson - Ecologist, President/Owner - Richmond, KY
Jason B. Stinson, CCIM
Commercial Realty Services of Alabama, LLC - Managing Member & Principal - Gadsden, AL
John Britt & Associates
John Britt - Hamilton, GA
Land Conservation and Advocacy Trust
Steve Meltzer - Founder and Executive Director - Framingham, MA
Land Conservation Assistance Network
Amos Eno - President / Executive Director - Yarmouth, ME
Linda Ziccardi
Alpine EcoSciences LLC - Owner - Golden, CO
Living Habitats LLC
Heidi Natura, PLA, ASLA, LEED AP - Principal & CEO - Chicago, IL
LJ Conservation Matters
Leonard Jordan - Douglasville, GA
Lyrata Consulting LLC
- Joel Ward - Mayflower, AR
Margo Heekin
- Land Trust Consultant - Fort Bragg, CA
Mark Bailey
Conservation Southeast, Inc. - Andalusia, AL
Marlin R. Jordan
- Conservation Consultant - Rayville, LA
Mayes, Wilson & Associates
- San Marcos, TX
Mitigation Solutions USA
- Center, TX
Nancy Moore
Conservation Consulting Group - Managing Partner - Monona, WI
National NEMO Network
- Haddam, CT
Peter E McKeever
Conservation Consulting Group - Partner - Monona, WI
Philip D. Bailey, MAI
Mason, Bruce & Girard, Inc. - Senior Appraiser, Eastern US & International - Blacksburg, VA
Pinchot Institute for Conservation
V. Alaric Sample - President - Washington, DC
PlanIt Forward
Patrick Crist - Principal - Broomfield, CO
Randa Mansour, PhD
R. Mansour Ecological Consulting - Elon, NC
Ray Kinney
Barber & Kinney, LLC - Broker/General Appraiser - Ridgeland, MS
Resource Analytical & Management Group, LLC
Billy K. Lemons - President & Principal Consultant - Nacogdoches, TX
Rhizoterra Inc.
Avril Stevenson - Project Manager - Spokane, WA
Richard L. Watts
Crop Production Services-Timebrland Div. - Arkansas Territory Manager - Watson, AR
Robert C. Crane
Woodland Management Service - Consulting Forester - Stevens Point, WI
Ryan Basinger
Westervelt Wildlife Services - Wildlife Consulting Manager, Certified Wildlife Biologist®, Hunting Lease Manager - Demopolis, AL
Sage Advisors, LLC
- West Chester, PA
Sam Franklin
Delta Wildlife - Certified Wildlife Biologist - Stoneville, MS
Society for Range Management
- Littleton, CO
Solutions in the Land, LLC
Ronald Doetch - Managing Partner - Poplar Grove, IL
Southern Conservation Partners
Chuck Roe - President - Raleigh, NC
Southern Fire Exchange
Kevin Robertson - Fire Ecology Research Scientist - Tallahassee, FL
Southern States Realty
- Mccomb, MS
Steve Butler
TimberCorp, Inc. - President - Brandon, MS
Strategic Conservation Solutions, LLC
Bruce I. Knight - Principal and Founder - Washington, DC
Synergy Resource Solutions, Inc.
Jack D. Alexander - President And Senior Resource Specialist - Belgrade, MT
The Molpus Woodlands Group, LLC
- Jackson, MS
Thomas L. Daniels
University of Pennsylvania School of Design - Professor of City and Regional Planning - Philadelphia, PA
Understanding Ag, LLC
- Fort Payne, AL
Warren E. Peters, ACF
Peters Forest Resources, Inc. - Baton Rouge, LA
Whitenton Group, Inc.
- San Marcos, TX
Easement Monitoring and Stewardship Services
Brenda Schick
Singing Stream Conservation Consultants - Principal - La Jolla, CA
Eco-Asset Solutions & Innovations LLC
William Coleman - Co-Founder & CEO - Redwood City, CA
Equilibrium
- Little Rock, AR
Forever Forests, LLC
Nancy G. Zak - Founder - Ball Ground, GA
LightHawk
Bev Gabe - Communications Manager - Lander, WY
Margo Heekin
- Land Trust Consultant - Fort Bragg, CA
Resource Analytical & Management Group, LLC
Billy K. Lemons - President & Principal Consultant - Nacogdoches, TX
Warren E. Peters, ACF
Peters Forest Resources, Inc. - Baton Rouge, LA
Estate Planners
Allison J. Cornwell
Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP - Partner - Little Rock, AR
Amanda R. Barnes
Bassett Law Firm LLP - Fayetteville, AR
Bryan W. Duke
Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP - Partner - Little Rock, AR
Byron M. Eiseman, Jr.
Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP - Partner - Little Rock, AR
E. Conner McNair
Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP - Partner - Fayetteville, AR
Eric Hutchinson, CFP®, CLU, ChFC
Hutchinson Financial, Inc. - Little Rock, AR
H.T. Larzelere, Jr.
Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP - Of Counsel - Little Rock, AR
J. Lee Brown
Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP - Partner - Little Rock, AR
J. Scott Schallhorn
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C. - Counsel - Little Rock, AR
James C. Moser, Jr.
