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Mr. Appel is a member of the Firm's Litigation and Real Estate Sections and the Natural Resources, Land, Water and Environmental Law practice group.

Professor McLaughlin is a leading national expert on conservation easements and the tax incentives offered for their donation. She has published more than thirty articles as well as book chapters and reports on conservation easements and tax incentives and she lectures extensively on these issues.

Jeff Gittins, a partner at Smith|Hartvigsen PLLC, practices primarily in the areas of water law and land use. He assists governmental entities, corporations, and private individuals in all aspects of water law, including water rights transactions, water rights analysis, water rights litigation, and applications with the Utah Division of Water Rights .

Mr. Vuyovich has the legal and practical experience that is necessary to provide workable solutions to his clients' challenges. As a ranch owner and former operator of a commercial cattle operation in eastern Oregon, he has a hands-on understanding of the critical land and water issues that are similar to those faced by many of his clients throughout the West.

Martin Banks is a partner of Stoel Rives' Environmental Law practice group and Litigation practice group. His environmental practice includes counseling clients in cost-effective regulatory compliance and permitting strategies.

Peck, Hadfield, Baxter & Moore knows Agriculture. Before we became attorneys, many of us grew up docking sheep, doctoring calves, milking cows, putting up hay, setting siphon tubes, moving sprinkler pipe, harvesting grain, hauling onions, and much more.

Bruce C. Evans was born in Boise, Idaho, in 1956. He was raised in Garland, Utah, where he attended Bear River High School. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science, with a minor in Music, at Utah State University in 1983.

The Sloan Law Firm specializes in real property, land use, and contracts in Utah and Colorado while providing other general practice services including estate planning, probate, corporate formation, and water law.

Mr. Schroeder has provided quality legal services to individuals, families, farmers, ranchers, businesses, non-profit organizations, cities, and counties.

Peter Nichols practices: water law, water quality law, environmental law, and land and water conservation law.  Peter has particular expertise in the federal Clean Water Act and water rights, conservation easements involving water rights, and the temporary use of agricultural irrigation water rights to meet municipal needs.

Mission Our mission is to provide high-quality, effective legal representation for those who share our commitment to fight for the right to own and use property, limited and ethical government, individual liberty, and the free enterprise system.

Nossaman represents a wide array of government and private entities engaged in resource use and conservation activities both within California and across the nation.