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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
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Our common ground and collective impact.

 

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.

 

Karl Tyler inks conservation easement to protect prime salmon habitat
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Tyler has been thinking about preserving the salmon Karl Tyler with his wife Donna and Zip. Below, the sign for the Little Eight Mile Ranch features the Chevy logo, Tyler’s initials and one of their livestock brands.

 

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.

 

Funding Conservation in Idaho
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The purpose of this publication is to provide a guide to the most common funding resources available for conservation on private land in Idaho.& ...

 

Conservation Easements Protect a Special Place in Idaho for People and Nature
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Conservation easements purchase future development rights and landowners are required to follow a grazing plan to protect and improve sage-grouse habitat.

 

Ranching as a Conservation Strategy - Can Old Ranchers Save the New West?
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Working ranches are often promoted as means of private rangeland conservation because they can safeguard ecosystem services, protect open space, and maintain traditional ranching culture.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

Working Lands For Wildlife
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Through Working Lands for Wildlife —a voluntary, incentive-based effort—the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and its conservation partners will provide landowners with technical and financial assistance to: Restore populations of declining wildlife species.

 

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 (269)
There are 269 resources serving Southeast Region in the following categories:
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Agricultural Law Attorneys
Andrew J. Waldera
Sawtooth Law Offices, PLLC - Boise, ID
David P. Claiborne
Sawtooth Law Offices, PLLC - Principal - Boise, ID
Farm Commons
Rachel Armstrong - Founder and Executive Director - Duluth, MN
Farmers Legal Action Group
- St. Paul, MN
J. Kahle Becker
Attorney At Law - Boise, ID
James M. Ash
Husch Blackwell LLP - Kansas City, MO
James M. Ash
Husch Blackwell LLP - Kansas City, MO
John R. Goodell
Partner - Racine Olson Nye Budge & Bailey - Boise, ID
Laura A. Schroeder
Schroeder Law Offices, PC - Portland, OR
Randall C. Budge
Managing Partner - Racine Olson Nye Budge & Bailey - Pocatello, ID
Sara Nelson Hallock
Hallock & Hallock - Logan, UT
Scott L. Campbell
Campbell Law - Boise, ID
Therese Ure
Schroeder Law Offices, PC - Portland, OR
Todd N. Hallock
Hallock & Hallock - Logan, UT
Certified Appraisers
Brent Pederson
Mason Brue & Girard - Real Estate Appraiser - Portland, OR
Hall and Hall
- Billings, MT
Larry C. Linford, MAI
Linford Real Estate Appraisal, Inc. - President (Appraiser) - Idaho Falls, ID
Mark Richey
Idaho Land & Appraisal, LLC - Eagle, ID
Richard A Maloy, MAI,JD
Maloy and Company, Inc - President - Birmingham, AL
Scott Richard Haxton, MAI
Haxton Valuation - Owner & Appraiser - Boise, ID
Steve Prochnau
Prochnau Forest Consultants, LLC - Owner/President - Olympia, WA
Conservation Groups and Associations
Access Fund
Jim Chase - Operations Director - Boulder, CO
Agrarian Trust
Ian McSweeney - Director - Weare, NH
AGree
- Transforming Food & Ag Policy - Washington, DC
American Agri-Women
- Colchester, VT
American Forest Foundation
- Washington, DC
American Forests
Eric Sprague - Director of Forest Conservation - 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
Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies
- Washington, DC
Bat Conservation International
- Austin, TX
Biobased Maine
- Portland, ME
Bird Conservancy of the Rockies
- Brighton, CO
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society - New Brunswick Chapter
Roberta Clowater - Executive Director - Fredericton, NB
Center for Large Landscape Conservation
- Bozeman, MT
Chronic Wasting Disease Alliance
- Missoula, MT
CitSci.org
Greg Newman - Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory at Colorado State University - Fort Collins, CO
Conservation Technology Information Center (CTIC)
- West Lafayette, IN
Continental Dialogue on Non-Native Forests Insects and Diseases
- Sheffield, MA
EcoResults!
- Flagstaff, AZ
Equine Land Conservation Resource
Denise O’Meara, PLA - Director of Education - Lexington, KY
Family Farm Alliance
Dan Keppen - Executive Director - Klamath Falls, OR
Forest Landowners Association
Scott P. Jones - Chief Executive Office - Atlanta, GA
Forest Stewards Guild
Zander Evans - Executive Director - Madison, WI
Forest Stewardship Council
- Minneapolis, MN
Garden for Wildlife
National Wildlife Federation - Merrifield, VA
Heart of the Rockies Initiative
Michael B. Whitfield - Executive Director - Driggs, ID
Idaho Cattle Association
- Boise, ID
Idaho Conservation League
Rick Johnson - Executive Director - Sandpoint, ID
Idaho Council of Trout Unlimited
Ed Northen - President ­ - Hailey, ID
Idaho Farm Bureau Federation
Rick D. Keller - Executive Vice President, Chief Executive Officer - Pocatello, ID
Idaho Forest Owners Association
Paul A. Buckland - President - Coeur d'Alene, ID
Idaho Ground Water Association
- Boise, ID
Idaho Master Naturalist Program
Sara Focht - Idaho Department of Fish and Game - Boise, ID
Idaho Section - Society for Range Management
Ingrid Drieling - President - Jerome, ID
Idaho Tree Farm Program
Steve Funk - Chair - Coeur d’Alene, ID
Idaho Women in Timber
- Lewiston, ID
Idaho Working Lands
ID
Intermountain West Joint Venture
- Missoula, MT
Land Conservation and Advocacy Trust
Steve Meltzer - Founder and Executive Director - Framingham, MA
Land Trust Alliance
- Washington, DC
Mississippi Wildlife Federation
- Madison , MS
Mule Deer Foundation
- Salt Lake City, UT
MultiState Conservation Grant Program
- Washington, DC, VA
National Association of State Foresters
- Washington , DC
National Audubon Society
- New York, NY
National Family Farm Coaltion
- Washington, DC
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Jeff Trandahl - Executive Director and CEO - Washington, DC
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation - Rocky Mountain Regional Office
Chris West - Director - Denver, CO
National Forestry Association
Keith A. Argow - President, Director at Large - Vienna, VA
National Mitigation Banking Association
- Washington, DC
National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition
Jeremy Emmi - Managing Director - Washington, DC
National Trust for Historic Preservation
- Washington, DC
National Wild Turkey Federation
- Edgefield, SC
National Wildlife Federation
- Reston, VA
Nature Conservancy, Idaho
Nancie Lange - Operations Assistant - Hailey, ID
NatureServe
Mary Klein - President & CEO - Arlington, VA
Northwest Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
- Logan, UT
Partners for Conservation
Steve Jester - Executive Director - Pueblo, CO
Pheasants Forever
- St Paul, MN
Pinchot Institute for Conservation
V. Alaric Sample - President - Washington, DC
Pollinator Partnership
- San Francisco, CA
Preservation Idaho
Kathleen Barrett - Administrative Professional - Boise, ID
Quail and Upland Wildlife Federation, Inc.
Craig A. Alderman - Executive Director - Buffalo, MO
Quality Deer Management Association
- Bogart, GA
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy
- Washington, DC
RiversEdge West
- Grand Junction, CO
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
Aaron Swift - Lands Program Manager, ID/NV - Boise, ID
Sage Grouse Initiative
Tim Griffiths - Coordinator - Bozeman, MT
Sage Grouse Initiative Strategic Watershed Action Team
Dave Smith - Intermountain West Joint Venture (IWJV) Coordinator - Missoula, MT
Sand County Foundation
Kevin Kiley, Development & Communications - Madison, WI
Savory Institute
- Boulder, CO
Soil and Water Conservation Society
- Ankeny, IA
South East Idaho Fly Fishers
Tom Banyas - President - Pocatello, ID
Sportsmen for Responsible Energy Development
Judith KohlerCO
Sustainable Forest Action Coalition
Laurel Brent-Bumb - Placerville, CA
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Kathy Abusow - President and CEO - Washington, DC
Sustainable Forests Roundtable
Tax Credit Connection, Inc.
Ariel Steele, Owner - Longmont, CO
Terrafirma RRG LLC
Jeremy Johnston - Account Administrator, Marsh Captive Solutions - Burlington, VT
The Climate Trust
- Portland, OR
The Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation
Lindsay Thomas - Chairman - Washington, DC
The Conservation Fund
- Arlington, VA
The Conservation Fund
Mark W. Elsbree - Northwest Director - Sun Valley, ID
The Fund for Wild Nature
Jeff Petersen, Esq. - Executive Director - Kelso, WA
The Garden Conservancy
- Cold Spring, NY
The Habitat Institute
Tom O'Neil - Director - Corvallis, OR
The Land Institute
- Salina, KS
The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
- Portland, OR
Thunder Bay Field Naturalists
Bruce Thacker - President - Thunder Bay, ON
Trout Headwaters, Inc.
- Livingston, MT
Trust for Public Land
- Bozeman, MT
Trust for Public Land, Montana and Northern Rockies Office
- Bozeman, MT
Turtle Islands Earth Stewards
Tyhson Banighen - Tappen, BC
U.S. Farmers & Ranchers Alliance (USFRA)
- Chesterfield, MO
Upper Thames River Conservation Authority
Ian Wilcox - General Manager/Secretary-Treasurer - London, ON
USA National Phenology Network
Jake Weltzin - Executive Director - Tucson, AZ
Valleys 2000
Bill Huether - Treasurer - Bowmanville, ON
Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation
- Halifax, VA
Western Aquatic Plant Management Society
Toni Pennington - Tetra Tech, Inc. - Portland, OR
Western Forestry and Conservation Association
Richard Zabel - Executive Director - Portland, OR
Western Landowners Alliance
Lesli Allison - Executive Director - Santa Fe, NM
Western Native Trout Initiative
Therese Thompson - Project Coordinator - Lakewood, CO
Western Rivers Conservancy
