A CLE Program Co-Sponsored by the Oregon State Bar Sustainable Future Section and the Green Business Initiative at the University of Oregon School of Law.

Thursday, October 20, 2011, Noon to 1:30 PM

Land trusts play a valuable role in protecting Oregon’s sensitive ecosystems, wildlife habitat, productive forests and farmland, and cultural and historical resources. This program provides an overview of the organization and operation of land trusts and the techniques they utilize to conserve land. Three diverse land trusts—Wallowa Land Trust, Blue Mountains Conservancy, and Columbia Land Trust—will explain their respective conservation objectives and will share examples of how they have strategically pursued conservation opportunities. The program also will describe conservation options for small orphan urban parcels and the scope, uses, and tax benefits of conservation easements that are extensively used by land trusts.

Speakers:

James Monteith, President, Chief Executive, and Co-founder of Wallowa Land Trust (Enterprise).

Glenn Lamb, Executive Director of Columbia Land Trust (Vancouver) and Board member of the national Land Trust Alliance. Karen Antell, Vice President and Co-founder of Blue Mountains Conservancy (LaGrande) and a faculty member at Eastern Oregon University.

Jean Pekarek, Treasurer, Controller, and Co-founder of Wallowa Land Trust.

Nancy Duhnkrack, staff attorney for Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, adjunct professor at Lewis & Clark Law School, and conservation easement specialist at Wallowa Land Trust.

Materials:  Sample Deed of Conservation Easement.  Sample Conservation Easement.  Presentation slides from CLE.

Location: University of Oregon in Portland (White Stag Block) 70 NW Couch Street in Portland (Entrance on NW Couch) The Turnbull Center on Floor 3R

Cost: Free to Sustainable Future Section members; $10 for nonmembers (payable at door)

CLE: 1.5 hour CLE credit (application will be submitted)

Call-in: Teleconference available for SFS Section members (to be provided after registration)

Lunch: Brown bag (bring your own)

RSVP: Amie Jamieson at [email protected] or (503) 595-3922