Inland Northwest Land Trust
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Transcript of Inland Northwest Land Trust
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Inland Northwest Land Trust
Vicki Egesdal, Development Director
& Cadie Olsen, Conservation
Director
Spokane River Forum 2013
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Inland Northwest Land Trust
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What is a conservation easement?
Land ProtectionLegal agreement between willing landowner and a land trustPermanently limits certain uses of the landLand remains in private ownershipProtections run with the land – even after given, sold, or passed to othersCan’t be undone
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What does the Inland Northwest Land Trust bring
to our partners?We fill a unique role Permanent protection of private landsWe are NOT Regulatory Political Adversarial
We invite willing, conservation-minded land owners to a leadership role in conservation
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We need your help tooWe’re quiet by necessityA small part of something much biggerInland Northwest Land Trust wants to Leverage our mutual conservation goals Expand our collective sphere of effectiveness Learn from your unique watershed expertise
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INLT’s New Focus:•Rivers•Lakes•Streams•Wetlands
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Conservation Planning
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Location MapLatah Creek
•Many active partnerships
•Watershed in WA and ID
•Tributary to Spokane
•Timber and Wheat
•TMDL
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Latah Creek ProjectsAssessment
Monitoring
Planting Native Riparian Vegetation
Land Owner Outreach
Involving Volunteers
Future Grants and Easements
Expanding Partnerships
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Planting site in early spring
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10/29/2012
VolunteersThe Power of People
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Call us! We’re The Inland
Northwest Land Trust.
Cadie Olsen and Vicki Egesdal