Making conservation efforts faster, more strategic, and more permanent.
Conservation Law Center has provides pro bono legal services to Indiana’s land trusts and conservation organizations. The representation we provide ensures that Indiana land trusts and conservation organizations can focus their limited resources on issues more directly related to their core missions. Without this assistance, conservation organizations with limited staff and resources often neglect important matters of nonprofit governance or hire attorneys without expertise in conservation or nonprofit law. Conservation Law Center is the resource Indiana’s conservation organizations can lean on for support.
Conservation Law Center practice areas for nonprofit support include
Navigating complex real estate transactions.
Drafting, negotiating, and enforcing conservation easements.
Counseling on land related liabilities such as timber theft, trespass, poaching, invasive species, access and boundary dispute issues.
Managing partnerships to collectively meet conservation objectives.
Complex grant writing support.
Drafting model legislation to promote conservation at the county and state level of government.
Complex grant writing support.
Assisting with corporate formation and governance including drafting articles of incorporation, bylaws and policies, obtaining federal tax-exempt status, and compliance with applicable nonprofit laws.

Matters & Projects
Matter
First Two NRCS Agricultural Land Easements in Indiana
Matter
Prescribed Fire Legislation


331 Acres of Farmland Protected
Supporting the Fight Against Invasive Species
400 Acres Preserved in Indiana

Friends of the Patoka River National Wildlife Refuge

Wildlife Conservation Association

Wildcare

Three Valley Land Trust

Shirley Heinz Land Trust

Sierra Club – Hoosier Chapter

Red-Tail Land Conservancy

Oak Heritage Conservancy

NICHES Land Trust

Multnomah County Soil and Water Conservation District

Midwest Invasive Plant Network

Mud Creek Conservancy

Biodiversity Interview with Christian Freitag
Question: I know you have a background in land protection. Could you please share your insights on how the preservation of land, habitat, and species

Brabson Family Foundation Provides Grant Support for CLC’s Conservation Easement Template Project
The CLC is proud to announce that the Brabson Family Foundation has continued to support our work with a grant of $20,000.

Freitag co-authors article on sustainable development in Costa Rica “blue zone”
Along with colleagues from Syracuse University and INCAE, Costa Rica’s main business school, CLC Executive Director Christian Freitag recently co-authored an article concerning Nosara, Costa

Ropchan Foundation awards CLC first-time grant to support Land Program
Conservation Law Center is excited to announce a first time award from the Ropchan Foundation to fund the Indiana Land Protection Program.

Conservation Law Center names Kacey Cook as the Constance and Terry Marbach Conservation Attorney
The Conservation Law Center is excited to announce Kacey Cook as the inaugural Constance and Terry Marbach Conservation Attorney.
The Marbach Conservation Attorney will focus

CLC welcomes Rob McCrea as Landscape Conservation Attorney
Conservation Law Center is pleased to announce that Rob McCrea has been hired as the Landscape Conservation Attorney.
Rob grew up hiking, hunting, and camping