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Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries The Lousiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, through their Natural Areas Program, purchases conservation easements on private land to preserve Lousiana's natural heritage.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Conservation-Servitudes--a-path-to-protection/1628/
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Gulf Engineers and Consultants Coastal forests in Louisiana have long been recognized as valuable for the goods and services that they provide. However, since coastal forests have become increasingly vulnerable to pressures from natural and anthropogenic forces, these critical habitats are in danger of being lost.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Coastal-Forest-Conservation-Initiative-Guidelines/1629/
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L. Wes Burger Jr., Don McKenzie, Reggie Thackston, and Stephen J. Demaso The conservation provisions of the Farm Bill can produce more consistent positive wildlife habitat benefits when policy (program statutes, rules, practices, and practice standards) is developed in the context of explicit goals identified as part of large-scale conservation initiatives.
https://www.landcan.org/article/The-Role-of-Farm-Policy-in-Achieving-LargeScale-Conservation--Bobwhite-and-Buffers/1617/
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L. W. Burger Conservation buffers such as filter strips, riparian buffers, grassed waterways, and field borders are especially applicable to southeastern landscapes and have multiple environmental benefits while serving to significantly improve wildlife habitats.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Conservation-buffers--wildlife-benefits-in-Southeastern-agricultural-systems/1622/
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Christopher D. Clark, Larry Tankersley, George F. Smith, and Daniel Starnes This publication is intended to provide basic information on conservation easements for landowners, community leaders, students and other interested individuals.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Farm-and-Forest-Land-Preservation-With-Conservation-Easements/1737/
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Kirsten Ferguson The 80 million-plus Millennials in the United States represent the next generation of potential land trust supporters and advocates.
https://www.landcan.org/article/NextGen-Conservation--Peninsula-Open-Space-Trust-engages-Millennials-in-its-mission/2540/
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National Young Farmers Coalition How land trusts can protect America's working farms.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Farmland-Conservation-20/2577/
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Brenda Lind For decades, conservation easements have protected open space values such as wildlife habitat, ecological diversity, recreational access and aesthetics.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Using-Conservation-Easements-to-Protect-Working-Forests/164/
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Wade Martin and Sally Ramirez 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.
https://www.landcan.org/article/An-Overview-of-Financial-Alternatives-for-Land-Conservation-Transactions/140/
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Patricia E. Salkin 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.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Conservation-of-Private-Lands--Opportunities-and-Challenges-for-the-States/266/
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North American Bird Conservation Initiative, U.S. Committee Each year, the State of the Birds report provides important scientific data to a broad audience with a call to action to improve the conservation status of birds and the environment.
https://www.landcan.org/article/The-State-of-the-Birds-2011-Report-on-Public-Lands-and-Waters-United-States-of-America/1178/
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Terhi Majanen, Rachel Friedman, and Jeffrey C. Milder 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.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Innovations-in-MarketBased-Watershed-Conservation-in-the-United-States--Payments-for-Watershed-Services-for-Agricultural-and-Forest-Landowners/2838/
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Margaret Krome (MFAI), George Reistad (MFAI) and NSAC's policy staff This guide lists funding opportunities offered by federal programs, and is indispensable for anyone seeking government help to foster their innovative enterprise in forestry and agriculture.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Building-Sustainable-Farms-Ranches-and-Communities--A-Guide-to-Federal-Programs-for-Sustainable-Agriculture-Forestry-Entrepreneurship-Conservation-Food-Systems-and-Community-Development/2517/
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North American Bird Conservation Initiative, U.S. Committee Fourth State of the Birds report: the first review of bird distribution and conservation opportunities on private lands.
https://www.landcan.org/article/The-State-of-the-Birds-2013-Report-on-Private-Lands-United-States-of-America/1274/
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Lynne Langley 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.
https://www.landcan.org/article/Easements-prove-valuable-in-efforts-to-protect-land/163/
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L.W. Burger Jr. S.K. Riffell, K.O. Evans, and M.D. Smith Summary Findings The Habitat Buffers for Upland Birds practice (CP33) is the first Federal conservation practice to target species-specific population recovery goals of a national wildlife conservation initiative (the Northern Bobwhite Conservation Initiative).
https://www.landcan.org/article/Bobwhite-and-Upland-Songbird-Response-to-CCRP-Practice-CP33-Habitat-Buffers-for-Upland-Birds-/1621/
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Rocky Mackintosh 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.& ...
https://www.landcan.org/article/13-Components-of-a-Successful-Transferable-Development-Right-Program/224/
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.
https://www.landcan.org/article/A-Landowners-Guide-to-Carbon-Sequestration-Credits/568/
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North American Bird Conservation Initiative, U.S. Committee The first State of the Birds report in 2009 revealed troubling declines of bird populations in the United States during the last 40 years—a warning signal of the failing health of our ecosystems.
https://www.landcan.org/article/The-State-of-the-Birds-2010-Report-on-Climate-Change-United-States-of-America/1179/
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North American Bird Conservation Initiative, U.S. Committee The United States is blessed with diverse landscapes, a wealth of natural resources, and spectacular wildlife, including more than 800 bird species.
https://www.landcan.org/article/The-State-of-The-Birds-United-States-of-America-2009/1180/
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