Joerger and Byrne speak at Land Trust Alliance Rally

Joerger and Byrne speak at Land Trust Alliance Rally

The Land Trust Alliance Rally is the nation’s largest annual gathering of land conservation leaders drawing more than 1,500 conservation leaders, government officials and academics. Rally seminars, workshops and speakers address national conservation trends, cutting-edge practices of land conservation and best professional standards for land trusts. 

Sean M. Byrne, Esq., Attorney, Bach & Jacobs, P.A.and Counsel, Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast & Albert Joerger, Ph.D., President, The Joerger Group and Founder, Conservation Foundation of the Gulf Coast Presented Trail Easements on Private Lands – A way to generate public support for conservation easement purchases at the 2013 Rally in New Orleans, LA. Attendees at the September 18 workshop learned how to incorporate a trail easement into a conservation transaction by:

• Using the ‘public access’ component to marshal public support for using public funds to acquire conservation easements on private lands
• Addressing a landowner’s concerns about granting public access to private lands
• Understanding the legal and practical considerations that go into negotiating and drafting trail Easements