Bridges, Young, Matthews & Drake PLC - Pine Bluff, AR
James Edward Harris
Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP - Partner - Little Rock, AR
Jennifer R. Pierce
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C. - Member - Little Rock, AR
Joseph G. Nichols
Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP - Partner - Little Rock, AR
Joseph Hickey
Thomas, Hickey & Shepherd, L.L.P. - El Dorado, AR
K. Coleman Westbrook, Jr.
Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP - Partner - Little Rock, AR
Karron E. Wages, CFP®
Financial Decisions, Inc. - President - Little Rock, AR
Leslie Garrett Sarver
Bridges, Young, Matthews & Drake PLC - Hot Springs, AR
Robert J. Gibson
Waddell, Cole & Jones, P.A. - Principal - Jonesboro, AR
Sarah Cotton Patterson
Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP - Partner - Little Rock, AR
Steve Bauman
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C. - Member - Little Rock, AR
Ted N. Drake
Bridges, Young, Matthews & Drake PLC - Pine Bluff, AR
Tom Baxter
Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP - Partner - Little Rock, AR
Trav Baxter
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C. - Associate - Little Rock, AR
William A. Waddell, Jr.
Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP - Partner - Little Rock, AR
Estate Planning Attorneys
Craig Westbrook
Overbey, Strigel, Boyd & Westbrook, PLC - Attorney - Little Rock, AR
Laurie M. Boyd
Overbey, Strigel, Boyd & Westbrook, PLC - Attorney - Little Rock, AR
Melanie J. Strigel
Overbey, Strigel, Boyd & Westbrook, PLC - Attorney - Little Rock, AR
Misti Schmidt
Conservation Partners LLP - Partner - Oakland, CA
Sage Advisors, LLC
- West Chester, PA
Simon Sidamon-Eristof
Kalbian Hagerty LLP - of Counsel - Washington, DC
Federal and State Tax Incentives and Programs
Current Use Program
- Concord, NH
Current Use Tax Program
- Montpelier, VT
Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency
N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center - Raleigh, NC
Federal Endangered Species Tax Deduction
US Fish and Wildlife Service - Arlington, VA
Forest Conservation - Property Tax Benefits
Massachusetts Energy & Environmental AffairsMA
Green Acres tax deferral program
MN
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 ResourcesMN
Open Space Conservation - Property Tax Benefits
- Crownsville, MD
Private Wetland-Riparian Zone Creation and Restoration Incentive
AR
Property Tax Benefits for Maintaining Land Use
Georgia Department of RevenueGA
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
Tax Incentives via the Water Resource Conservation and Development Incentives Act
Gina Wilson - Arkansas Natural Resources Commission - Little Rock, AR
Waterfowl Restoration Program
- Cambridge, MD
Wetland and Riparian Zones Tax Credit Program
John Turner - Program Coordinator - Little Rock, AR
FSA Local Offices
Arkansas County Farm Service Agency
De Witt Service Center - Farm Service Agency - De Witt, AR
Ashley County Farm Service Agency
Hamburg Service Center - Farm Service Agency - Hamburg, AR
Chicot County Farm Service Agency
Lake Village Service Center - Farm Service Agency - Lake Village, AR
Clay County Farm Service Agency
Piggott Service Center - Farm Service Agency - Piggott, AR
Craighead County Farm Service Agency
Jonesboro Service Center - Farm Service Agency - Jonesboro, AR
Crittenden County Farm Service Agency
Marion Service Center - Farm Service Agency - Marion, AR
Cross County Farm Service Agency
Wynne Service Center - Farm Service Agency - Wynne, AR
Desha County Farm Service Agency
Mcgehee Service Center - Farm Service Agency - Mcgehee, AR
Drew County Farm Service Agency
Monticello Service Center - Farm Service Agency - Monticello, AR
Greene County Farm Service Agency
Paragould Service Center - Farm Service Agency - Paragould, AR
Independence County Farm Service Agency
Batesville Service Center - Farm Service Agency - Batesville, AR
Jackson County Farm Service Agency
Newport Service Center - Farm Service Agency - Newport, AR
Jefferson County Farm Service Agency
Pine Bluff Service Center - Farm Service Agency - Pine Bluff, AR
Lawrence County Farm Service Agency
Walnut Ridge Service Center - Farm Service Agency - Walnut Ridge, AR
Lee County Farm Service Agency
Marianna Service Center - Farm Service Agency - Marianna, AR
Lincoln County Farm Service Agency
Star City Service Center - Farm Service Agency - Star City, AR
Lonoke County Farm Service Agency
Lonoke Service Center - Farm Service Agency - Lonoke, AR
Mississippi County Farm Service Agency
Osceola Service Center - Farm Service Agency - Osceola, AR
Monroe County Farm Service Agency
Clarendon Service Center - Farm Service Agency - Clarendon, AR
Phillips County Farm Service Agency
Helena Service Center - Farm Service Agency - Helena, AR
Poinsett County Farm Service Agency
