Our Services

We offer expertise and support to assist you with all stages of your conservation projects including strategic planning, networking, design, communications, production, implementation and promotion. Our clients include charitable environmental organizations, land trusts, conservation authorities and municipalities.  
 
Services
- Land Conservation
- Program Development
- Design & Communications
 
Land Conservation
Land Securement
We have extensive experience negotiating and closing land acquisitions including:
- donations
- conservation easement agreements
- purchases
- split receipts and partial takings
- engaging appraisers, surveyors, planners, lawyers and ecologists
- Environment Canada's Ecological Gifts Program
 

Strategies for Land Securement & Stewardship

We specialize in providing strategic direction to help your organization achieve securement and stewardship goals by:
- developing strategies for conservation lands, trails and wildlife corridors
- establishing guidelines for selecting priority areas
- setting securement goals and evaluating properties
- providing direction on land securement tools, leveraging donations and engaging partners
- planning for long-term stewardship
 

Conservation Easement Agreements

We specialize in conservation easement agreements including:
- drafting and negotiating agreements
- developing or auditing easement programs to minimize organizational risk
 

Baseline Documentation Reports (BDRs)

We produce state of the art BDRs for conservation agreements including:
- conducting property research and field work
- ecological data collection
- GPS and photo documentation
- providing guidance on archival storage, monitoring and future updates
 
Program Development
Landowner Contact & Education
We provide on-the-ground landowner outreach including:
- developing and implementing a landowner contact and education program directed at key landowners in your area
- delivering educational workshops for landowners about land securement and tax advantages associated with donations of land or conservation easement agreements
 

Conservation Policies & Procedures

We can help your organization achieve efficiency, consistency and due diligence when implementing a land securement or stewardship program by:
- creating policies and procedures to support securement and stewardship
- training organizational staff and Board members on program implementation
 

Partnership Building

We can network with a variety of partners to help you build organizational capacity and meet conservation goals including:
- conservation organizations and government
- funding agencies and programs including Environment Canada's Ecological Gifts Program
- appraisers, environmental consultants and surveyors
 

Fundraising

For specific land securement projects, we can support your organization by:
- identifying funding partners and writing proposals
- developing property-specific fundraising campaigns
- creating promotional communications material
 
Design & Communications
Graphic Design
- brochures and posters
- reports
- maps
- interpretive signage
- commemorative markers

 

Photography

- secured lands
- conservation areas and trails
- flora and fauna
- BDR documentation
- conservation events

 

Writing

- land conservation
- natural heritage and ecology
- program promotion
- funding applications