Orange County NC Website
Browse       Search
jobs digest <br />For full information on the following jobs, <br />and for other postings, see Ita.org. <br />New Jersey Conservation <br />Foundation (NJ), Director of Land <br />Acquisition - manage all aspects of <br />statewide acquisition program and staff. <br />Min. seven years related experience;; <br />Geneva Lake Conservancy (WI), <br />Executive Director - five years <br />experience managing land trusts or <br />comparable organizations, conservation <br />easements, leadership in operational and <br />financial management, fundraising, <br />governance, and environmental <br />advocacy; Northern Virginia <br />Conservation Trust (VA), <br />Stewardship Manager - full time <br />position to oversee baseline studies of <br />conservation easements, management of <br />properties owned by the Trust, monitoring <br />conservation easements... Piedmont <br />Environmental Council (VA), <br />Conservation Officer - The <br />Conservation Officer will develop <br />conservation solutions for the protection <br />of important resources in Loudoun and <br />Northem Fauquier Counties. <br />conferences <br />July 23, Charlottesville, VA: <br />Maintaining the Quality and Integrity of <br />Conservation Easements. Drafting high <br />quality easements and insuring sound <br />appraisals. See PECVA.org. <br />Aug. 31, Lansing, MI: Advancing <br />Farmland Protection Efforts in Michigan, <br />sponsored by the Michigan Farmland & <br />Community Alliance. Call 517 391 -5047 or <br />email jbaker @mfcaonline.com. <br />Sept. 18 -22, Los Angeles: Rail - <br />Volution 2004: Building Livable <br />Communities with Transit. Tenth annual <br />conference. Sixty workshops, wide <br />range of topics. See railvolution.com. <br />Cost: $350, scholarships available. <br />Sept 28 -Oct 3, Louisville, KY: Restore <br />America: Communities at a Crossroads, <br />annual conference of the National Trust <br />for Historic Preservation. Many relevant <br />sessions with land and landscape <br />preservation focus. See NTHP.org. <br />Oct. 20 -22, Naples, FL: National Impact <br />Fee Roundtable, 10th annual conference, <br />will be held in renaissance Old Naples. <br />Fee $95 -125. See impactfees.com. <br />Oct. 28 -3, Providence, RI: Land Trust <br />Alliance Rally 2004, National Land <br />Conservation Conference. This year, <br />three new advanced level tracks. See <br />LTA. org. <br />Nov. 15 -17, Lexington, KY: Farming on <br />the Edge, Meeting the Challenge, <br />conference of the American Farmland <br />Trust. See farmland.org. <br />farmland preservation report <br />Land and Community <br />Alan R. Musselman, <br />Land Conservation Practitioner <br />Meadowhawk Farm <br />153 Hickory Ridge Millerstown, Pa. 17062 <br />717- 589 -7871; 589 -9987; Fax 589 -3080 <br />armussel@aol.com <br />Conservation, Preservation, Planning <br />Custom Land Conservation Easements, Projects, <br />Historic Preservation Easements and Conservation Planning <br />EveivmwGaP&mAdv&ors, <br />INC. <br />Financial 32 Nassau Street <br />advisor to Pnnceton, New Jersey 08542 <br />tel: (609) 279 -0068 <br />governmental <br />Fax: (609) 279 -0065 <br />farmland email: pat @evergreenca.com <br />preservation www.evergreenca.com <br />programs Daniel Patrick O'Connell <br />President <br />Farmland Protection Program Manager <br />New York State Dept. of Agriculture and Markets <br />The NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets administers a <br />Farmland Protection Program that provides competitive grants to <br />municipalities to purchase the development rights on farms which <br />are economically viable and are facing significant conversion <br />pressures. <br />The Manager's responsibilities include administration of the grants <br />process; assistance in developing contracts pursuant to awards; <br />technical assistance to municipalities in implementing funded <br />projects; review of easements and other documents associated with <br />the purchase of development rights; contract compliance review <br />and payout authorization; and the development of program related <br />policy. <br />Candidates must have a bachelor's degree and four years experience <br />in policy analysis /development relating to agricultural resource <br />protection. Preference will be given to individuals with experience <br />in the acquisition of farm conservation easements. <br />Starting salary: $53,104 with excellent benefits. Position located <br />in Albany, NY. E -mail your letter and resume to: Victor Artale at <br />vic. artale @agmkt. state. ny. us <br />