Rick Hamilton, Forestry Extension Department Leader

Ted Feitshans, Extension Specialist (Agricultural and Environmental Law) Tom Craven, Director of Stewardship, Triangle Land Conservancy Tandy Jones, Land Protection Specialist, Triangle Land Conservancy Rusty Painter, Land Protection Specialist with Conservation Trust of North Carolina.

Panel Discussion of landowners with forest conservation easements: Charlie Bolton, Jim Pick, Guy Troy

Workshop topics

What is a conservation easement?

What is a working forest conservation easement?

Legal steps in creating a working forest conservation easement The role of the land trust agency Monitoring, stewardship and funding of easements Rights and responsibilities of landowners and land trust agencies Before and after appraisal of easements Tax benefits of forest conservation easements Timber management practices allowed on working forest conservation easements Restrictive versus less restrictive forest easements Specific examples of working forest conservation easements

Registration fee is $5.00 per person in advance and must be received or postmarked no later than Friday, October 28. After October 28 and at the door, the fee will be $10.00 per person. The fee includes a barbecue supper, workshop materials and refreshments. The barbecue and all the trimmings will be served at 5:30 pm. Make checks payable to: Chatham County Cooperative Extension. Mail to: Cooperative Extension, PO Box 279, Pittsboro, NC 27312.