Sue Doroff - President - Portland, OR
Western Water Project
Scott Yates - Director - Bozeman, MT
Wild Ones
Donna VanBuecken - Executive Director - Neenah, WI
Women, Food & Agriculture Network
- Ames, IA
Estate Planners
Marc E. Wallace
- Coeur D'Alene, ID
Scott Eskelson
Martin & Eskelson, PLLC - Idaho Falls, ID
Stephen Martin
Martin & Eskelson PLLC - Idaho Falls, ID
Wittman Consulting
Dick Wittman - Culdesac, ID
Estate Planning Attorneys
Andrew M. Wayment
Wright & Wayment, PLLC - Idaho Falls, ID
Dave Bagley, LL.M
Partner - Racine Olson Nye Budge & Bailey - Pocatello, ID
David P. Claiborne
Sawtooth Law Offices, PLLC - Principal - Boise, ID
Eric L. Olsen
Partner - Echo Hawk & Olsen, PLLC - Pocatello, ID
Fleming Law Offices, PLLC
Timothy Fleming - Emmett, ID
John R. Goodell
Partner - Racine Olson Nye Budge & Bailey - Boise, ID
Misti Schmidt
Conservation Partners LLP - Partner - Oakland, CA
Randall C. Budge
Managing Partner - Racine Olson Nye Budge & Bailey - Pocatello, ID
Sara Nelson Hallock
Hallock & Hallock - Logan, UT
Simon Sidamon-Eristof
Kalbian Hagerty LLP - of Counsel - Washington, DC
Theron J. De Smet
Associate - Ramsden & Lyons, LLP - Coeur d'Alene, ID
Todd N. Hallock
Hallock & Hallock - Logan, UT
William F. Boyd
Of Counsel - Ramsden & Lyons, LLP - Coeur d'Alene, ID
Federal and State Tax Incentives and Programs
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
Idaho Office of Energy Resources
Matt Wiggs - Boise, ID
Land Trusts
American Farmland Trust
- Washington, DC
Foundation for Ada/Canyon Trail Systems
- Boise, ID
Idaho Coalition of Land Trusts
Laurel Sayer - Director - Boise, ID
Idaho Foundation for Parks and Lands
Jan Johns - Executive Director - Boise, ID
North American Land Trust
Monica McQuail - Communications & Stewardship Assistant - Chadds Ford, PA
Peter D. Nichols
Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti, LLP - Partner - Boulder, CO
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
- Missoula, MT
Sagebrush Steppe Land Trust
Barb North - Office Manager - Pocatello , ID
Sawtooth Society, Inc.
Gary O’Malley - Executive Director - Stanley, ID
Sportsmen's National Land Trust
- Agawam, MA
Teton Regional Land Trust
Joselin Matkins - Executive Director - Driggs, ID
The Nature Conservancy, Idaho Field Office
Toni Hardesty - Idaho State Director - Hailey, ID
The Wilderness Land Trust
Brad Borst - President - Bainbridge Island, WA
Trust for Public Land, Washington State Office
- Seattle, WA
Watershed Land Trust
Frank Austenfeld, J.D. - Executive Director - Overland Park, KS
Lawyers
Andrew J. Waldera
Sawtooth Law Offices, PLLC - Boise, ID
Andrew M. Wayment
Wright & Wayment, PLLC - Idaho Falls, ID
Christopher D. Gabbert
Associate - Ramsden & Lyons, LLP - Coeur d'Alene, ID
Eric L. Olsen
Partner - Echo Hawk & Olsen, PLLC - Pocatello, ID
Evan Roth
Sawtooth Law Offices, PLLC - Twin Falls, ID
Fleming Law Offices, PLLC
Timothy Fleming - Emmett, ID
J. Kahle Becker
Attorney At Law - Boise, ID
John Hucks
John Curtis Hucks, Attorney at Law, P.C. - New Meadows, ID
John R. Goodell
Partner - Racine Olson Nye Budge & Bailey - Boise, ID
John T. Schroeder
Schroeder & Lezamiz Law Offices, LLP - Member - Boise , ID
Laura A. Schroeder
Schroeder Law Offices, PC - Portland, OR
Linda R. Larson
Marten Law - Seattle, WA
Mark R Petersen
Snake River Law PLLC - Attorney - Pocatello, ID
Michael A. Ealy
Partner - Ramsden & Lyons, LLP - Coeur d'Alene, ID
Michael C. Dotten
Marten Law - Partner - Portland, OR
Mills Charlton
- Sandpoint, ID
Mountain States Legal Foundation
William Perry Pendley - President and COO - Lakewood, CO
Murray D. Feldman
Holland & Hart - Partner - Boise, ID
Randall C. Budge
Managing Partner - Racine Olson Nye Budge & Bailey - Pocatello, ID
Rebecca Hardesty
- Boise, ID
S. Bryce Farris
Sawtooth Law Offices, PLLC - Boise, ID
Sara Nelson Hallock
Hallock & Hallock - Logan, UT
Scott Eskelson
Martin & Eskelson, PLLC - Idaho Falls, ID
Stephen Martin
Martin & Eskelson PLLC - Idaho Falls, ID
Terrance R. Harris
Partner - Ramsden & Lyons, LLP - Coeur d'Alene, ID
Therese Ure
Schroeder Law Offices, PC - Portland, OR
Theron J. De Smet
Associate - Ramsden & Lyons, LLP - Coeur d'Alene, ID
Thomas J. Budge
Partner - Racine Olson Nye Budge & Bailey - Pocatello, ID
Timothy Hopkins
Hopkins Roden Crockett Hansen & Hoopes, PLLC - Idaho Falls, ID
Todd N. Hallock
Hallock & Hallock - Logan, UT
William F. Boyd
Of Counsel - Ramsden & Lyons, LLP - Coeur d'Alene, ID
William Myers III
Holland & Hart - Boise, ID
Natural Resource Law Attorneys
Andrew J. Waldera
Sawtooth Law Offices, PLLC - Boise, ID
Andrew M. Wayment
Wright & Wayment, PLLC - Idaho Falls, ID
Arthur Macomber
Macomber Law, PLLC - Coeur d'Alene, ID
Blair Schilling
Fishman Haygood, LLP - Attorney - New Orleans, LA
Bradley Raffle
Conservation Capital - CEO - Eugene, OR
David P. Claiborne
Sawtooth Law Offices, PLLC - Principal - Boise, ID
Endangered Species Law and Policy Group
Nossaman LLP - Los Angeles, CA
Evan Roth
Sawtooth Law Offices, PLLC - Twin Falls, ID
J. Frederick Mack
Holland & Hart - Partner - Boise, ID
J. Kahle Becker
Attorney At Law - Boise, ID
James M. Ash
Husch Blackwell LLP - Kansas City, MO
James P. Moorhead
Moorhead Law Group, LLC - Founder and Principal - Chicago, IL
John R. Goodell
Partner - Racine Olson Nye Budge & Bailey - Boise, ID
Laura A. Schroeder
Schroeder Law Offices, PC - Portland, OR
Linda Bergeson Jones
Holland & Hart - Partner - Boise, ID
Linda R. Larson
Marten Law - Seattle, WA
M. Reed Hopper
Pacific Legal Foundation - Principal Attorney, National Litigation Center - Sacramento, CA
Misti Schmidt
Conservation Partners LLP - Partner - Oakland, CA
Mountain States Legal Foundation
William Perry Pendley - President and COO - Lakewood, CO
Murray D. Feldman
Holland & Hart - Partner - Boise, ID
Peter D. Nichols
Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti, LLP - Partner - Boulder, CO
Randall C. Budge
Managing Partner - Racine Olson Nye Budge & Bailey - Pocatello, ID
Richard H. Andrus
Holland & Hart - Of Counsel - Boise, ID
Scott J. Smith
Partner - Racine Olson - Pocatello, ID
Scott L. Campbell
Campbell Law - Boise, ID
Stephen J. Small, Esq.
Law Office of Stephen J. Small, Esq., P.C. - Cambridge, MA
Therese Ure
Schroeder Law Offices, PC - Portland, OR
Theron J. De Smet
Associate - Ramsden & Lyons, LLP - Coeur d'Alene, ID
Thomas J. Budge
Partner - Racine Olson Nye Budge & Bailey - Pocatello, ID
William F. Boyd
Of Counsel - Ramsden & Lyons, LLP - Coeur d'Alene, ID
William G. Myers III
Holland & Hart - Partner - Boise, ID
William Hutton
Conservation Partners LLP - Of Council - Oakland, CA
William Myers III
Holland & Hart - Boise, ID
State Funding / Technical Resources
Access Yes!
Idaho Department of Fish and Game - Boise, ID
Center for Invasive Species Management
Liz Galli-Noble - Director - Bozeman, MT
Center for Research on Invasive Species and Small Populations
Marijka Haverhals, Outreach Coordinator - College of Agricultural and Life Sciences - Moscow, ID
Community Forestry Program
David Groeschl - State Forester and Deputy Director - Forestry & Fire Division - Coeur d'Alene, ID
Idaho Bee Inspection Program
Division of Plant Industries - Boise, ID
Idaho Cooperative Weed Management Area
Idaho State Department of Agriculture - Boise, ID
Idaho Department of Lands
Tom Schultz - Director - Boise, ID
Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation
David Langhorst - Director - Boise, ID
Idaho Department of Water Resources
Gary Spackman - Director - Boise, ID
Idaho Fish and Wildlife Information System
Idaho Department of Fish and Game - Boise, ID
Idaho Forest Health
David Groeschl - State Forester and Deputy Director - Forestry & Fire Division - Coeur d'Alene, ID
Idaho Forest Legacy Program
Karen Sjoquist - Sandpoint, ID
Idaho Forest Stewardship Program
David Groeschl - State Forester and Deputy Director - Forestry & Fire Division - Coeur d'Alene, ID
Idaho Governor’s Office of Energy Resources
John Chatburn - Administrator - Boise, ID
Idaho Habitat Improvement Program
Jeff Gould, Bureau Chief - Wildlife - Idaho Department of Fish and Game - Boise , ID
Idaho Invasive Species Program
Celia R. Gould - Director of the Idaho State Department of Agriculture (ISDA) and Chair of the Idaho Invasive Species Council - Boise, ID
Idaho Master Naturalist Program
Sara Focht - Idaho Department of Fish and Game - Boise, ID
Idaho Project WILD
Lori Adams - Project WILD Coordinator - Boise, ID
Idaho Soil and Water Conservation Commission
- Boise, ID
Idaho State Department of Agriculture
Celia R. Gould - Director - Boise, ID
Idaho State Department of Agriculture Noxious Weeds Program
Matt Voile - Noxious Weeds and Invasive Species Section Manager - Boise, ID
Idaho Water Resources Research Institute
Dr. John C. Tracy, IWRRI Director - Unversity of Idaho - Boise, ID
Idaho Water Supply Bank
Remington Buyer, Water Supply Bank Coordinator - Idaho Department of Water Resources - Boise, ID
Idaho Weed Awareness Campaign
Roger Batt - Executive Director - Meridian, ID
Idaho Wildlife Diversity Program
Idaho Department of Fish and Game - Boise, ID
Idaho's Nonpoint Source Management Program
Dave Pisarski - Program Coordinator - Boise, ID
ISDA's Noxious Weed Cost Share Program
- Boise, ID
Resource Conservation & Range Development Loan Program - Idaho
Terry Hoebelheinrich - Loan Officer - Boise, ID
River Menders
- Boise, ID
Sage Grouse - Idaho Governor's Office of Species Conservation
Dustin Miller - Administrator - Boise, ID
Sage-grouse Conservation and Management
Idaho Department of Fish and Game - Boise, ID
Small Business Development Center
Katie Sewall - State Director - Boise, ID
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Idaho Office
Michael Carrier - Idaho State Supervisor - Boise, ID
Water Quality Programs - Idaho
Karie Pappani, TMDL Program Lead - Idaho Soil and Water Conservation Commission - Boise, ID
Wildlife Tracts - Idaho
Idaho Department of Fish and Game - Nampa, ID
Tax Advisors
Jason B. Stinson, CCIM
Commercial Realty Services of Alabama, LLC - Managing Member & Principal - Gadsden, AL
The Simple Dollar
Trent Ham - Founder & ContributorIA
Water Street Solutions
- Peoria, IL
Tax Credit Brokers
Foss & Company
Tax Credit Specialists - San Francisco, CA
Tax Credit Connection, Inc.
Ariel Steele, Owner - Longmont, CO