Harrisburg Service Center - Farm Service Agency - Harrisburg, AR
Prairie County Farm Service Agency
Hazen Service Center - Farm Service Agency - Hazen, AR
Randolph County Farm Service Agency
Pocahontas Service Center - Farm Service Agency - Pocahontas, AR
St Francis County Farm Service Agency
Forrest City Service Center - Farm Service Agency - Forrest City, AR
White County Farm Service Agency
Searcy Service Center - Farm Service Agency - Searcy, AR
Woodruff County Farm Service Agency
Augusta Service Center - Farm Service Agency - Augusta, AR
Land Trusts
American Farmland Trust
- Washington, DC
Brenda Schick
Singing Stream Conservation Consultants - Principal - La Jolla, CA
Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust
- Washington, DC
John Sanderson
Center for Collaborative Conservation - Director - Fort Collins, CO
Land Trust Alliance
- Washington, DC
Margo Heekin
- Land Trust Consultant - Fort Bragg, CA
Mississippi River Trust
- Stoneville, MS
North American Land Trust
- Chadds Ford, PA
Open Space Institute
Jennifer Grossman - Vice President New York Land Program - New York, NY
Ozark Regional Land Trust
- Columbia, MO
Robert R Bryan
Forest Synthesis - President/Habitat Conservation Forester - Harpswell, ME
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, Arkansas Field Office
- Little Rock, AR
Watershed Land Trust
Frank Austenfeld, J.D. - Executive Director - Belton, MO
Wetlands America Trust
- Memphis, TN
Lawyers
Amanda R. Barnes
Bassett Law Firm LLP - Fayetteville, AR
Bill Bridgforth
Ramsay, Bridgforth, Harrelson and Starling LLP - Pine Bluff, AR
Bryan W. Duke
Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP - Partner - Little Rock, AR
Cary E. Young
Bridges, Young, Matthews & Drake PLC - Pine Bluff, AR
Chisenhall, Nestrud & Julian, P.A
Charles R. Nestrud - Attorney - Little Rock, AR
Chuck Banks
Banks Law Firm - Little Rock, AR
Craig R. Cockrell
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C - Associate - Rogers, AR
David E. Choate
Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP - Associate - Little Rock, AR
David R. Bridgforth
Ramsay, Bridgforth, Harrelson and Starling LLP - Pine Bluff, AR
F. Mattison Thomas, III
- Attorney at Law - El Dorado, AR
G. Michael Millar
Millar Jiles Cullipher, LLP - Managing Partner - Searcy, AR
Gary V. Weeks
Law Group of NorthWest Arkansas - Partner - Fayetteville, AR
Grant Ballard
Banks Law Firm - Little Rock, AR
H. Clay Fulcher
Lingle Law Firm - Rogers, AR
James C. Moser, Jr.
Bridges, Young, Matthews & Drake PLC - Pine Bluff, AR
James G. Lingle
Lingle Law Firm - Rogers, AR
James M. Graves
Bassett Law Firm LLP - Fayetteville, AR
James M. Saxton
Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP - Partner - Little Rock, AR
Jay T. Taylor
Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP - Associate - Little Rock, AR
Jill R. Grimsley
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C - Member - Rogers, AR
John R. Tisdale
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings LLP - Little Rock, AR
Joseph A. Strode
Bridges, Young, Matthews & Drake PLC - Pine Bluff, AR
Joseph G. Nichols
Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP - Partner - Little Rock, AR
K.C. Dupps Tucker
Law Group of Northwest Arkansas - Fayetteville, AR
Kristi Kendrick
- Attorney at Law - Eureka Springs, AR
Kristy E. Boehler
Law Group of Northwest Arkansas - Fayetteville, AR
Leslie Garrett Sarver
Bridges, Young, Matthews & Drake PLC - Hot Springs, AR
M. Sean Evans
Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP - Associate - Rogers, AR
Michael B. Childers
Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP - Associate - Little Rock, AR
Robert J. Gibson
Waddell, Cole & Jones, P.A. - Principal - Jonesboro, AR
Robert M. Honea
Hardin, Jesson & Terry, PLC - Partner - Fort Smith, AR
Steven B. Jordan
Steven B. Jordan, P.A. - Searcy, AR
Ted N. Drake
Bridges, Young, Matthews & Drake PLC - Pine Bluff, AR
Tony A. Hilliard
Ramsay, Bridgforth, Harrelson and Starling LLP - Pine Bluff, AR
Vince O. Chadick
Bassett Law Firm LLP - Fayetteville, AR
Wendell L. Hoskins II
Midsouth Agricultural Law - Caruthersville, MO
Woodson W. Bassett III
Bassett Law Firm LLP - Fayetteville, AR
Natural Resource Law Attorneys
Bradley Raffle
Conservation Capital - CEO - Eugene, OR
Conservation Law Center
Christian Freitag - Director - Bloomington, IN
Endangered Species Law and Policy Group
Nossaman LLP - Los Angeles, CA
James P. Moorhead
Moorhead Law Group, LLC - Founder and Principal - Chicago, IL
Jim D. Bradbury
James D. Bradbury, PLLC - Fort Worth, TX
M. Reed Hopper
Pacific Legal Foundation - Principal Attorney, National Litigation Center - Sacramento, CA
Misti Schmidt
Conservation Partners LLP - Partner - Oakland, CA
Nick Cramer
The Vertex Companies, Inc. - Senior Project Manager - Irving, TX
Stephen J. Small, Esq.
