tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9250043.post-1140095331571359782006-02-16T07:04:00.000-06:002006-02-16T07:08:51.636-06:00The Land Trust Alliance has announced the formation of its new commission to oversee land trust accreditation. The "Land Trust Accreditation Commission: An Independent Program of the Land Trust Alliance" will consist of 13 members. <br />This is the next step in the LTA's promise to Congress to set accreditation standards across the country to cut down on conservation easement tax abuses.<br /><br />Those named are:<br />CHAIR <br />Larry Kueter (CO)<br />Counsel, Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust<br />Attorney, Isaacson Rosenbaum PC<br />Board Member, Land Trust Alliance<br /> <br />VICE CHAIR <br />David MacDonald (ME)<br />Director of Land Protection<br />Maine Coast Heritage Trust<br /> <br />SECRETARY <br />Ann Taylor Schwing (CA)<br />Attorney, McDonough Holland & Allen PC<br />Board Member<br />Land Trust of Napa County<br /> <br />TREASURER<br />Katherine Imhoff (VA)<br />Chairwoman, Virginia Outdoors Foundation<br />Vice President for Planning and Facilities, Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Inc.<br /> <br />COMMISSIONERS<br />Elizabeth Crane (GA)<br />Program Manager<br />Forest Legacy, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service<br /> <br />David Hartwell (MN)President, Bellcomb Technologies Inc.<br />Board Member, Land Trust Alliance<br /> <br />Lucinda Hunt-Stowell (CT)<br />Board Member, Southbury Land Trust<br />Chairwoman, Flanders Nature Center and Land Trust<br /> <br />Jennifer Lorenz (TX)<br />Executive Director, Legacy Land Trust<br /> <br />Marc Smiley (OR)<br />Marc Smiley Organizational Development<br />Board Member, Columbia Land Trust<br /> <br />Peter Stein (NH)<br />Partner, Lyme Timber and LTC Conservation Advisory Services<br /> <br />Henry Tepper (NY)<br />New York State Director<br />The Nature Conservancy<br /> <br />Wesley Ward (MA)<br />Director of Land Conservation<br />The Trustees of Reservations<br /> <br />Michael Whitfield (ID)<br />Executive Director <br />Teton Regional Land TrustPat Burnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04086714996345735384noreply@blogger.com