 Conservation Markets

   
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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.& ...

 

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.

 

Carbon Sequestration on Idaho Agriculture and Forest Lands
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A report exploring the potential for carbon sequestration on agricultural and private, nonindustrial forest lands.

 

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.

 

FY 2014-2017 Strategic Plan - Celebrating Our 75th Year of Conservation the Idaho Way
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The Idaho Soil and Water Conservation Commission (Conservation Commission) focuses on Conservation the Idaho Way: voluntary stewardship, not regulatory mandates.

 

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.

 

Show Conservation Markets Organizations & Professionals (183)
There are 183 resources serving Southeast Region in the following categories:
map itMap of Conservation Markets Organizations & Professionals serving Southeast Region
Biologists / Ecologists
Dawn Reeder
Rare Earth Sciences, LLC - Principal Biologist - Paonia, CO
Eco-Asset Solutions & Innovations LLC
William Coleman - Co-Founder & CEO - Redwood City, CA
Hugh Barrett
Sage Advice - President - Long Beach, WA
Idaho Cooperative Fish And Wildlife Research Unit
Dr. Courtney Conway - College of Natural Resources, University of Idaho - Moscow, ID
James Michael Scott, PhD
University of Idaho - Professor and Research Scientist - Moscow, ID
Jim Fincher
Branch Chief of Lands, Minerals and Water Rights - BLM - Boise, ID
Joe Hinson
Northwest Natural Resource Group, LLC - Forester - Weiser, ID
Kit H. Buell
Buell Environmental LLC - Ecologist - Oak Creek, CO
Mason, Bruce & Girard, Inc.
James Schriever - Vice President Geospatial Services - Woodland Park, CO
Ryan Storm
Regional Field Representative - Pheasants ForeverOR
Sage Soil Resources, LLC
Shari Meeks - Rangeland Ecologist/Soil Scientist - Jackson, WY
Carbon Credits and Sequestration
American Carbon Registry
John Kadyszewski - Director - Arlington, VA
Bio-Logical Capital
Grant McCargo - Managing Director, Founder and CEO - Denver, CO
Blue Source
Jessica Stalberger - Office Manager - Murray, UT
Bradley Raffle
Conservation Capital - CEO - Eugene, OR
Business and Biodiversity Offsets Programme
Forest Trends (attention: BBOP Secretariat) - Washington, DC
C2Invest, LLC
- The Plains, VA
Carbon Cycle Institute (CCI)
- Nicasio, CA
Chicago Climate Exchange
Offset Registry - Chicago, IL
Climate Action Reserve
Gillian Calof - Interim-President/Operations Director - Los Angeles, CA
Ecosystem Economics LLC
- Bend, OR
Ecosystem Investment Partners
- Baltimore, MD
Ecosystem Services Market Consortium
Debbie Reed - Executive Director - Falls Church, VA
Ecotrust Forest Management
Amrita Kumar - Director - Portland, OR
ENVIRON
- Arlington, VA
EP Carbon
Zach Barbane - Director, Projects and Operations - Berkeley, CA
Finite Carbon
- Wayne, PA
Forest Carbon Fund
- Berkeley, CA
Forest Carbon Portal
Forest Trends' Ecosystem Marketplace - Washington, DC
Forest Trends
Forest Trends Association - Washington, DC
Green Assets, Inc
- Wilmington, NC
ImageTree
- Morgantown, WV
Indigo Ag
- Boston, MA
Robert Veldman
K·Coe Conservation - Land Consultant - Loveland, CO
TerraCarbon LLC
- Peoria, IL
The Climate Trust
- Portland, OR
The Wetlands Group
Gary Howard - Star, ID
Trout Headwaters, Inc.
- Livingston, MT
Conservation Credit Markets
Blue Source
Jessica Stalberger - Office Manager - Murray, UT
Bradley Raffle
Conservation Capital - CEO - Eugene, OR
Eco-Asset Solutions & Innovations LLC
William Coleman - Co-Founder & CEO - Redwood City, CA
Ecosystem Economics LLC
- Bend, OR
Ecosystem Services Market Consortium
Debbie Reed - Executive Director - Falls Church, VA
EP Carbon
Zach Barbane - Director, Projects and Operations - Berkeley, CA
Forest Carbon Fund
- Berkeley, CA
Indigo Ag
- Boston, MA
National Mitigation Banking Association
- Washington, DC
Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC
Ross Guidry - Region Land Manager - Lafayette, LA
Robert Veldman
K·Coe Conservation - Land Consultant - Loveland, CO
Tax Credit Connection, Inc.
Ariel Steele, Owner - Longmont, CO
TerraCarbon LLC
- Peoria, IL
Fisheries Biologists
Bob Kibler
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Idaho AIS Coordinator - Boise, ID
Dennis Mackey
- Fish and Wildlife Biologist - Star, ID
Ecoresource Solutions Inc
Tony Byrne - President/Principal Ecologist - Arvada, CO
Idaho Cooperative Fish And Wildlife Research Unit
Dr. Courtney Conway - College of Natural Resources, University of Idaho - Moscow, ID
Idaho Fishery Resource Office
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - Ahsahka, ID
Paul Heimowitz
U.s. Fish and Wildlife Service - Pacific Region - Regional Ais Coordinator - Portland, OR
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Pacific Region
Linda Beck - Regional AIS Coordinator - Portland, OR
Foresters
Brad Tucker
Northwest Management Inc. - Moscow, ID
Brock Purvis
Northwest Management Inc. - Forester - Moscow, ID
Casey Clark
Northwest Management Inc. - Moscow, ID
Council of Western State Foresters
Sara Goodwin - Communications Director - Denver, CO
Dale Claassen
Sperry Ridge, Inc. - Chief Forester - Eugene, OR
Dennis Thomas
Northwest Management Inc. - Fire/Fuels Specialist - Moscow, ID
Dick E. Bradetich, ACF
Inland Forest Management, Inc. - Consulting Forester - Sandpoint, ID
Dr. Randy Brooks
Extension Forester and Professor - Extension Forestry University of Idaho - Moscow, ID
Eric Clippinger
Northwest Management Inc. - Moscow, ID
Eric Femreite
Northwest Management Inc. - Forester - Moscow, ID
Greg Howisey
Northwest Management Inc. - Moscow, ID
Gregory A. Bassler, ACF
Northwest Management, Inc. - Consulting Forester - Moscow, ID
Idaho Forest Owners Association
Paul A. Buckland - President - Coeur d'Alene, ID
Idaho Tree Farm Program
Steve Funk - Chair - Coeur d’Alene, ID
Joe Hinson
Northwest Natural Resource Group, LLC - Forester - Weiser, ID
John Ailport
Inland Forest Management, Inc. - Consulting Forester - Sandpoint, ID
Karen Robinson
Inland Forest Management, Inc. - Sandpoint, ID
Karl Radcliffe
Northwest Management Inc. - Moscow, ID
Kit H. Buell
Buell Environmental LLC - Ecologist - Oak Creek, CO
Mark Corrao
Northwest Management Inc. - Moscow, ID
Mark Stutzman
Northwest Management Inc. - Moscow, ID
Mason, Bruce & Girard, Inc.
James Schriever - Vice President Geospatial Services - Woodland Park, CO
Matthew M. Engberg
Northwest Management Inc. - Moscow, ID
McKenzie River Associates LLC
James A. Mehrwein - President - Eugene, OR
Michael Dominguez
5 Star Forestry - Owner - Kooskia, ID
Northwest Management Inc.
- Moscow, ID
Pat Brown
Eastern Supervisory Area Manager - Idaho Falls, ID
Ric Hagenbaugh
