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Karsyn is COLT's Conservation Program Manager.

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Save the Date—April 13 Conservation Law Forum

By Karsyn Kendrick / March 15, 2023
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Experts will cover legal topics important to land conservation in Oregon, including conservation easements, carbon offsets and Tribal access.

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We’re hiring a Summer Legal Extern!

By Kelsey Kuhnhausen / February 1, 2023
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COLT’s legal extern will support the Oregon Land Justice Project by researching, drafting, and compiling legal tools for land trusts to use in partnership with Oregon Tribes to protect cultural resources and increase Tribal access to ancestral lands and first foods.

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How We’re Advocating for Land Trusts this Legislative Session

By Karsyn Kendrick / January 17, 2023
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For the next 160 days, COLT will be tracking bills and hearings in Salem that will protect working farm, ranch, and forest lands and increase funding for land acquisition. 

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A cover cropped field at Headwaters Farm. East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District

Press release—Congress passes Integrity Act, halting abuse of federal conservation easement tax incentive

By Kelsey Kuhnhausen / December 23, 2022
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This important bill safeguards tax incentives for private landowners who protect clean water, habitat and natural resources on private land.

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Press release—Spence Mountain protected thanks to Forest Legacy Program

By Kelsey Kuhnhausen / December 19, 2022
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U.S. Forest Service’s Forest Legacy Program helps secure 7,500 acres for people and wildlife in Southern Oregon

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A black-tailed deer stands in a wildflower meadow with a snowy mountain backdrop at the Land Trust’s conserved lands just outside The Dalles, Oregon. Photo by Brian Chambers Photography

Action Alert: Urge Oregon Leaders to Pass the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act and the Easement Integrity Act

By Kelsey Kuhnhausen / December 16, 2022
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Raise your voice for wildlife and conservation, and ask congress to pass RAWA and EIA.

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