Conservation Easements as Tools to Achieve Regulatory Environmental Goals

Wayburn talks about conservation easements as tools to achieve regulatory environmental goals. The traditional approach to protecting public-trust resources, such as wildlife found on private lands, is predominantly regulatory and proscriptive. Environmental regulation -- such as the Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, or Clean Air Act -- has focused on restricting or prohibiting resource management by landowners

America's private forests : status and stewardship

xxx, 268 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

America's private forests: status and stewardship

xxx, 268 hal.; 23 c

Panel Three: The Role of Federal Dollars

Facilitator: Lydia Olander, Senior Associate Director for Ecosystem Services, Nicholas Institute of Environmental Policy Solutions Gia Schneider, Partner, EKO Asset Management Partners Adam Davis, President, Solano Partners, Inc John Finisdore, Associate, World Resources Institute Laurie Wayburn, President, Pacific Forest Trust Richard Swenson, Director, Animal Husbandry and Clean Water Division, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Servic