Introduction and Overview Ensuring Compliance - Landowner Outreach and Monitoring

Easement Stewardship Context Easement Monitoring Landowner Relations Baseline Documentation Violation Resolutions Amendments Record Keeping

Stewardship Policies- Set the Stage MRT Easement Policies Easement Amendments policy Violation Resolution policy Recordkeeping policy

Easement Monitoring Insuring compliance Early detection Landowner relationships Reserved rights & approvals Tracking outcomes

Review Easements for Resolution Tools Grantee’s Conditions of Approval Mediation / Arbitration Grantee’s Remedies

Build Strong Landowner Relations Check policies Set up procedures Establish a primary contact Review your monitoring forms Set the tone

Partnership/Problem-Solving Message or Policing/Enforcement Message Annual visit or Monitoring Visit or Inspection Follow-up or Enforcement Resolution or Compliance Checking or Policing Conversation or Negotiation Creative problem solving or Litigation Upholding the conservation easement or Conformance Concerns or Violations Questions or Concerns Deter or Prevent Identify or Detect Scheduled or Assigned Possible or Suspected Set The Tone

Landowner Outreach - Partnering with Landowners Restoration partnerships Membership events Land Acquisitions celebrations Easement tours Easement landowner event or workshops

Easement Property Tours Whiskey Creek Organic – Duncan Island

Prairie Tour

Land Acquisition Celebrations

Easement Landowner Events

Restoration Tours

Celebrate Your Successes

References Land Trust Alliance, Land Trust Standards and Practices, Land Trust Alliance, revised Bouplon, Renee J., and Benda Lind, Conservation Easement Stewardship, Land Trust Alliance, Hugh Brown and Andrew Pitz, Caring for Land Trust Properties Land Trust Alliance, stewardship