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Strategies To Facilitate Changes In Water Use, Bonnie G. Colby

Two Decades of Water Law and Policy Reform: A Retrospective and Agenda for the Future (Summer Conference, June 13-15)

21 pages.

Contains 4 pages of references and 2 pages of endnotes.

Clarifying State Water Rights And Adjudications, John E. Thorson

Two Decades of Water Law and Policy Reform: A Retrospective and Agenda for the Future (Summer Conference, June 13-15)

32 pages.

Contains references.

Easements And Conservation Policy In The North Maine Woods, David J. Lewis

Maine Policy Review

Recently Maine has embarked on a new policy direction in its use of conservation easements to protect large tracts of commercial timberland. David Lewis argues that the effectiveness of using easements as a long-term conservation policy depends on many factors that may not be fully considered in the decision-making process currently used in choosing easements for landscape-scale conservation. Lewis indicates that the root of the problem lies in the fact that the state lacks a comprehensive policy describing the conservation goals desired in the North Woods. Before progressing further, Lewis suggests that the ultimate goals of conservation need to be …