Northwest Management Inc. - Forester - Moscow, ID
Richard L. Cooper
Cooper Consulting Forestry - Owner - Honor, MI
Robert Coats
Northwest Management Inc. - Moscow, ID
Steve Bloedel, ACF, CF
Inland Forest Management, Inc. - Consulting Forester - Sandpoint, ID
Steve Prochnau
Prochnau Forest Consultants, LLC - Owner/President - Olympia, WA
Tera R. King
Northwest Management Inc. - Moscow, ID
The Molpus Woodlands Group, LLC
- Jackson, MS
TigerTree Land Management
Franz Lani - Laramie, WY
Tim Gurton
Sperry Ridge, Inc. - Forester - Eugene, OR
Vaiden Bloch
Northwest Management Inc. - Moscow, ID
Vincent P. Corrao, ACF
Northwest Management, Inc. - President - Moscow, ID
William C. Berrigan, ACF
Berrigan Forestry, Inc. - Owner - Kettle Falls, WA
Worman and Associates
Doug Worman - Owner - Hayden, ID
Yvonne Barkley
Associate Extension Forester - Extension Forestry University of Idaho - Moscow, ID
Geologists / Hydrologists
ENVIRON
- Arlington, VA
Fogarty Land and Environmental
Michael Fogarty - Earth Scientist - Canaan, NH
Gulf Engineers & Consultants
Bob Boagni, P.E. - President - Baton Rouge, LA
Idaho Geological Survey
Michael 'Ed' Ratchford - Director and State Geologist - Moscow, ID
Idaho Water Science Center
- Boise, ID
James Armstrong
Rare Earth Science, LLC - Principal Geologist - Gunnison, CO
Sevee & Maher Engineers, Inc.
- Cumberland, ME
Land Trusts
American Farmland Trust
- Washington, DC
Foundation for Ada/Canyon Trail Systems
- Boise, ID
Idaho Coalition of Land Trusts
Laurel Sayer - Director - Boise, ID
Idaho Foundation for Parks and Lands
Jan Johns - Executive Director - Boise, ID
North American Land Trust
Monica McQuail - Communications & Stewardship Assistant - Chadds Ford, PA
Peter D. Nichols
Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti, LLP - Partner - Boulder, CO
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
- Missoula, MT
Sagebrush Steppe Land Trust
Barb North - Office Manager - Pocatello , ID
Sawtooth Society, Inc.
Gary O’Malley - Executive Director - Stanley, ID
Sportsmen's National Land Trust
- Agawam, MA
Teton Regional Land Trust
Joselin Matkins - Executive Director - Driggs, ID
The Nature Conservancy, Idaho Field Office
Toni Hardesty - Idaho State Director - Hailey, ID
The Wilderness Land Trust
Brad Borst - President - Bainbridge Island, WA
Trust for Public Land, Washington State Office
- Seattle, WA
Watershed Land Trust
Frank Austenfeld, J.D. - Executive Director - Overland Park, KS
Mediators
Design Workshop
Anna Laybourn - Principal - Aspen, CO
Resource Analytical & Management Group, LLC
Billy K. Lemons - President & Principal Consultant - Nacogdoches, TX
Sara Nelson Hallock
Hallock & Hallock - Logan, UT
Mitigation Banks
Bio-Logical Capital
Grant McCargo - Managing Director, Founder and CEO - Denver, CO
Eco-Asset Solutions & Innovations LLC
William Coleman - Co-Founder & CEO - Redwood City, CA
Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC
Ross Guidry - Region Land Manager - Lafayette, LA
Natural Resource Law Attorneys
Andrew J. Waldera
Sawtooth Law Offices, PLLC - Boise, ID
Andrew M. Wayment
Wright & Wayment, PLLC - Idaho Falls, ID
Arthur Macomber
Macomber Law, PLLC - Coeur d'Alene, ID
Blair Schilling
Fishman Haygood, LLP - Attorney - New Orleans, LA
Bradley Raffle
Conservation Capital - CEO - Eugene, OR
David P. Claiborne
Sawtooth Law Offices, PLLC - Principal - Boise, ID
Endangered Species Law and Policy Group
Nossaman LLP - Los Angeles, CA
Evan Roth
Sawtooth Law Offices, PLLC - Twin Falls, ID
J. Frederick Mack
Holland & Hart - Partner - Boise, ID
J. Kahle Becker
Attorney At Law - Boise, ID
James M. Ash
Husch Blackwell LLP - Kansas City, MO
James P. Moorhead
Moorhead Law Group, LLC - Founder and Principal - Chicago, IL
John R. Goodell
Partner - Racine Olson Nye Budge & Bailey - Boise, ID
Laura A. Schroeder
Schroeder Law Offices, PC - Portland, OR
Linda Bergeson Jones
Holland & Hart - Partner - Boise, ID
Linda R. Larson
Marten Law - Seattle, WA
M. Reed Hopper
Pacific Legal Foundation - Principal Attorney, National Litigation Center - Sacramento, CA
Misti Schmidt
Conservation Partners LLP - Partner - Oakland, CA
Mountain States Legal Foundation
William Perry Pendley - President and COO - Lakewood, CO
Murray D. Feldman
Holland & Hart - Partner - Boise, ID
Peter D. Nichols
Berg Hill Greenleaf Ruscitti, LLP - Partner - Boulder, CO
Randall C. Budge
Managing Partner - Racine Olson Nye Budge & Bailey - Pocatello, ID
Richard H. Andrus
Holland & Hart - Of Counsel - Boise, ID
Scott J. Smith
Partner - Racine Olson - Pocatello, ID
Scott L. Campbell
Campbell Law - Boise, ID
Stephen J. Small, Esq.
Law Office of Stephen J. Small, Esq., P.C. - Cambridge, MA
Therese Ure
Schroeder Law Offices, PC - Portland, OR
Theron J. De Smet
Associate - Ramsden & Lyons, LLP - Coeur d'Alene, ID
Thomas J. Budge
Partner - Racine Olson Nye Budge & Bailey - Pocatello, ID
William F. Boyd
Of Counsel - Ramsden & Lyons, LLP - Coeur d'Alene, ID
William G. Myers III
Holland & Hart - Partner - Boise, ID
William Hutton
Conservation Partners LLP - Of Council - Oakland, CA
William Myers III
Holland & Hart - Boise, ID
Riparian and Wetlands Specialists
Cascade Earth Sciences
- Pocatello, ID
Dawn Reeder
Rare Earth Sciences, LLC - Principal Biologist - Paonia, CO
Ecoresource Solutions Inc
Tony Byrne - President/Principal Ecologist - Arvada, CO
Hugh Barrett
Sage Advice - President - Long Beach, WA
IDAH2O Master Water Stewards
Jim Ekins - Program Coordinator - Coeur d'Alene, ID
Joe Hinson
Northwest Natural Resource Group, LLC - Forester - Weiser, ID
Mark Corrao
Northwest Management Inc. - Moscow, ID
Mason, Bruce & Girard, Inc.
James Schriever - Vice President Geospatial Services - Woodland Park, CO
River Menders
- Boise, ID
Robert Veldman
K·Coe Conservation - Land Consultant - Loveland, CO
Rocky Mountain Environmental Associates
John Rice - Senior Geologist, President - Idaho Falls, ID
Society for Range Management
- Littleton, CO
Wildlife / Habitat Specialists
Dawn Reeder
Rare Earth Sciences, LLC - Principal Biologist - Paonia, CO
Dennis Mackey
- Fish and Wildlife Biologist - Star, ID
Ecoresource Solutions Inc
Tony Byrne - President/Principal Ecologist - Arvada, CO
Hugh Barrett
Sage Advice - President - Long Beach, WA
Idaho Cooperative Fish And Wildlife Research Unit
Dr. Courtney Conway - College of Natural Resources, University of Idaho - Moscow, ID
James Michael Scott, PhD
University of Idaho - Professor and Research Scientist - Moscow, ID
Kit H. Buell
Buell Environmental LLC - Ecologist - Oak Creek, CO
Mason, Bruce & Girard, Inc.
James Schriever - Vice President Geospatial Services - Woodland Park, CO
Robert Veldman
K·Coe Conservation - Land Consultant - Loveland, CO
Rocky Mountain Environmental Associates
John Rice - Senior Geologist, President - Idaho Falls, ID
Society for Range Management
- Littleton, CO
 

