NON-PROFIT OR PRIVATE SECTOR CONSERVATION CLIENTS

Research, coordination, project management:

A.  Conservation and resource use:

Coordinate the assessment, planning, and management of forest, agricultural, geologic, and water resources in functional ecological systems,
Maintain and enhance diverse values: biological communities, recreation, aesthetics, financial.   Potential project areas:

1. Environmental impact assessments.
   
2. Conservation easements: Plan, design, draft terms; monitor, verify, guide enforcement.
   
3. Invasives management.
   
4. Erosion control and soil stabilization:  Plan, contract, monitor remediation.
   
5. Ecological restoration, reclamation of damaged landscapes.
   
6. Boundary marking, trail planning, creation, and maintenance.
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B.  Real estate activities and conservation oriented development:

Work with the real estate market to promote sustainable communities in functional, resilient natural systems.

1. Review and analyze land use and development proposals for conservation interests, find ecologically sound solutions, low impact techniques.
2. Research properties, negotiate purchases, interests, and reconfigurations, plan siting of improvements, e.g. negotiating access rights to water resources.
3. Plan and manage sustainable development activities for conservation and town planning.

C.  Coordination among stakeholders:

1. Identify and develop opportunities for collaboration among stakeholders with diverse interests.
   
2. Coordinate information access and exchange among conservation entities with related interests, to preserve and build on collective experience. 
   
3. Help develop website and map content to facilitate and present multiparty endeavors.