We partner directly with ranchers and private forestland owners; major conservation funding agencies; and local and non-profit organizations, including land trusts. We also have a long history of convening and working with diverse groups of stakeholders and partners to achieve conservation goals.
We have broad experience in developing, funding, negotiating and closing conservation easements. We have managed all aspects including budgeting, fundraising, application development, front-end due diligence, appraisals, title investigations, easement drafting, easement negotiations, escrow management, and easement monitoring. We have also negotiated carbon contracts on behalf of private landowners and provided due diligence for strategic land purchases.
We have helped to raise tens of millions of dollars for conservation and restoration projects across the North Coast, including administering and managing dozens of grants and grant-funded projects through federal, state, local and private agencies and foundations. We have managed all aspects of grant proposal development, coordination, management and administration.
Lindsay has experience working with large Excel datasets and in ArcGIS analysis and mapping. Lindsay conducts GIS tasks to support the identification, development and implementation of forest, watershed, and conservation projects. Lindsay has also conducted mapping and risk analyses in support the sustainable transformation of the oil palm industry in Southeast Asia.
We have extensive experience authoring a variety of organizational development, landscape planning, technical, and legal documents. We have also partnered with numerous agencies, foundations and other partners on landscape-scale conservation planning projects. We have also led a variety of multi-stakeholder efforts as part of local and regional planning efforts.