 Google News about Conservation Resources

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Conservation Easements News Items
Wisconsin panel OKs preserving 14000 acres of forest land - Idaho Statesman
7/23/2019 3:00:00 AM
Wisconsin panel OKs preserving 14000 acres of forest land    Idaho Statesman The Legislature's budget committee has approved spending nearly $5 million to purchase more than 14000 acres of forest land in northern Wisconsin under the ...
One stretch of the South Fork is now federally protected - East Idaho News
7/21/2019 3:00:00 AM
One stretch of the South Fork is now federally protected    East Idaho News The following is a news release from Teton Regional Land Trust. RIRIE – Thanks to the vision of landowner Al Davis, another stretch of the South Fork is forever ...
Guest opinion: Wildlife migration corridors and western working lands are co-dependent - Idaho Press-Tribune
5/22/2019 3:00:00 AM
Guest opinion: Wildlife migration corridors and western working lands are co-dependent    Idaho Press-Tribune According to public opinion polls, most Americans strongly support wildlife conservation, including the protection of wildlife corridors. Yet routinely, conservation ...
Conservation easements placed on 2 ranches | Environment | mtexpress.com - Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
5/17/2019 3:00:00 AM
Conservation easements placed on 2 ranches | Environment | mtexpress.com    Idaho Mountain Express and Guide More than 2500 acres on two ranches at the southern end of the Pioneer Mountains have been placed under conservation easements.
U.S. Senate passes lands bill that would reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund - Idaho State Journal
2/13/2019 3:00:00 AM
U.S. Senate passes lands bill that would reauthorize Land and Water Conservation Fund    Idaho State Journal The U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed one of the biggest congressional lands packages of the last decade.
Habitat once planned for South Hills subdivision donated to Land Trust - Idaho State Journal
1/2/2019 3:00:00 AM
Habitat once planned for South Hills subdivision donated to Land Trust    Idaho State Journal POCATELLO — An anonymous landowner has donated 166 acres of mule deer winter range in the city's Blackrock area to a local land trust, ending one-time ...
A look at the top stories likely to make headlines in 2019 - Idaho Press-Tribune
12/30/2018 3:00:00 AM
A look at the top stories likely to make headlines in 2019    Idaho Press-Tribune The coming year promises to be a busy one, with anticipated big news stories on the docket.
Wolf killed by Wildlife Services | Environment | mtexpress.com - Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
12/21/2018 3:00:00 AM
Wolf killed by Wildlife Services | Environment | mtexpress.com    Idaho Mountain Express and Guide The federal Wildlife Services agency killed a young male wolf in the upper Corral Creek drainage in September in response to a report of depredation by wolves ...
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation: More Wildlife Habitat Protected in Idaho - AmmoLand Shooting Sports News
12/19/2018 3:00:00 AM
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation: More Wildlife Habitat Protected in Idaho    AmmoLand Shooting Sports News MISSOULA, Mont. —-(Ammoland.com)- The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation worked with a north Idaho landowner who appreciates the wildlife values of their ...
New subdivision prompts fears of SNRA build-out - Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
11/9/2018 3:00:00 AM
New subdivision prompts fears of SNRA build-out    Idaho Mountain Express and Guide The approval of a four-lot subdivision on a 10-acre parcel in the Sawtooth Valley—an action that in most places would be routine—has provoked fears among ...
Bear River fuels progress in Intermountain West | Environment - Standard-Examiner
10/21/2018 3:00:00 AM
Bear River fuels progress in Intermountain West | Environment    Standard-Examiner The Bear: Life and Death of a Western River. Chapter II — Growth. At 10 a.m. in early May, on schedule, the gates of the Grace Dam in southeast Idaho opened.
Land trust seeks to expand using industry mitigation money - Idaho State Journal
9/27/2018 3:00:00 AM
Land trust seeks to expand using industry mitigation money    Idaho State Journal POCATELLO — Officials with a local land trust say they hope to use revenue from phosphate mining and hydro-electric power generation to prevent ...
Mike Simpson on Kavanaugh, Idaho’s migrant workers & key funding for public open space - Idaho Statesman
9/21/2018 3:00:00 AM
Mike Simpson on Kavanaugh, Idaho’s migrant workers & key funding for public open space    Idaho Statesman Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson accuses Democrats of maneuvering allegations against Judge Kavanaugh for political gain; talks renewing Land and Water ...
Land and Water Conservation Fund set to expire - Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
8/22/2018 3:00:00 AM
Land and Water Conservation Fund set to expire    Idaho Mountain Express and Guide The federal Land and Water Conservation Fund, which since 1970 has provided $958000 for 13 projects in Blaine County, is set to expire on Sept. 30.
The Sagebrush Steppe Land Trust to host the Bill Davidson Memorial BBQ. - The Herald Journal
7/19/2018 3:00:00 AM
The Sagebrush Steppe Land Trust to host the Bill Davidson Memorial BBQ.    The Herald Journal The Sagebrush Steppe Land Trust (SSLT) serves the seven counties of Southeast Idaho: Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida, and Power.
Our Changing Idaho: With Few Protections In Place, Farmland Is Gobbled Up By Subdivisions - Boise State Public Radio
6/27/2018 3:00:00 AM
Our Changing Idaho: With Few Protections In Place, Farmland Is Gobbled Up By Subdivisions    Boise State Public Radio Every day, about 19 people move to Boise. And that growth is creating a housing crunch in the valley.
Vote Halverson for county commissioner | Letters To Editor | mtexpress.com - Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
5/4/2018 3:00:00 AM
Vote Halverson for county commissioner | Letters To Editor | mtexpress.com    Idaho Mountain Express and Guide Join me in voting for Mick Halverson on our May county primary for our next county commissioner representing our south valley. I have known Mick a long time ...
Bringing trumpeter swans back home to Idaho - LocalNews8.com
5/3/2018 3:00:00 AM
Bringing trumpeter swans back home to Idaho    LocalNews8.com Recently two young trumpeter swans were released in the Fox Creek conservation easement near Driggs.
Our right to roam must be legally recognized - Idaho State Journal
4/29/2018 3:00:00 AM
Our right to roam must be legally recognized    Idaho State Journal Last Sunday I read the column in the Journal by Martin Hackworth, executive director of Sharetrails.Org. He wrote he's stepping down, retiring from his position.
C of I environmental studies graduating seniors to present theses on Treasure Valley soil - College of Idaho News
4/23/2018 3:00:00 AM
C of I environmental studies graduating seniors to present theses on Treasure Valley soil    College of Idaho News Twelve College of Idaho graduating senior environmental studies students will present their respective theses starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, April 28 in the ...
Agreement protects 5,000 acres of North Idaho forestland - The Spokesman-Review
4/3/2018 3:00:00 AM
Agreement protects 5,000 acres of North Idaho forestland    The Spokesman-Review Roughly 5000 acres of forest near Bonners Ferry will be protected under a conservation easement. The agreement was announced Wednesday.
Nampa seeks to face loss of ag land head-on - Idaho Business Review
2/13/2018 3:00:00 AM
Nampa seeks to face loss of ag land head-on    Idaho Business Review Idaho farmland. A Boise State University report predicts as much as 240,000 acres of Treasure Valley farmland could be lost to development by 2100. File photo.
Farmers need alternatives to selling land to developers | Editorials - Idaho Press-Tribune
2/10/2018 3:00:00 AM
Farmers need alternatives to selling land to developers | Editorials    Idaho Press-Tribune The story plays out time and again throughout Ada and Canyon counties, and it plays out 80 acres, 120 acres, 160 acres at a time.
Cattle Ranchers Join Conservationists To Save Endangered Species And Rangelands - Forbes Now
