Introduction and Overview Ensuring Compliance - Landowner Outreach and Monitoring.
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Transcript of Introduction and Overview Ensuring Compliance - Landowner Outreach and Monitoring.
Easement Stewardship Context
Easement MonitoringLandowner RelationsBaseline DocumentationViolation ResolutionsAmendments Record Keeping
Stewardship Policies- Set the Stage
MRT Easement Policies Easement Amendments policyViolation Resolution policyRecordkeeping policy
Easement Monitoring
• Insuring compliance • Early detection • Landowner relationships• Reserved rights & approvals• Tracking outcomes
Review Easements for Resolution Tools
• Grantee’s Conditions of Approval • Mediation / Arbitration• Grantee’s Remedies
Build Strong Landowner Relations
•Check policies •Set up procedures•Establish a primary contact•Review your monitoring forms •Set the tone
Partnership/Problem-Solving Message or
Policing/Enforcement Message
Annual visit or Monitoring
Visit or Inspection
Follow-up or Enforcement
Resolution or Compliance
Checking or Policing
Conversation or Negotiation
Creative problem solving or Litigation
Upholding the conservation easement or
Conformance
Concerns or Violations
Questions or Concerns
Deter or Prevent
Identify or Detect
Scheduled or Assigned
Possible or Suspected
Set The Tone
Landowner Outreach - Partnering with Landowners
• Restoration partnerships • Membership events • Land Acquisitions celebrations • Easement tours • Easement landowner event or workshops
References
Land Trust Alliance, Land Trust Standards and Practices, Land Trust Alliance, revised 2004.
Bouplon, Renee J., and Benda Lind, Conservation Easement Stewardship, Land Trust Alliance, 2008.
Hugh Brown and Andrew Pitz, Caring for Land Trust Properties Land Trust Alliance, 2008.
http://tlc.lta.org/courses/conservation-easement-stewardship