Law Office of Stephen J. Small, Esq., P.C. - Cambridge, MA
NRCS Local Offices
Augusta Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Augusta, AR
Batesville Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Batesville, AR
Clarendon Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Clarendon, AR
De Witt Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - De Witt, AR
Forrest City Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Forrest City, AR
Hamburg Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Hamburg, AR
Harrisburg Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Harrisburg, AR
Hazen Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Hazen, AR
Helena Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Helena, AR
Jonesboro Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Jonesboro, AR
Lake Village Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Lake Village, AR
Lonoke Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Lonoke, AR
Marianna Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Marianna, AR
Marion Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Marion, AR
Mcgehee Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Mcgehee, AR
Monticello Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Monticello, AR
Newport Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Newport, AR
North Little Rock Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - North Little Rock, AR
Osceola Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Osceola, AR
Paragould Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Paragould, AR
Piggott Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Piggott, AR
Pine Bluff Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Pine Bluff, AR
Pocahontas Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Pocahontas, AR
Searcy Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Searcy, AR
Star City Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Star City, AR
Walnut Ridge Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Walnut Ridge, AR
Wynne Service Center
Natural Resources Conservation Service - Wynne, AR
Real Estate Attorneys
Nick Cramer
The Vertex Companies, Inc. - Senior Project Manager - Irving, TX
State Funding / Technical Resources
Arkansas Acres for Wildlife Program
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission - Little Rock, AR
Arkansas Aquatic Resources Education Program
Jimmy Barnett - ARE Program Coordinator - Little Rock, AR
Arkansas Black Bass Program
Colton Dennis - Black Bass Biologist - Hot Springs, AR
Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality
Teresa Marks - Director - North Little Rock, AR
Arkansas Farmer-Creditor Mediation Program
Cami Davis - Farm Mediation Coordinator - Little Rock, AR
Arkansas Forest Stewardship Program
- Little Rock, AR
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission
Toni Snow - Administrative Specialist - Little Rock, AR
Arkansas Partners Project
Bill Noble - Project Biologist - North Little Rock, AR
Arkansas Poultry Litter Cost Share Program
Arkansas Natural Resources Commission - Little Rock, AR
Arkansas Private Lands Program
Bubba Groves - Private Lands Assistant Supervisor - Monticello, AR
Arkansas State Wildlife Grants
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission - Mayflower, AR
Arkansas Stream Team Program
- Little Rock, AR
Arkansas Wetland Mitigation Bank Program
Ken Brazil P.E. - Engineer Supervisor - Little Rock, AR
ArkansasGrown.org
Arkansas Department of Agriculture - Little Rock, AR
Arkansaswater.org
- Little Rock, AR
Conservation District Grant Program
Arkansas Natural Resources Commission - Little Rock, AR
Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP)
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission - Little Rock, AR
Family and Community Fishing Program
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission - Little Rock, AR
Firewise Communities Program
Kevin Kilcrease - Firewise Coordinator/State Liaison - Little Rock, AR
Hargrave Forestry Management Service
Wade C. Hargrave - Batesville, AR
National Bobwhite Conservation Initiative
John Doty - Communications Director - Knoxville, TN
Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
Curtis R Hopkins, Ph.D. - Executive Secretary - Flora, MS
Trumpeter Swan Restoration and Reporting
AGFC - Little Rock, AR
Whitewater to Bluewater Project
Lisa Havel - Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership Coordinator - Arlington, VA
Tax Advisors
Craig R. Cockrell
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C - Associate - Rogers, AR
J. Scott Schallhorn
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C. - Counsel - Little Rock, AR
James C. Moser, Jr.
Bridges, Young, Matthews & Drake PLC - Pine Bluff, AR
Jason B. Stinson, CCIM
Commercial Realty Services of Alabama, LLC - Managing Member & Principal - Gadsden, AL
Jay T. Taylor
Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP - Associate - Little Rock, AR
Jill R. Grimsley
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C - Member - Rogers, AR
John R. Tisdale
Wright, Lindsey & Jennings LLP - Little Rock, AR
Joseph Hickey
Thomas, Hickey & Shepherd, L.L.P. - El Dorado, AR
Leslie Garrett Sarver
Bridges, Young, Matthews & Drake PLC - Hot Springs, AR
M. Sean Evans
Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP - Associate - Rogers, AR
Ted N. Drake
Bridges, Young, Matthews & Drake PLC - Pine Bluff, AR
The Simple Dollar
Trent Ham - Founder & ContributorIA
Tom Baxter
Friday, Eldredge & Clark, LLP - Partner - Little Rock, AR
Trav Baxter
Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C. - Associate - Little Rock, AR
Water Street Solutions
- Peoria, IL
Tax Credit Brokers
Foss & Company
Tax Credit Specialists - San Francisco, CA

 Conservation Markets

   
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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.

 

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.

 

The Role of Farm Policy in Achieving Large-Scale Conservation - Bobwhite and Buffers
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The conservation provisions of the Farm Bill can produce more consistent positive wildlife habitat benefits when policy (program statutes, rules, practices, and practice standards) is developed in the context of explicit goals identified as part of large-scale conservation initiatives.

 

Managing working lands for northern bobwhite - the USDA NRCS Bobwhite Restoration Project
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Show Conservation Markets Organizations & Professionals (291)
There are 291 resources serving Mississippi Alluvial Plain Region in the following categories:
map itMap of Conservation Markets Organizations & Professionals serving Mississippi Alluvial Plain Region
Biologists / Ecologists
Advanced Ecology, LTD.
Keith Webb - Environmental Operations Manager - Center, TX
Bo Reid
Private Lands Biologist - Arkansas Game and Fish Commission - Jonesboro, AR
Daniel Greenfield
Private Lands Biologist - Arkansas Game and Fish Commission - Brinkley, AR
David Graves
Private Lands Biologist - Arkansas Game and Fish Commission - Brinkley, AR
Eco-Asset Solutions & Innovations LLC
William Coleman - Co-Founder & CEO - Redwood City, CA
Enviroscapes Ecological Consulting, LLC
Susan P. Rupp - Owner/Lead Consultant - Bella Vista, AR
FTN Associates, Ltd.
Gary Tucker - Little Rock, AR
Greg Simons
Wildlife Consultants, Inc. - Wildlife Biologist - San Angelo, TX
Harvey (Bubba) Groves
Private Lands Assistant Supervisor - Arkansas Game and Fish Commission - Monticello, AR
Jackson Environmental Consulting Services, LLC
Jeremy L.Jackson - Ecologist, President/Owner - Richmond, KY
John Wallace
Pheasants Forever Inc. - Regional Field RepresentativeOH
Layher Biologics RTEC Inc.
