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August Oregon Conservation Law Forum
Date and time
Location
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
1300 Southwest 5th Avenue #2400 Portland, OR 97201Refund Policy
Description
This is the second of three Oregon Conservation Law Forums for 2016. The forum is an educational program for attorneys with land trusts, public agencies and law firms to learn, discuss and help shape land conservation law in Oregon.
The purpose of the forum is to discuss current legal cases, emerging legal and policy issues for land conservation, to review strategies, and to provide guidance for meeting these challenges. Through the three forums this year, the Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts hopes to support a peer network of attorneys that share a common interest in conservation and land use in Oregon.
The agenda for the August 17th law forum is below. Lunch will be provided.
- Presentation on Oregon's Conservation Easement Assessment Project
- A case study with The Trust for Public Land on pairing the Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program with NRCS's Agricultural Land Easement program in Oregon.
- With Nelson Mathews, Northwest Land Conservation Director for the Trust for Public Land
- Bonneville Power Administration's Lands Desk Book
- Presented by Philip Key, Senior Staff Attorney, BPA
- An Oregon legislative update
- With Amanda Rich, Oregon Director of State Government Relations with The Nature Conservancy
- Introduction to Conservation Easement Amendments
- Presented by Leslie Ratley-Beach, Conservation Defense Director with the Land Trust Alliance
- A closing round robin discussion, where participants will be encouraged to raise topics and ask questions
MCLE Credits are available. Cost of each forum is $100 with MCLE credits, and $50 without.
More information can be found at http://oregonlandtrusts.org/conservation-law-forum/
Image of McKenzie River Trust's Coyote Oaks Wetlands conservation easement by Tim Giraudier.
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The Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts (or COLT) is the only association of land trusts in Oregon, where it serves as a statewide service center and the central voice of the land trust community. COLT focuses on improving and advancing land conservation in the state through increased land trust capacity and coverage, engagement of stakeholders, defending and developing new and larger sources of funding, and supportive policies. It represents the land trust community and provides leadership on important initiatives in public policy advocacy, policy implementation decisions, and outreach to public and private stakeholders.