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Who Says It's Not Easy Being Green?

Tuesday, December 9, 2008


Location:
Monona & Mendota Rooms, State Bar Center
5302 Eastpark Blvd
Madison, WI

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This program has been rescheduled for March 23, 2009.

Find out how legal restrictions aimed at achieving basic conservation goals can pay off for your clients yet still enable them to own and productively utilize their property. Whether you represent businesses with large forest and agricultural land holdings or family farmers, it is important for you to attend this seminar.

Those who advise local land trusts or other public interest groups interested in the land protection will also find this seminar vitally important in learning about these often overlooked economic incentives for land and resource conservation.

Who Says It’s Not Easy Being Green? will not only provide an overview of these environmental programs and their current opportunities, but also discuss the particular terms and provisions of the conservation easements and other legal instruments necessary to ensure participation in these various programs. Presenters will highlight practice tips and concerns for the legal issues involved in such transactions.

Program Schedule

8:30 a.m.

Managed Forest Law
Atty. Quinn Williams
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison

Atty. Glenn Stoddard
Glenn M. Stoddard Attorney at Law, Eau Claire
9:45 a.m. Wetland Reserve Program & Farm and Ranch Land Protection Program
Atty. Jessica Schmitt*
USDA Office of the General Counsel, Milwaukee
10:35 a.m. Break
10:50 a.m. Forest Legacy Program
Atty. Quinn Williams
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison
11:40 a.m. Lunch (on your own)
1:15 p.m. USDA Conservation Reserve Program
Susan Butler
Conservation Specialist, USDA, Farm Service Agency
1:45 p.m. Land Trust-acquired Conservation Easements: The View from Each Side of the Transaction
Atty. Peter McKeever
Garvey McNeil & McGillivray S.C., Madison
2:35 p.m. Break
2:50 p.m. Conservation Easements Acquired by Local Government: Town of Dunn Experience
Atty. Porter J. Martin
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Madison
Land Trust Commissioner, Town of Dunn
3:40 p.m.

Public Policy Issues of Conservation-Based Land Use or Property Restrictions
Atty. Glenn Stoddard
Glenn M. Stoddard Attorney at Law, Eau Claire

Atty. Quinn Williams
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison

Atty. Peter McKeever
Garvey McNeil & McGillivray S.C., Madison

Mr. Dave Tremble
Sauk County Department of Planning & Zoning, Baraboo

Atty. Porter J. Martin
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Madison
Land Trust Commissioner, Town of Dunn
4:25 p.m. Program Concludes

*The views of Atty. Schmitt are her own and do not necessarily reflect those of the USDA or Office of the General Counsel.

Tuition

Environmental Law Section Member - $129.00
Non-Section Member - $170.00
Non-State Bar of Wisconsin Member - $190.00
Law Student - $15.00
Ultimate Pass Subscriber - FREE

CLE Credits

We will be submitting to the Wisconsin Board of Bar Examiners for up to 7.0 CLE credits

To register, contact the State Bar of Wisconsin at 1-800-728-7788.


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