1/5/2018 3:00:00 AM
Cattle Ranchers Join Conservationists To Save Endangered Species And Rangelands    Forbes Now Idaho rancher Jerry Hoagland likes working under the open sky. He's seen all kinds of wildlife, from elk and coyotes to eagles and mountain lions. But he had ...
560 acres protected around Portneuf River - Idaho State Journal
12/22/2017 3:00:00 AM
560 acres protected around Portneuf River    Idaho State Journal SODA SPRINGS — On Dec. 21, the Sagebrush Steppe Land Trust, in collaboration with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, secured a conservation ...
Kootenai County road case goes to Idaho Supreme Court - The Spokesman-Review
12/15/2017 3:00:00 AM
Kootenai County road case goes to Idaho Supreme Court    The Spokesman-Review The Idaho Supreme Court heard arguments Friday in a Kootenai County road-easement case that already has prompted a change in state law, but still has left ...
Eye on Boise: AG Lawrence Wasden finds Mar-a-Lago 'interesting,' not really his 'style' - The Spokesman-Review
11/26/2017 3:00:00 AM
Eye on Boise: AG Lawrence Wasden finds Mar-a-Lago 'interesting,' not really his 'style'    The Spokesman-Review When Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, who attended a mid-November Republican Attorney Generals Association meeting in Florida that included a ...
Saving the farms | Nation - Capital Press
6/1/2017 3:00:00 AM
Saving the farms | Nation    Capital Press BOISE — Ada County farmer Glen Edwards is in the middle of the battle to stem the loss of farmland in southwestern Idaho. He understands and supports the ...
The Molpus Woodlands Group Announces 28300 Acre Timberland Offering in Northern Idaho - Business Wire
4/3/2017 3:00:00 AM
The Molpus Woodlands Group Announces 28300 Acre Timberland Offering in Northern Idaho    Business Wire The Molpus Woodlands Group is offering an investment-grade 28300 +/- acre timberland property in north Idaho. The Project Ruby Creek offering compris.
Easement opening Idaho's Clagstone Meadows to public access Aug. 1 - The Spokesman-Review
3/22/2017 3:00:00 AM
Easement opening Idaho's Clagstone Meadows to public access Aug. 1    The Spokesman-Review PUBLIC ACCESS -- Access easements will allow public access to the 13169-acre Clagstone Meadows private timblerlands in Bonner County, starting Aug.
Wolverine caught on remote camera in west-central Idaho - Idaho State Journal
1/16/2017 3:00:00 AM
Wolverine caught on remote camera in west-central Idaho    Idaho State Journal MCCALL (AP) — A wolverine has been recorded on an Idaho Fish and Game camera near McCall in west-central Idaho as part of a four-state study to determine ...
Conservation Area To Help Wildlife Migration In Idaho, Utah, And Wyoming - Boise State Public Radio
12/22/2016 3:00:00 AM
Conservation Area To Help Wildlife Migration In Idaho, Utah, And Wyoming    Boise State Public Radio Federal authorities have announced the establishment of a 7000-square-mile watershed conservation area in three states that includes major migration.
Land Trust celebrates property deal | Blaine County - Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
12/14/2016 3:00:00 AM
Land Trust celebrates property deal | Blaine County    Idaho Mountain Express and Guide Members of the Hailey-based nonprofit Wood River Land Trust celebrated acquisition of a 153-acre piece of property along the Big Wood River on Friday with a ...
Groups look to preserve farmland as Treasure Valley grows - Idaho Press-Tribune
11/12/2016 3:00:00 AM
Groups look to preserve farmland as Treasure Valley grows    Idaho Press-Tribune Christina Stucker-Gassi is concerned by how quickly Meridian is losing its farmland.
Nationally Recognized North Idaho Forests Conserved - Business Wire
10/3/2016 3:00:00 AM
Nationally Recognized North Idaho Forests Conserved    Business Wire Approximately 5568 acres of Idaho forestland has been permanently conserved to benefit wildlife, local economies, clean water and recreation.
Fly-fishing in Idaho's Sawtooth Mountains - Sonoma Index-Tribune
9/15/2016 3:00:00 AM
Fly-fishing in Idaho's Sawtooth Mountains    Sonoma Index-Tribune As the Big Wood River winds its way south between the sharp crags of the Sawtooth Mountains through Sun Valley, it enters a dry, high-desert and lava rock ...
Helicopter Logging Begins in Selway After a Judge Bars Traditional Logging - Boise Weekly
9/14/2015 3:00:00 AM
Helicopter Logging Begins in Selway After a Judge Bars Traditional Logging    Boise Weekly The Idaho Department of Lands planned to harvest logs from a burned area near the Selway River for $2 million. After a lawsuit stopped IDL from sending ...
Conservation Easements Protect a Special Place in Idaho for People and Nature - USDA.gov
2/19/2015 3:00:00 AM
Conservation Easements Protect a Special Place in Idaho for People and Nature    USDA.gov Stretching from Sun Valley to Arco, Idaho, the Pioneer Mountain region encompasses high mountain peaks, river valleys and sagebrush steppe that supports a ...
Hunting and Fishing Groups Want Promises Fulfilled - Public News Service
9/5/2014 3:00:00 AM
Hunting and Fishing Groups Want Promises Fulfilled    Public News Service ASHTON, Idaho - A new report that details the benefits of the Land and Water Conservation Fund in Idaho also is calling for the fund to be completely filled.
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From tusks to tails, nations eye trade in endangered species - Idaho Statesman
8/17/2019 10:27:00 AM
From tusks to tails, nations eye trade in endangered species    Idaho Statesman Representatives of some 180 nations are meeting to agree on protections for vulnerable species, taking up issues such as the trade in ivory and the demand for ...
Judge bars Trump from taking energy panel’s advice - Idaho Statesman
8/13/2019 10:49:00 PM
Judge bars Trump from taking energy panel’s advice    Idaho Statesman A judge barred the Trump administration on Tuesday from acting on the recommendations of an energy advisory panel that was created to make it easier to ...
Tennessee farmers are ‘eternal optimists’ despite trade war - Idaho Statesman
8/11/2019 8:13:00 AM
Tennessee farmers are ‘eternal optimists’ despite trade war    Idaho Statesman When Jai Templeton is asked why he farms, he simply gestures to a 250-acre field of soybeans located here in McNairy County.
Want to support local farms? Here are five (fun) things you can do. - Idaho Statesman
8/2/2019 3:00:00 AM
Want to support local farms? Here are five (fun) things you can do.    Idaho Statesman Activities to support Treasure Valley, ID farms include meat barbecues, farm tours, Community Supported Agriculture subscriptions, picking your own fruit and ...
Roaming Free on the National Bison Range - Idaho Senior Independent
7/31/2019 8:05:00 PM
Roaming Free on the National Bison Range    Idaho Senior Independent Spring through fall is the easiest time to visit the National Bison Range. It has an amazing variety of animals—without the human hordes.
New Market Lake blind winning over birdwatchers | Xtreme Idaho - Idaho State Journal
7/30/2019 3:00:00 AM
New Market Lake blind winning over birdwatchers | Xtreme Idaho    Idaho State Journal The new blind at Market Lake Wildlife Management Area north of Roberts in Jefferson County is winning over birdwatchers.
India’s tiger population rises to nearly 3,000 - Idaho Statesman
7/29/2019 3:00:00 AM
India’s tiger population rises to nearly 3,000    Idaho Statesman India's tiger population has grown to nearly 3000, making the country one of the safest habitats for the endangered animals.
Achievements: University of Idaho Spring 2019 Graduates - The Spokesman-Review
7/27/2019 3:00:00 AM
Achievements: University of Idaho Spring 2019 Graduates    The Spokesman-Review The following students graduated from the University of Idaho at the end of the spring 2019 semester.
It's for the birds: Summer birding in Idaho's sagebrush country - Twin Falls Times-News
7/25/2019 3:00:00 AM
It's for the birds: Summer birding in Idaho's sagebrush country    Twin Falls Times-News TWIN FALLS — Southern Idaho is a wonderful place to spend the summer as a birder. With diverse habitats, there is no shortage of places to explore the ...
Check out summer birding in Idaho's sagebrush country - Idaho State Journal
7/23/2019 3:00:00 AM
Check out summer birding in Idaho's sagebrush country    Idaho State Journal Southern Idaho is a wonderful place to spend the summer as a birder. With diverse habitats there is no shortage of places to explore the avifauna. A few of my.
