Laws and policy affecting the implementation of vegetation management treatments | ||
Michael DeArmond, Bureau of Land Management, addresses
law and policy relative to vegetation management in forest and woodland
ecosystems with an emphasis on stewardship contracting, healthy forest
fuels management, and biomass. |
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Energy development on rangelands: Oil, gas, and wind | ||
Jerry Taylor, Branch Chief for Lands, Minerals, and
Water, Bureau of Land Management. |
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Domestic sheep in bighorn sheep country | ||
Margaret Soulen-Hinson, Soulen Livestock Soulen Livestock is a family owned sheep/cattle ranch that has been operational since the 1920s. The ranch includes an area of over 100,000 acres in conjunction with BLM and Forest Service lands. Soulen Livestock has recently completed a Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances for the greater sage grouse and are actively engaged in collaborative conservation projects on private and public lands. |
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Living with T&E plants in Idaho: Laws and liabilities | ||
Mr. Tom Perry, Office of Species Conservation, Boise,
Idaho, USA. Mr. Perry serves as Legal Counsel for OSC and provides legal
advice to the Office Administrator on a variety of natural resource
issues. |
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Consequences of a sage grouse listing: What can land owners do? | ||
Joe Hinson, who has over 25 years experience in
helping private landowners, agencies, industry, and legislative bodies
resolve natural resource conflicts and has in recent years focused his
work on Candidate Conservation Agreements for private and public land
stewards. |
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Laws that influence rangeland management and conservation | ||
Colleen Diener, Jeffers Danielson Sonn & Aylward, PS Law Firm, Wenatchee, Washington | ||