S01Ep04P3 – Barry Lonik – Launching and Winning Ballot Campaigns

Conservancy

Episode 4 Part 3:
Barry Lonik –
Treemore Ecology
and Land Services

Winning Ballot Campaigns

How to get engaged on local zoning debates as well as how to launch a ballot campaign for publicly funded conservation easement millage. Also describes how those funds can leverage other funding sources for greater conservation impact and the basics of conservation easement oversight.

About Barry Lonik

Barry Lonik has led the effort to establish the model farmland and natural area protection programs in Washtenaw County for 26 years, some of the most successful in Michigan. Barry started the Legacy Land Conservancy and served as its first executive director for six and a half years, developing it into an effective, durable nonprofit organization.  More