Bill Layher, PhD - Pine Bluff, AR
Lower Mississippi River Fisheries Coordination Office
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Vicksburg, MS
Ruben Cantu
Wildlife Consultants, Inc. - Certified Wildlife Biologist, Certified Professional Rangeland Management - San Angelo, TX
Ryan Basinger
Westervelt Wildlife Services - Wildlife Consulting Manager, Certified Wildlife Biologist®, Hunting Lease Manager - Demopolis, AL
Ted Zawislak
Statewide Private Lands Supervisor - Arkansas Game and Fish Commission - Calico Rock, AR
Whitenton Group, Inc.
- San Marcos, TX
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
Climate Action Reserve
- Los Angeles, CA
Coggin Asset Management
Daniel S. Coggin - President - Amory, MS
Eco-Asset Solutions & Innovations LLC
William Coleman - Co-Founder & CEO - 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
Green Assets, Inc
- Wilmington, NC
Indigo Ag
- Boston, MA
Mitigation Solutions USA
- Center, TX
Soil Value Exchange, PBLLC
- Houston, TX
TerraCarbon LLC
- Peoria, IL
Unique Places Conservation
Michael Scisco - Conservation & Mitigation Specialist - Albuquerque, NM
Fisheries Biologists
Arkansas Black Bass Program
Colton Dennis - Black Bass Biologist - Hot Springs, AR
Charles “Bo” Collins
Sunrise Fisheries, Inc. - Fisheries Biologist - Lake Village, AR
Cindy A. Williams
U.s. Fish & Wildlife Service - Southeast Regional Office - Regional Aquatic Invasive Species (Ais) Coordinator - Atlanta, GA
Jackson Environmental Consulting Services, LLC
Jeremy L.Jackson - Ecologist, President/Owner - Richmond, KY
Jerry Williamson
Sunrise Fisheries - Aquaculturalist and Certified Fishery Scientist - Lake Village, AR
John Galvez
U.s. Fish & Wildlife Service - South Florida Fisheries Resource Office - Regional Aquatic Invasive Species (Ais) Coordinator - Vero Beach, FL
Lochow Ranch - Pond & Lake Management
- Bryan, TX
Lower Mississippi River Conservation Committee
Angeline Rodgers - Acting Coordinator - Vicksburg, MS
Lower Mississippi River Fisheries Coordination Office
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Vicksburg, MS
Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture
Keith McKnight - Coordinator - Vicksburg, MS
Southern Sportsman Aquatics & Land Management
Scott Brown - Owner - Advance, NC
Foresters
Advanced Ecology, LTD.
Keith Webb - Environmental Operations Manager - Center, TX
Alan B. Youens
Dean, Youens, & Rosser - Graduate Forester - Atlanta, TX
Allen R. Mallette
Mallette Forestry, Inc. - President - de Queen, AR
American Forest Management
- Charlotte, NC
Arkansas Forestry Association
Max Braswell - Executive Vice President - Little Rock, AR
Arkansas Forestry Commission
- Little Rock, AR
Arkansas Forestry Commission Arkansas County
Robert Floyd - County Forester - Stuttgart, AR
Arkansas Forestry Commission Ashley County
Jerry Lynn - County Forester - Crossett, AR
Arkansas Forestry Commission Chicot County
Jerry Lynn - County Forester - Crossett, AR
Arkansas Forestry Commission Clay County
Robert Quackenbush - County Forester - Jonesboro, AR
Arkansas Forestry Commission Cleveland County
Trey Franks - County Forester - Kingsland, AR
Arkansas Forestry Commission Craighead County
Robert Quackenbush - County Forester - Jonesboro, AR
Arkansas Forestry Commission Cross County
Barry Elmore - County Forester - Forrest City, AR
Arkansas Forestry Commission Desha County
Randy Lane - County Ranger - Monticello, AR
Arkansas Forestry Commission Drew County
Randy Lane - County Ranger - Monticello, AR
Arkansas Forestry Commission Greene County
Robert Quackenbush - County Forester - Jonesboro, AR
Arkansas Forestry Commission Independence County
Kenny Smothers - County Forester - Batesville, AR
Arkansas Forestry Commission Jackson County
Robert Quackenbush - County Forester - Jonesboro, AR
Arkansas Forestry Commission Jefferson County
Trey Franks - County Forester - Pine Bluff, AR
Arkansas Forestry Commission Lawrence County
Michael Young - County Forester - Imboden, AR
Arkansas Forestry Commission Lincoln County
Nick Nichols - County Ranger - Star City, AR
Arkansas Forestry Commission Lonoke County
Robert Floyd - County Forester - Stuttgart, AR
Arkansas Forestry Commission Mississippi County
Robert Quackenbush - County Forester - Jonesboro, AR
Arkansas Forestry Commission Monroe County
Robert Floyd - County Forester - Stuttgart, AR
Arkansas Forestry Commission Pike County
Brandon Hall - County Forester - Forrest City, AR
Arkansas Forestry Commission Poinsett County
Robert Quackenbush - County Forester - Jonesboro, AR
Arkansas Forestry Commission Prairie County
Robert Floyd - County Forester - Stuttgart, AR
Arkansas Forestry Commission Pulaski County
Evan 'Brooks' Willhoite - County Forester - North Little Rock, AR
Arkansas Forestry Commission Randolph County
Michael Young - County Forester - Dalton, AR
Arkansas Forestry Commission St. Francis County
- Forrest City, AR
Arkansas Forestry Commission White County
Bryan Aday - County Forester - Kensett, AR
Arkansas Pulpwood Company Inc
- Camden, AR
Benjamin Forestry Services
Luke Benjamin - Arkadelphia, AR
Bickham L. Crooks
- Forester - Gonzales, LA
Bill E. Chaney Jr.
