Conservation Tools

Experts with some references:

Brandywine Conservancy/Environmental Management Center
Chadds Ford, PA
Services provided: Brandywine Conservancy’s GIS office offers a wide range of mapping solutions to municipalities, land trusts and other clients. We specialize in open space and natural resource prioritization, GPS mapping services, viewshed analysis, 3 dimensional site planning and review, zoning and official map updates, baseline mapping for conservation easements and general infrastructure mapping. Brandywine Conservancy’s service area has traditionally been focused on southeastern Pennsylvania, but if the appropriate GIS data exists for your area of interest we surely accommodate your mapping needs.

Brandywine Conservancy/Environmental Management Center ♦
Chadds Ford, PA
Services provided: Guided Organizational Assessments

Paul Doerwald ♦
Liquid Media
Halifax, NS
Services provided: Website development for conservation organizations.

Nicole Faraguna ♦
PA Land Trust Association
Harrisburg, PA
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Andy Loza $ ♦
Pennsylvania Land Trust Association
Harrisburg, PA
Services provided: All kinds of stuff

Natural Lands Trust ♦
Media, PA 19063, 19473
Services provided: Stewardship planning and assessment Identification of natural resources Restoration oversight and monitoring Grant writing and funding Contractor oversight on implementation projects Conservation Easements Fee simple transactions Facilitation of open space protection for minicipalities Faci

Dan Seibert
Natural Resource Conservation Service
Somerset, PA
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Charles Welles
Welles McGrath
Scranton, PA
Services provided: attorney

Experts with no references:

About Trees Consulting ♦
Boiling Springs, PA
Services provided: Municipal tree management, tree and landscape appraisal, street tree planning, urban forest management,

Alliance for Justice
Washington, DC
Services provided: Alliance for Justice is a national association of over 100 organizations dedicated to advancing justice and democracy. The Alliance for Justice has written and compiled multiple resources on the laws governing 501(c)(3) organizations and lobbying and election year activities.

Alternative Energy Ordinance Working Group
Services provided: The Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission convened the Alternative Energy Ordinance Working Group, whose goal is to bring together leadership from counties and municipalities in the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission region to create model ordinance language related to alternative energy production and access.

Craig Bachik RLA
Kairos Design Group LLC
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Dan Barringer
Natural Lands Trust
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Megan Boatright
Natural Lands Trust
Services provided: Megan Boatright, GIS Analyst for Natural Lands Trust, completed her M.A. in Geography at West Chester University in 2009. Using GPS and GIS, she creates maps for conservation easements, land acquisitions, and municipal planning. She has been involved in stewardship plan mapping for the Lehigh Gap Wildlife Refuge and the Haverford Community Park.

Sandra Boyle
Nicholson, PA
Services provided: attorney

Brian Byrnes
Audubon Pennsylvania
Audubon, PA
Services provided: Brian may be contacted regarding existing or potential IBAs in the metropolitan Philadelphia area, Lehigh Valley and Berks County.

Center for Lobbying In The Public Interest
Washington, DC
Services provided: The Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest promotes, supports and protects 501(c)(3) nonprofit advocacy and lobbying in order to strengthen participation in our democratic society and advance the missions of charitable organizations. Their web page provides several guides and fact sheets on advocacy, lobbying, and election-related activities by 501(c)(3) organizations.

Tom Clark
Susquehanna River Basin Commission
Harrisburg, PA
Services provided: watershed specialist, water reclamation

Randy Cotton
Preservation Alliance
Philadelphia, PA
Services provided: historic preservation easements (including interiors, historic open space and landscapes) in and around Philly

Chad J. Decker, P.E., PTOE
Dewberry
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Barry Denk
Center for Rural PA
Services provided: tba

Cheryl Dolan
Alliant Insurance Services
Chantilly, Va
Services provided: Directors/Officers and Property Liability

Figula Graphics & Signs ♦
Glen Hope, PA
Services provided: FIGULA GRAPHICS, Can provide you with all your signage needs from job-sit to beautifully carved gold leaf. If you have any questions about signs...legibility distance, material life etc. We offer FREE expert consulting and designs with over 25 years experience.

Julie Fitzpatrick
PA Downtown Center
Services provided: tba

Jane Frye
Scranton, PA
Services provided: Flora & fauna surveys

Tom Gettings
Wildlands Conservancy
Services provided: Photography, education & outreach programs.

Heron's Eye Communications ♦
Greeley, PA
Services provided: Heron’s Eye Communications is a publishing, marketing and project management firm committed to fostering a desirable quality of life and viable local economy by creating or reinforcing strong client and community partnerships. Our work is guided by the goals of delivering your message conscientiously—clearly and in your voice—and supporting a positive relationship between you and the group with which you desire a stronger connection. Heron's Eye is developing http://www.shoplocalsaveland.com in association with W Design and the Delaware Highlands Conservancy for launch during 2010. In 2008, Heron's Eye received a PA Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence for work on the public television documentary Nature's Keepers: A Community of Conservationists.

Sharon Keegan
Hazlet Township, NJ
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Local Technical Assistance Program (PennDOT)
Harrisburg, PA
Services provided: PennDOT LTAP provides technical information and proven technologies dealing with roadway maintenance and safety methods to meet the growing demands on municipal governments.

Khiet Luong ♦
Pennsylvania Environmental Council
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Bernard McGurl
Lackawanna Valley Conservancy
Scranton, PA
Services provided: Conservation easements in Lackawana Riverbed

Elana Richman ♦
Pennsylvania Land Trust Association
Harrisburg, PA
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Estelle Ruppert
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources
Services provided: Estelle provides training programs to accompany the PA Land Choices curricula.

Steve Saffier
Audubon Pennsylvania
Services provided: Steve is Audubon Pennsylvania's Audubon At Home Coordinator.

Sarah Sargent
Audubon Pennsylvania
Services provided: Sarah may be contacted regarding existing or potential IBAs in northwestern Pennsylvania and the Pittsburgh area.

Jack Stefferud
Natural Lands Trust
Services provided: strategic acquisition plans, conservation planning, conservation referenda

Stan Stubbe
PA Outdoor Lighting Council
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Michael Stumpf ♦
Place Dynamics LLC
New Berlin, WI
Services provided: Michael is an advocate of market-informed planning, specializing in providing economic development planning, market research, community planning, and related services to government and the private development community.

Kim Van Fleet
Audubon Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, PA
Services provided: Kim may be contacted regarding existing or potential IBAs in the northeastern, central and south-central Pennsylvania areas.

Doug Wolfgang
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Services provided: Doug is Bureau Director of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Farmland Preservation.