A people ravaged by civil war found new life in Idahoan’s team’s effort to plant coffee - Idaho Statesman
7/12/2019 3:00:00 AM
A people ravaged by civil war found new life in Idahoan’s team’s effort to plant coffee    Idaho Statesman Mount Gorongosa's coffee bean fields grew out of Sun Valley philanthropist Greg Carr's hope to improve the lives of people looking for peace after years of civil ...
Young bear made its home in Missouri town. It’s now been euthanized, officials say - Idaho Statesman
7/12/2019 3:00:00 AM
Young bear made its home in Missouri town. It’s now been euthanized, officials say    Idaho Statesman Joplin, Missouri police captured a 2-year-old black bear that had made itself at home in the town, getting into beehives and even killing a chicken, officials say.
Clearwater Basin Youth Conservation Corps season off to strong start - Idaho County Free Press
7/10/2019 3:00:00 AM
Clearwater Basin Youth Conservation Corps season off to strong start    Idaho County Free Press KAMIAH – Since starting its 2019 season in mid-June, the Clearwater Basin Youth Conservation Corps has been hard at work on projects across the Clearwater ...
Idaho Power plans to use less coal, more solar for 20 years - Idaho Business Review
7/8/2019 3:00:00 AM
Idaho Power plans to use less coal, more solar for 20 years    Idaho Business Review Idaho Power expects to use more solar and less coal to generate electricity for the next 20 years. That's the conclusion of the Idaho Power Integrated Resource ...
Trump Wants to Remove Federal Protections for Wolves: Idaho’s Example Shows Why This Is a Terrible Idea - Common Dreams
7/3/2019 3:00:00 AM
Trump Wants to Remove Federal Protections for Wolves: Idaho’s Example Shows Why This Is a Terrible Idea    Common Dreams Almost a century ago, gray wolves were completely eradicated from western states due to aggressive campaigns using bounties, traps and poisons.
In Idaho, the plight of salmon spawns an unorthodox proposal - Christian Science Monitor
7/2/2019 3:00:00 AM
In Idaho, the plight of salmon spawns an unorthodox proposal    Christian Science Monitor In Idaho, the idea of breaching dams to protect salmon may not seem as far-fetched as it had been in the past.
Idaho's disastrous approach to its wolf population - NationofChange
6/29/2019 3:00:00 AM
Idaho's disastrous approach to its wolf population    NationofChange Trump wants to remove federal protections for wolves. Idaho's example shows why this is a terrible idea.
Prairie Area Crop, Conservation Tour set June 25 | Farm-and-ranch - Idaho County Free Press
6/20/2019 3:00:00 AM
Prairie Area Crop, Conservation Tour set June 25 | Farm-and-ranch    Idaho County Free Press CRAIGMONT -- Prairie Area Crop and Conservation Tour will be held on Tuesday, June 25, 7 a.m., at the Craigmont Community Hall. All farmers and ranchers, ...
Idaho governor's salmon group sets first meeting | Water - Capital Press
6/20/2019 3:00:00 AM
Idaho governor's salmon group sets first meeting | Water    Capital Press Idaho Gov. Brad Little's new Salmon Workgroup is slated to hold its first meeting June 28 at the State Museum in Boise. The meeting will start at 8 a.m., and Little ...
NRCS seeks more innovation grant applications in Idaho - Capital Press
6/19/2019 3:00:00 AM
NRCS seeks more innovation grant applications in Idaho    Capital Press The USDA Natural Resources Conservation *Service* in Idaho has announced a second application period for Conservation Innovation Grants.
Nezperce News: Craigmont's June Picnic starts Friday | Community - Idaho County Free Press
6/18/2019 3:00:00 AM
Nezperce News: Craigmont's June Picnic starts Friday | Community    Idaho County Free Press Craigmont's June Picnic, which kicks off at 3 p.m. Friday, June 21, and runs into Sunday, June 23, features something called a Bacon Wheel.
Idaho Fish and Game Commission buys 1800 acres - Capital Press
6/13/2019 3:00:00 AM
Idaho Fish and Game Commission buys 1800 acres    Capital Press The Idaho Fish and Game Commission has decided to buy almost 1,800 acres near Idaho Falls and Boise to expand wildlife management areas, adding habitat ...
Idaho ag department to award $1.8 million to specialty crop projects - Post Register
6/12/2019 3:00:00 AM
Idaho ag department to award $1.8 million to specialty crop projects    Post Register POCATELLO – The Idaho State Department of Agriculture plans to award a total of $1.86 million this year to 13 projects designed to benefit Idaho's specialty ...
NRCS seeks projects targeting erosion from ephemeral gullies - Capital Press
6/8/2019 3:00:00 AM
NRCS seeks projects targeting erosion from ephemeral gullies    Capital Press Topsoil loss from ephemeral gullies on highly erodible land is the focus of a new USDA Natural Resources Conservation *Service* pilot project. NRCS in Idaho ...
Idaho finds ‘reasonable variances’ in oil, gas well numbers - The Seattle Times
5/29/2019 3:00:00 AM
Idaho finds ‘reasonable variances’ in oil, gas well numbers    The Seattle Times BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An investigation by Idaho officials into a Texas-based oil company's production reporting from nine natural gas and oil wells in ...
New NOW CFO Boise Office Opens Financial Strategy to Idaho Businesses - PRNewswire
5/22/2019 3:00:00 AM
New NOW CFO Boise Office Opens Financial Strategy to Idaho Businesses    PRNewswire BOISE, Idaho, May 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The full-*service* financial outsourcing firm NOW CFO recently added a Boise office ...
Honolulu Zoo delivers 3 African wild dogs to Boise, Idaho - Honolulu Star-Advertiser
5/17/2019 3:00:00 AM
Honolulu Zoo delivers 3 African wild dogs to Boise, Idaho    Honolulu Star-Advertiser The Honolulu Zoo announced the successful delivery of three of its male African wild dogs to Zoo Boise in Idaho last week as part of the Association of Zoos and ...
Albertsons criticized for selling products that include harmful chemicals - Idaho Statesman
5/14/2019 3:00:00 AM
Albertsons criticized for selling products that include harmful chemicals    Idaho Statesman Albertsons and Safeway stores have products that likely were treated with PFAS chemicals, a study by environmental health groups has found. Boise-based ...
An Idaho Republican is asking the right questions about Northwest salmon | Opinion - Crosscut
5/14/2019 3:00:00 AM
An Idaho Republican is asking the right questions about Northwest salmon | Opinion    Crosscut Despite $16 billion in spending on salmon recovery over the past 30 years, wild stocks of salmon and steelhead in the Columbia-Snake River drainage continue ...
It’s peak morel mushroom season in Idaho. Don’t expect any help finding them, though. - Idaho Statesman
5/9/2019 3:00:00 AM
It’s peak morel mushroom season in Idaho. Don’t expect any help finding them, though.    Idaho Statesman It's the perfect time of year for morel mushrooms to start springing up in Idaho as soil temperatures warm, and already competition to find the tasty, coveted fungi ...
Idaho sitting pretty with water supplies | Water - Capital Press
5/9/2019 3:00:00 AM
Idaho sitting pretty with water supplies | Water    Capital Press Precipitation and snowpack across most of the state this winter have been normal to above normal.
Idaho defends sage grouse plan | Nation & World - Capital Press
4/30/2019 3:00:00 AM
Idaho defends sage grouse plan | Nation & World    Capital Press Idaho official say significant time and resources were devoted to BLM's amendments to sage grouse management plans.
Idaho, Utah seek to defend Trump drilling plan lawsuit - Fox Business
4/29/2019 3:00:00 AM
Idaho, Utah seek to defend Trump drilling plan lawsuit    Fox Business Two states are seeking to intervene on the side of the federal government after four conservation groups asked a judge to immediately halt drilling, mining and ...
Simpson stops short of calling for dam removal to save salmon. But he is asking, ‘What if?’ - Idaho Statesman
4/25/2019 3:00:00 AM
Simpson stops short of calling for dam removal to save salmon. But he is asking, ‘What if?’    Idaho Statesman Congressman Mike Simpson wants to restore sustainable wild salmon populations to Idaho. The Republican stopped short in a speech of calling for the removal ...
Solar advocates speak out against Idaho Power's attempt to gut net metering - Solar Power World
4/11/2019 3:00:00 AM