Arkansas Forestry Commission - Staff Forester - Benton, AR
Bobby J. Roberts
Progressive Timber Resources, LLC - Monticello, AR
Brandon Chandler
Neill Forestry Consultants - Forester - Magnolia, AR
Brian Clark
Kingwood Forestry Services - Forester - Arkadelphia, AR
Bryan C. Davis
Davis DuBose Forestry & Real Estate Consultants PLLC - Little Rock, AR
Buddy Rosser
Dean, Youens, & Rosser - Graduate Forester - Daingerfield, TX
Charles A. Collins
Charlie Collins Timberland Management - Bauxite, AR
Clif Crawford
Crawford Consulting - Malvern, AR
Cliff Ryland
Kingswood Forestry Services - Forester - Monticello, AR
Cody Hartzog
Weyerhaeuser - Harvest Manger - Crossett, AR
Cormier Forestry Service, Inc.
Kent C. Cormier - Little Rock, AR
Cory Easley
CE Forestry Services - Fouke, AR
Coy Purkey
RecLand Realty, LLC - Forester/Agent - Monroe, LA
Dan Estes
- Certified Forester - Malvern, AR
David D. Smith
Smith Forestry Service - Arkadelphia, AR
David P. Reinold
Ray Camp, Inc. - President - Russellville, AR
David S. Duff
- Staff Forester - Corinth, MS
David W. Butler
Enterprise Forest Management - El Dorado, AR
Derrell Taylor
Derrell Taylor Forest Management - Little Rock, AR
Don C. Harris
Harris Timberland Management - Owner - Fordyce, AR
Donald Sisson
Georgia Pacific, LLC, LAP - Crossett, AR
Eric S. Johnson
Delta Forestry - Consulting Forester - Palestine, AR
Eric Yarnell
Yarnell Forestry Consulting, LLC - Marshfield, MO
Ernest W. Cook
EWC Forestry Consulting - Taylor, AR
Forest Resource Consultants
- Macon, GA
Foust Forestry Management
Brent Foust - Heber Spings, AR
Gary A. Burns, ACF
Burns Forestry - Owner - Crockett, TX
Gary E. Patterson, ACF
Patterson Forestry Consultants, LLC - Owner - Ruston, LA
George Wynne
The Campbell Group - Certified Forester - Monticello, AR
Green Bay Packaging, Inc., LAP
Jamie Hill - Morrilton, AR
Greg Hay, ACF, CF, RF
ArborGen - Reforestation Advisor - Conway, AR
Hargrave Forestry Management Service
Wade C. Hargrave - Batesville, AR
Harold McAlpine
Harold McAlpine Consulting - Bismarck, AR
Harold Smith
Silvilcraft - Monticello, AR
Hunter-Wasson Inc
Allen Morgan - Arkadelphia, AR
Idaho Timber of Carthage
John Peaslee - General Manager (Carthage Location) - Meridian, ID
J. Scott Rowland
Neill Forestry Consultants - President/Owner and Forester - Magnolia, AR
Jarod Patterson, ACF
Patterson Forestry Consultants, LLC - Ruston, LA
Jeff B. Denman
The Denman Co. - Hensley, AR
Jeff L Caubble
JC Forestry - Heber Springs, AR
Jeffrey A. Neill, ACF
Jeff Neill Timberland Mgt., Inc. - President - Magnolia, AR
Jeremy Creel
Evergreen Packaging,LLC - Wood Procurement Manager - Pine Bluff, AR
Jim J. Neeley, ACF
Neeley Forestry Service, Inc. - Vice President - Camden, AR
Jimmy Don Thomas
Kingwood Forestry Services, Inc. - Forester - Arkadelphia, AR
Joe Fox
Arkansas Forestry Commission - State Forester - Little Rock, AR
John Britt & Associates
John Britt - Hamilton, GA
John D. Neeley, ACF
Neeley Forestry Service, Inc. - President - Camden, AR
John Diehl
Diehl Forestry LLC - Bossier City, LA
John King, Jr.
