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New Leadership in Western Land Departments
 Arizona - Vanessa Hickman was named the new Land Commissioner for the Arizona State Land Department. Ms. Hickman has served the ASLD as Deputy Commissioner since 2009. Previously, she was the Deputy General Counselor to the Governor, and worked in private practice for the law firms of Withey Morris; Wilenchik & Bartness; and Wilcox & Wilcox. View press release.
California - Jennifer Lucchesi has replaced Curtis Fossum as Executive Director of the California State Lands Commission
 Oregon - Mary Abrams was appointed as Director of Oregon's Department of State Lands on October 9, 2012. Ms. Abram's career with the State of Oregon includes five years in the Department of Environmental Quality. She has also held positions as a watershed manager, the Endangered Species Act coordinator for the City of Portland, a research faculty member at the Oregon Graduate Institute, and most recently as a Peace Corps Director in Africa from 2006-2012. More details.
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Oklahoma Conservation and Land Improvement Efforts
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Eastern red cedar eradication efforts: Oklahoma State Land Office
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Oklahoma has been actively pursuing projects which maintain the health of the land and ensure its ongoing profitability. Read more about Eastern Red Cedar eradiation and well drilling efforts in the panhandle to combat drought.  | |
To the rescue! En route to dig wells in the Panhandle.
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One Health, a New Vision for New Mexico's State Trust Lands
The New Mexico State Land Department has initiated the One Health program designed to improve the lives of all species - human, animal, and plant - through the integration of science into land management. The effect on state trust lands will be optimization of revenue and job creation while ensuring sustainability of these lands for future generations. Read the full story.
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Washington DNR Launches e-Newsletter for Beneficiaries
Building relationships between beneficiaries and those who manage state trust lands is at the core of Washington Department of Natural Resources new quarterly newsletter, Build Your Trusts. The newsletter will highlight trust beneficiaries and how they put state trust land funding to work as well as feature some of the people responsible for managing trust lands. Read the first issue. Subscribe to Build Your Trusts.
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Arizona
Arizona State Supreme Court rules that funds from the state land trust cannot be used to run the State Land Department. Read more.
Montana
Easement allows permanent access to over 1,500 acres of state trust land as part of the Whitefish Trail project. Learn more.
Utah
Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration supports land exchanges that provide fair compensation to the school endowment. Additional information.
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About Building Trust
Building Trust is a quarterly e-newsletter published by Western Lands and Communities, a joint venture of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and Sonoran Institute. The mission of Western Lands and Communities state trust lands program is to assist western state trust land managers in enhancing the value of the trust for its beneficiaries by broadening the range of land-use information, tools, and policy options available to managers and diverse stakeholders for the long-term sustainable management of state trust lands.SIGN UP TO RECEIVE BUILDING TRUST: To sign up for this newsletter, or to remove your name for our email list, please click here. NEWS FROM THE FIELD: If your office has trust land management information and tools in asset management, collaborative planning, real estate development, and/or conservation use that you would like to share, contact us. Please attach supplemental materials such as news releases, documents, and photos. |
