Conservation Assistance

Helping Landowners with Conservation Easements, Communications Coordination and Technical Writing at Affordable Prices

Experience and Qualifications - Cindy Southway, Owner/Advocate

Experience is extremely important in conservation easement projects, communication strategies and technical writing. The learning curve can be high and costly.

Cindy Southway has planned, coordinated and assisted many private landowners with conservation easement projects. She has worked with conservation easements since 1997. She started in the land conservation field as the first Executive Director of the Middle Park Land Trust. After leaving the land trust to help some friends with their hardware store, clients came to Cindy and asked her to help them with conservation easement project - that is how Conservation Assistance got started.

Cindy has also created and reviewed many, many baseline documentation reports for conservation easements. She is able to provide this service, but usually does not create baseline documentation reports when she is serving the client as a conservation easement advisor/advocate/coordinator.

Land Conservation, Communications Coordination and Technical Writing Experience

Owner, May 1997 to Present
Ripple Works, DBA Conservation Asssistance, Grand Lake, CO
Currently assists landowners with conservation easement projects. Creates and reviews Baseline Documentation Reports. Coordinates communication strategies for public projects. Creates and reviews environmental and other technical reports. Creates and reviews grant applications.

Executive Director, August 1997 to Jan. 2006
Middle Park Land Trust, Granby, Colorado
Managed the local land trust. Developed office, education and land conservation projects procedures. Created and negotiated conservation easements. Wrote and reviewed Baseline Documentation Reports. Wrote and reviewed grant applications. Created maps using GIS. Managed the membership database. Coordinated communications strategies and public education programs for land conservation.

Public Affairs Specialist/NEPA Coordinator, May 1990 to April 97
USDA Forest Service, Arapaho NF, Sulphur Ranger District, Granby, CO
Coordinated NEPA projects and oversaw NEPA compliance. Managed the Forest Service front desk staff and interpretive programs. Created and reviewed environmental reports. Presented public information and responded to questions and information requests. Served on interdisciplinary committees for trail, timber and land management projects.

Research Assistant, Oct. 1980 to March 1981
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO
Researched and compiled weather data for a weather ship stationed in Alaska.

Technical Writer/Editor, October 1979 to May 1980
Bureau of Reclamation, Grand Junction, CO
Researched and created technical reports for water districts and the Bureau of Reclamation.

 

References and Education Available on Request