LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT & STEWARDSHIP: ROLES & REQUIREMENTS FOR A CONSERVATION BANK AFTER IT CLOSES

Presented live on January 13, 2021, this webinar discusses the roles and responsibilities of bank sponsors and long-term stewards in developing and implementing management plans and the stewardship funding mechanism(s) needed to ensure continued mitigation compliance. Topics include cost analysis of long-term management practices, adaptive management, and key needs of the third-party land steward to adequately fund management activities in perpetuity.

It is recommended that participants view Webinar 1: The Market & Regulatory Drivers for Conservation Banking prior to viewing this webinar. 

Webinar #6 Recording

Presenters:

Matt Gause, Westervelt Ecological Services (mgause@westervelt.com)
Clint Miller, The Conservation Fund (cmiller@conservationfund.org)

Webinar Materials:

• Speaker Bios (PDF)
• Matt Gause Presentation (PDF)
• Clint Miller Presentation (PDF)

Long-Term Management Resources:

1. DeYoung, Greg and Steve Moore. 2016. Long-Term Stewardship Funding and Mitigation Industry Sustainability. National Wetlands Newsletter. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
2. Franklin, Helinski, Manale: “Using Adaptive Management to Meet Conservation Goals” Sept. 2007. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
3. Lyons, Runge, Laskowski, Kendall: “Monitoring in the Context of Structured Decision-Making and Adaptive Management,” 2008. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
4. Miller. “Climate Change and Adaptive Management: The intersection of dynamic natural and anthropogenic processes with the practical needs of conservation management,” September 2008. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
5. Rist, L., A. Felton, L. Samuelsson, C. Sandström, and O. Rosvall. A new paradigm for adaptive management. Ecology and Society, 2013. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
6. Salafsky, Margoluis, Redford: “Adaptive Management: A Tool for Conservation Practitioners” 2001. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
7. USFWS. Writing Refuge Management Goals and Objectives: A Handbook. [DOWNLOAD PDF]

Web Resources:

• Land Trust Accreditation Commission https://www.landtrustaccreditation.org/index.php
• Land Trust Alliance https://www.landtrustalliance.org/
• Land Trust Alliance: Find a Land Trust https://www.landtrustalliance.org/find-land-trust
• Land Trust Standards and Practices https://www.landtrustaccreditation.org/help-and-resources/requirements-manual

Long-Term Stewardship Financing Resources:

1. DiCintio, Tim. “Notes on Funding Approaches for Long-Term Property Management”. National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
2. Teresa, Sherry. “The Demise of the Environmental Trust,” 2006. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
3. Teresa, Sherry. “Perpetual Stewardship Considerations for Compensatory Mitigation and Mitigation Banks.” Stetson Law Review Vol. 38, 2009. [DOWNLOAD PDF]
4. The Nature Conservancy (TNC). The Long-Term Stewardship Calculator Accompanying Handbook. 2016. [DOWNLOAD PDF]

Web Resources:

• National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) https://www.nfwf.org