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Inland Northwest Land Trust

Vicki Egesdal, Development Director

& Cadie Olsen, Conservation

Director

Spokane River Forum 2013

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Inland Northwest Land Trust

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What is a conservation easement?

Land ProtectionLegal agreement between willing landowner and a land trustPermanently limits certain uses of the landLand remains in private ownershipProtections run with the land – even after given, sold, or passed to othersCan’t be undone

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What does the Inland Northwest Land Trust bring

to our partners?We fill a unique role

Permanent protection of private lands

We are NOT Regulatory Political Adversarial

We invite willing, conservation-minded land owners to a leadership role in conservation

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We need your help too

We’re quiet by necessity

A small part of something much bigger

Inland Northwest Land Trust wants to Leverage our mutual conservation goals Expand our collective sphere of effectiveness Learn from your unique watershed expertise

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INLT’s New Focus:

•Rivers•Lakes•Streams•Wetlands

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Conservation Planning

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Location MapLatah Creek

•Many active partnerships

•Watershed in WA and ID

•Tributary to Spokane

•Timber and Wheat

•TMDL

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Latah Creek ProjectsAssessment

Monitoring

Planting Native Riparian Vegetation

Land Owner Outreach

Involving Volunteers

Future Grants and Easements

Expanding Partnerships

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Planting site in early spring

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10/29/2012

VolunteersThe Power of People

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Call us! We’re The Inland

Northwest Land Trust.

Cadie Olsen and Vicki Egesdal