Solar advocates speak out against Idaho Power's attempt to gut net metering    Solar Power World Advocates are raising concerns about a proposal from Idaho Power Company that would increase utility bills and uncertainty for many businesses and farmers.
State Of Idaho Funds Controversial Wolf Bounty Program - KRCC
4/9/2019 3:00:00 AM
State Of Idaho Funds Controversial Wolf Bounty Program    KRCC If you kill a wolf in Idaho, your effort might be worth $1000. A nonprofit in North Idaho covers costs for hunters and trappers who successfully harvest.
Conservation groups accuse Forest Service of evading roadless rule - Missoulian
3/31/2019 3:00:00 AM
Conservation groups accuse Forest Service of evading roadless rule    Missoulian The U.S. Forest *Service* has increasingly put roads into inventoried roadless areas in Montana and Idaho, according to conservation groups who argue the ...
Idaho Power Sets 100 Percent Clean Energy Goal by 2045, Earns Praise from Sierra Club, Conservation Voters for Idaho - Boise Weekly
3/26/2019 3:00:00 AM
Idaho Power Sets 100 Percent Clean Energy Goal by 2045, Earns Praise from Sierra Club, Conservation Voters for Idaho    Boise Weekly Idaho's largest utility announced today that it had set a goal of providing "100 percent clean energy" by 2045. Dubbed the "Clean Today, Cleaner Tomorrow" ...
Salmon advocates see potential for Snake River dam removal - Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
3/20/2019 3:00:00 AM
Salmon advocates see potential for Snake River dam removal    Idaho Mountain Express and Guide Changes in the economics of hydropower generation in the Pacific Northwest are giving anadromous fish advocates optimism that four dams on the lower Snake ...
Idaho gets steelhead permit from federal government - The Spokesman-Review
3/16/2019 3:00:00 AM
Idaho gets steelhead permit from federal government    The Spokesman-Review Idaho received its long-awaited steelhead fishery permit from the federal government Friday, ending months of uncertainty over the future of the ongoing ...
Ron Abramovich: Idaho's snow man | Water - Capital Press
3/14/2019 3:00:00 AM
Ron Abramovich: Idaho's snow man | Water    Capital Press Snowpack star: NRCS Snow Survey's Ron Abramovich to retire.
March 2019 Water Supply Outlook Report released - LocalNews8.com
3/8/2019 3:00:00 AM
March 2019 Water Supply Outlook Report released    LocalNews8.com The Natural Resources Conservation *Service* in Idaho has released the March Water Supply Outlook Report for the 2019 water year.
Idaho lawmakers vote to kill bill allowing civil lawsuits over access to public land - Idaho Statesman
3/4/2019 3:00:00 AM
Idaho lawmakers vote to kill bill allowing civil lawsuits over access to public land    Idaho Statesman A bill that would've allowed civil lawsuits against people who block access to public land was killed by Idaho lawmakers on Monday over concerns that it would ...
Irrigation demand helps Idaho Power boost '18 earnings | Water - Capital Press
2/21/2019 3:00:00 AM
Irrigation demand helps Idaho Power boost '18 earnings | Water    Capital Press Higher demand for electricity among irrigators helped Idacorp Inc. increase companywide earnings in 2018, the Idaho Power parent reported Feb. 21.
Pennsylvania Dairies Have Advantages Over Idaho | Dairy Farming News & Information - Lancaster Farming
2/18/2019 3:00:00 AM
Pennsylvania Dairies Have Advantages Over Idaho | Dairy Farming News & Information    Lancaster Farming As tough as times are for dairy farmers in Pennsylvania, farmers in Idaho in some ways have even fewer protections, according to a farmer who knows both ...
As runs dwindle, experts say Idaho’s salmon, steelhead ‘could be gone in a generation’ - Idaho Statesman
2/15/2019 3:00:00 AM
As runs dwindle, experts say Idaho’s salmon, steelhead ‘could be gone in a generation’    Idaho Statesman Biologists predict Idaho's salmon and steelhead runs will be very low again this year, but a new agreement may make migration easier. Warm waters in the ...
February snows brighten Idaho water outlook | Water - Capital Press
2/14/2019 3:00:00 AM
February snows brighten Idaho water outlook | Water    Capital Press Storms in the first dozen days of February boosted the previously lagging snowpack to a point that southern Idaho irrigators can expect adequate water supplies ...
Conservation groups sue over Idaho caribou - KXLY Spokane
2/13/2019 3:00:00 AM
Conservation groups sue over Idaho caribou    KXLY Spokane SANDPOINT, Idaho - Conservation groups gave formal notice today that they intend to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife *Service* for failing to come up with an ...
A generation of outdoors advocates is retiring. What's next for Idaho's wild places? - Twin Falls Times-News
1/24/2019 3:00:00 AM
A generation of outdoors advocates is retiring. What's next for Idaho's wild places?    Twin Falls Times-News BOISE — They blazed new trails, helped wildlife thrive, ushered in protected wilderness and created new ways to experience Idaho's backcountry. Now a flood ...
Idaho's new governor: 'Climate change is real' - High Country News
1/18/2019 3:00:00 AM
Idaho's new governor: 'Climate change is real'    High Country News Less than two weeks after being sworn in as the 33rd governor of Idaho, Gov. Brad Little, a Republican, has broken with national party leaders on climate ...
An update on Kuna's development: Economic development director Lisa Holland markets Kuna, creates entrepreneur's bootcamp - Idaho Press-Tribune
1/2/2019 3:00:00 AM
An update on Kuna's development: Economic development director Lisa Holland markets Kuna, creates entrepreneur's bootcamp    Idaho Press-Tribune What does a “win” look like for Kuna's economic development?
State purchase of Lochsa land talks are continuing - Idaho County Free Press
12/26/2018 3:00:00 AM
State purchase of Lochsa land talks are continuing    Idaho County Free Press Discussion continues on an idea that would greatly increase the amount of state land in Idaho County. The concept put forward in June by state forester David ...
County producers to present at Jan. 8 grazing conference - Idaho County Free Press
12/13/2018 3:00:00 AM
County producers to present at Jan. 8 grazing conference    Idaho County Free Press Two Idaho County ag producers will be presenters at the upcoming Three Rivers Grazing Conference in Lewiston. Dion Heckman of White Bird, and Derrick ...
Ranchers sue Forest Service to affirm water rights - Capital Press
12/5/2018 3:00:00 AM
Ranchers sue Forest Service to affirm water rights    Capital Press Ranchers in Idaho have filed six lawsuits against the U.S. Forest *Service* seeking to confirm their rights to divert and convey water from federal property.
Suction dredger Poe sued by Idaho Conservation League, cited by state, federal regulators - Idaho County Free Press
11/21/2018 3:00:00 AM
Suction dredger Poe sued by Idaho Conservation League, cited by state, federal regulators    Idaho County Free Press In order to deny a public records request the Idaho County Free Press made late in the summer, the Forest *Service* confirmed the federal agency's law ...
NRCS Idaho issues call for special projects | Farm-and-ranch - Idaho County Free Press
11/15/2018 3:00:00 AM
NRCS Idaho issues call for special projects | Farm-and-ranch    Idaho County Free Press Natural Resources Conservation *Service* State Conservationist for Idaho, Curtis Elke, has announced a call for Special Project pre-proposals. These Idaho ...
Conservation: The Bipartisan Issue Driving Idaho's Tightest Elections - Boise Weekly
10/31/2018 3:00:00 AM
Conservation: The Bipartisan Issue Driving Idaho's Tightest Elections    Boise Weekly "There will be races that come down to the last 100 votes."
The wide-ranging, party-dividing endorsements of Idaho’s 2018 election - Idaho Statesman
10/31/2018 3:00:00 AM
The wide-ranging, party-dividing endorsements of Idaho’s 2018 election    Idaho Statesman Idaho candidates have picked up endorsements from global superstars and small-town mayors, national food brands and local beet growers. And some political ...
State, tribe executives plan to meet on Central Idaho Land Exchange proposal - Idaho County Free Press
10/17/2018 3:00:00 AM
State, tribe executives plan to meet on Central Idaho Land Exchange proposal    Idaho County Free Press During the four months since the announcement of the state's new effort to explore an idea for undoing the checkerboard ownership pattern of the Lochsa River ...