Conservation Trust Project

Focusing on public trust theory and private property tools to achieve landscape conservation

The Conservation Trust Project explores innovative private and market mechanisms (such as conservation easements and trust acquisitions) to protect natural resources. Faculty leaders are Adell Amos, Susan Gary, Richard Hildreth, and Mary Wood.

CTP News

26th Annual Public Interest Environmental Law Conference: Compelling a Climate of Change , March 6-9, 2008.
Panels:
Public Trust: Tapping the Potential of the Common Law Trust
Tribal Wilderness Land and Conservation Easements
Tribes as Trustees: The Emerging Role in the Global Conservation Trust Movement.

CTP Fellow Alex Wood's article on conservation easements, "Promoting Conservation Easements through Tax Incentives in Oregon," was published in the July 2007 issue of the Newsletter of the Estate Planning and Administration section of the Oregon State Bar.

Alexander Wood, Fact Sheet: Current Federal Conservation Tax Incentives for Conservation Easement Donations .

CTP Fellows

Andy Engel

Autumn Johnson

Autumn Johnson is a third year student. During the summer of 2008, she worked for the National Day Laborer Organizing Network and the Disability Rights Law Center in Los Angeles. During the summer of 2009, she worked for WildEarth Guardians, specializing in wildlife law. Before law school, Autumn was a social worker in Arizona. She has a B.A. in women's studies and wants to practice public interest law when she graduates.

Maureen McGee

Maureen McGee is a third year student and Bowerman Fellow for 2009-2010. During the summer of 2009, Maureen worked at Trustees for Alaska in Anchorage, where she assisted on a variety of projects aiming to protect Alaska's unique natural abundance and to address the impacts of climate change on Arctic communities and ecosystems. In 2008, Maureen worked at the Crag Law Center, a public interest firm in Portland, OR, on litigation involving offshore oil and gas leasing. Maureen is also an Articles Editor for the Journal of Environmental Law and Litigation. Maureen was born and raised in Pocatello, Idaho, and has a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Puget Sound.

Faculty

Adell Amos

Susan Gary

Richard Hildreth

Mary Wood

Summary Sheet

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Related Links

McKenzie River Trust

Payette Land Trust