Self-Employed - Forester - Monticello, AR
John McAlpine
Kingwood Forestry Services, Inc. - Forester - Monticello, AR
Joshua C. Barkhimer, ACF
Neeley Forestry Service, Inc. - Staff Forester - Camden, AR
Larry Morris
Larry L. Morris Timber Services - Certified Forester - Cave City, AR
Lee Kindle
Lee Kindle Forestry - Camden, AR
Long Valley Timber LLC
- Huntsville, AR
Lytle Forestry Services
James L. Lytle - Springhill, LA
M & W Forestry & Wildlife Management
James Wallace - Batesville, AR
Malcolm Jerry
Jerry Forestry Service, LLC - Consultant Forester - Junction City, AR
Mark Bird, ACF
Principal / Forester / Realtor - Bird & Crawford Forestry - Center, TX
Mark Brian
Senior Vice President - Bird and Crawford Forestry - Center, TX
Mark Sikole
Pomeroy & McGowin Forest Managers - Monticello, AR
Marshall D. Thomas, ACF
F & W Forestry Services, Inc. - President - Albany, GA
Mary S. Clapp
Stevens Forestry Service, Inc. - Owner - El Dorado, AR
Michael Mitchell
Devereux & Associates LLC - Certified Forester - Bella Vista, AR
Mike Bird, ACF
Principal / Forester - Bird & Crawford Forestry - Center, TX
Monte Bartek
Bartek Forestry - El Dorado, AR
Ozark Woodland Owner's Association
- Batesville, AR
Pat H. DuBose
Davis DuBose Forestry & Real Estate Consultants PLLC - Principal/Owner - Little Rock, AR
Peter W. Prutzman
Kingwood Forestry Services, Inc. - Manager & President of Kingwood - Arkadelphia, AR
Philip D. Bailey, MAI
Mason, Bruce & Girard, Inc. - Senior Appraiser, Eastern US & International - Blacksburg, VA
Phillip G. Livingston
Forester - Sheridan, AR
Precision Forestry, LLC
Robert B. Goodwin - Magnolia, AR
Ray Galloway
Davis DuBose Forestry & Real Estate Consultants - Little Rock, AR
Ray Lott, ACF
Ray Lott & Associates, Inc. - President - Texarkana, TX
Red River Timber Corp
Sean P. Blackburn - Heber Springs, AR
Resource Management Service, Inc.
- Birmingham, AL
Rick Watts
Kingwood Forestry Services, Inc. - Forester - Monticello, AR
Ricky ONeill
Neeley Forestry Service, Inc. - Certified Wildlife Biologist and Certified Forester - Camden, AR
Robert Black
Timberland Resources Inc - Certified Forester - El Dorado, AR
Robert M. Oates
Sylamore Timber Services - Mountain View, AR
Robin Willhoite
United Timber Management Co. - Consulting Forester - Timpson, TX
Ryan Jackson
Stevens Forestry Service, Inc. - Forester - El Dorado, AR
Scott Corley
PotlatchDeltic - Real Estate Manager - Little Rock, AR
Shortleaf Pine Initiative
- Athens, GA
Silva-Tech - South, Ltd.
Michael D. Bird, ACF - Forester - Center, TX
Silvicultural Management Associates
John M. Price - Heber Springs, AR
Southern Forestry Consultants, Inc.
- Bainbridge, GA
Southern Group of State Foresters
- Garner, NC
Southern States Realty
- Mccomb, MS
Stephen Muslow, CF
Muslow Forestry, Inc - Shreveport, LA
Steve Butler
TimberCorp, Inc. - President - Brandon, MS
Steve Woodson
Woodson Incorporated - Mabelvale, AR
Teddy Reynolds, B.S.F., R.F., S.R.
Reynolds Forestry Consulting & Real Estate, PLLC - President/CEO - Magnolia, AR
Terrell Baker
American Forest Management, Inc. - Area Manager - El Dorado, AR
The Molpus Woodlands Group, LLC
- Jackson, MS
Timber Resource Management
Paul D. Smeltzer - Athens, LA
Tobias P. Ford Jr., PLS, RPLS
Tobias P Ford Land Surveying - St. Francisville, LA
Victor Ford
- Little Rock, AR
Ward Timber Company Inc.
- Linden, TX
Warren E. Peters, ACF
Peters Forest Resources, Inc. - Baton Rouge, LA
William D. Walker
Walker Forestry Consultants - Hot Springs, AR
William R Galloway
Galloway Forestry Services - Texarkana, AR
William W. Canale, ACF
Canale Forest Management Company - Owner - Oxford, MS
Geologists / Hydrologists
ATOKA, Inc.
Dr. Jerry Overton, PG - President & CEO - Hot Springs, AR
C&S Environmental Consulting
Buford E. Collier - Senior Environmental Project Manager - Kilgore, TX
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
Sevee & Maher Engineers, Inc.
- Cumberland, ME
Tamara Jenkins
Government of White County, Arkansas - White County Floodplain Manager - Searcy, AR
Land Trusts
American Farmland Trust
- Washington, DC
Brenda Schick
Singing Stream Conservation Consultants - Principal - La Jolla, CA
Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust
- Washington, DC
John Sanderson
Center for Collaborative Conservation - Director - Fort Collins, CO
Land Trust Alliance
- Washington, DC
Margo Heekin
- Land Trust Consultant - Fort Bragg, CA
Mississippi River Trust
- Stoneville, MS
North American Land Trust
- Chadds Ford, PA
Open Space Institute
Jennifer Grossman - Vice President New York Land Program - New York, NY
Ozark Regional Land Trust
- Columbia, MO
Robert R Bryan
Forest Synthesis - President/Habitat Conservation Forester - Harpswell, ME
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, Arkansas Field Office
- Little Rock, AR
Watershed Land Trust
Frank Austenfeld, J.D. - Executive Director - Belton, MO
Wetlands America Trust
- Memphis, TN
Mediators
Arkansas Farmer-Creditor Mediation Program
Cami Davis - Farm Mediation Coordinator - Little Rock, AR
Design Workshop
Anna Laybourn - Principal - Aspen, CO
Resource Analytical & Management Group, LLC
Billy K. Lemons - President & Principal Consultant - Nacogdoches, TX
Natural Resource Law Attorneys
Bradley Raffle
Conservation Capital - CEO - Eugene, OR
Conservation Law Center
Christian Freitag - Director - Bloomington, IN
Endangered Species Law and Policy Group
Nossaman LLP - Los Angeles, CA
James P. Moorhead
Moorhead Law Group, LLC - Founder and Principal - Chicago, IL
Jim D. Bradbury
James D. Bradbury, PLLC - Fort Worth, TX
M. Reed Hopper
Pacific Legal Foundation - Principal Attorney, National Litigation Center - Sacramento, CA
Misti Schmidt
Conservation Partners LLP - Partner - Oakland, CA
Nick Cramer
The Vertex Companies, Inc. - Senior Project Manager - Irving, TX
Stephen J. Small, Esq.
