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Legal Services
Conservation Partners is counsel to numerous land trusts and other organizations involved in conservation transactions throughout California.   We provide the range of legal services required by nonprofit land trusts, including negotiating transactions, advising staff and board regarding organizational and policy matters, assisting with drafting plans, manuals, policies and procedures, and providing training at meetings and workshops.

Clients include:

  • National Audubon Society - California
  • Solano Land Trust
  • Yolo Land Trust
  • Agricultural Trust of Contra Costa County
  • Nevada Land Conservancy
  • Mendocino Land Trust
  • Sonoma Land Trust
  • Brentwood Agricultural Land Trust
  • Agricultural Trust of Contra Costa County
  • California Native Plant Society
  • Wilderness Land Trust
  • North Coast Regional Land Trust

Consulting
Working alongside professionals with complementary expertise and experience, we have drafted conservation plans and manuals including:

  • Stewardship Manual (published in 2006) – As part of a team, prepared an extensive stewardship plan for the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District.
  • Agricultural Conservation Easement Plan – As part of team, prepared a detailed agricultural conservation easement plan for the Solano Land Trust.
  • Land Trust Policies and Procedures – Prepared policies and procedures for several land trusts regarding conflicts of interest, mitigation arrangements and stewardship.

We offer workshops for staff and boards.  Topics include drafting techniques, conflicts of interest and understanding Land Trust Alliance Standards and Practices.

Land Exchanges
Conservation Partners has partnered with the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on land exchanges in both Northern and Southern California.  Scattered parcels with no current public resource value have been exchanged for large pieces of contiguous lands with significant current conservation values.  Lands acquired in recent years include the 1000 acre Sprague land located in Tulare county, the 50,000 acre Payne Ranch along Cache Creek in Northern California, Los Osos on the Pacific Coast near San Luis Obispo, Kennedy Meadows and the Sprague Ranch in the Southern Sierra Nevada.
 

 
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