Law Office of Stephen J. Small, Esq., P.C. - Cambridge, MA
Riparian and Wetlands Specialists
Advanced Ecology, LTD.
Keith Webb - Environmental Operations Manager - Center, TX
ATOKA, Inc.
Dr. Jerry Overton, PG - President & CEO - Hot Springs, AR
Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson Wetland Consultants - Alexander, AR
Charles “Bo” Collins
Sunrise Fisheries, Inc. - Fisheries Biologist - Lake Village, AR
Ecological Conservation Organization
Rob Fisher - Executive Director - Little Rock, AR
FTN Associates, Ltd.
Gary Tucker - Little Rock, AR
Jackson Environmental Consulting Services, LLC
Jeremy L.Jackson - Ecologist, President/Owner - Richmond, KY
Jerry Williamson
Sunrise Fisheries - Aquaculturalist and Certified Fishery Scientist - Lake Village, AR
Josh Duzan
Natural State Streams - Little Rock, AR
Lee Moore
Natural State Streams - Little Rock, AR
Lochow Ranch - Pond & Lake Management
- Bryan, TX
Lower Mississippi River Conservation Committee
Angeline Rodgers - Acting Coordinator - Vicksburg, MS
Lower Mississippi River Fisheries Coordination Office
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Vicksburg, MS
Lower Mississippi Valley Joint Venture
Keith McKnight - Coordinator - Vicksburg, MS
Society for Range Management
- Littleton, CO
Southern Sportsman Aquatics & Land Management
Scott Brown - Owner - Advance, NC
Tamara Jenkins
Government of White County, Arkansas - White County Floodplain Manager - Searcy, AR
TJ Hein
Natural State Streams - Little Rock, AR
Wetland Consultants Unlimited, LLC
- Bill Bailey - Benton, AR
Whitenton Group, Inc.
- San Marcos, TX
Wildlife / Habitat Specialists
10 Point Wildlife Management
AR
Bo Reid
Private Lands Biologist - Arkansas Game and Fish Commission - Jonesboro, AR
Bobby J. Roberts
Progressive Timber Resources, LLC - Monticello, AR
Central Hardwoods Joint Venture
Jane Fitzgerald - Coordinator - Reeds Spring, MO
Clif Crawford
Crawford Consulting - Malvern, AR
Coggin Asset Management
Daniel S. Coggin - President - Amory, MS
Cormier Forestry Service, Inc.
Kent C. Cormier - Little Rock, AR
Cory Easley
CE Forestry Services - Fouke, AR
Daniel Greenfield
Private Lands Biologist - Arkansas Game and Fish Commission - Brinkley, AR
David Graves
Private Lands Biologist - Arkansas Game and Fish Commission - Brinkley, AR
Donald Sisson
Georgia Pacific, LLC, LAP - Crossett, AR
Enviroscapes Ecological Consulting, LLC
Susan P. Rupp - Owner/Lead Consultant - Bella Vista, AR
Eric S. Johnson
Delta Forestry - Consulting Forester - Palestine, AR
Five Oaks Wildlife Services, LLC
Jody Pagan - General Manager/Chief Biologist - Humphrey, AR
Foust Forestry Management
Brent Foust - Heber Spings, AR
Gary A. Burns, ACF
Burns Forestry - Owner - Crockett, TX
Green Bay Packaging, Inc., LAP
Jamie Hill - Morrilton, AR
Greg Simons
Wildlife Consultants, Inc. - Wildlife Biologist - San Angelo, TX
Grow Native!
- Columbia, MO
Hargrave Forestry Management Service
Wade C. Hargrave - Batesville, AR
Harvey (Bubba) Groves
Private Lands Assistant Supervisor - Arkansas Game and Fish Commission - Monticello, AR
Jackson Environmental Consulting Services, LLC
Jeremy L.Jackson - Ecologist, President/Owner - Richmond, KY
Jeff B. Denman
The Denman Co. - Hensley, AR
John Britt & Associates
John Britt - Hamilton, GA
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
M & W Forestry & Wildlife Management
James Wallace - Batesville, AR
Mid-America Monarch Conservation Strategy
- Rhinelander, WI
Pied Piper Nuisance Animal Control
Isaac Barger - Bigelow, AR
Precision Forestry, LLC
Robert B. Goodwin - Magnolia, AR
Ray Galloway
Davis DuBose Forestry & Real Estate Consultants - Little Rock, AR
Ricky ONeill
Neeley Forestry Service, Inc. - Certified Wildlife Biologist and Certified Forester - Camden, AR
Ruben Cantu
Wildlife Consultants, Inc. - Certified Wildlife Biologist, Certified Professional Rangeland Management - San Angelo, TX
Sam Franklin
Delta Wildlife - Certified Wildlife Biologist - Stoneville, MS
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
Ted Zawislak
Statewide Private Lands Supervisor - Arkansas Game and Fish Commission - Calico Rock, AR
Teddy Reynolds, B.S.F., R.F., S.R.
Reynolds Forestry Consulting & Real Estate, PLLC - President/CEO - Magnolia, AR
Timber Resource Management
Paul D. Smeltzer - Athens, LA
Whitenton Group, Inc.
- San Marcos, TX