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Donna Erickson Consulting, Inc specializes in landscape planning that conserves open space and working lands. Our projects are designed with a basic goal of protecting critical natural resources and building strong communities. We work to bring people together to address changing western landscapes. Learn more>>

Two main threads weave through our open-space protection work.  One emphasis is planning for connected open-space networks in metropolitan areas, focusing particularly on greenway planning.  A second area of work is the conservation of working land— farms, ranches, forestland, and natural systems.  We are adept at listening and responding to wide-ranging perspectives to accomplish open-space protection solutions. We assist local governments, nonprofit organizations, and landowners in the following areas:

• Research landscape change, particularly as background for local open-space protection initiatives;
  
  
• Write strategic or management plans for open and working landscapes, bringing together and interpreting biological, social, and physical sciences;
  
  
• Consult on the implementation of greenways and other connected open-space systems;
  
  
• Assist land trusts in landscape-level work and consult on organizational effectiveness;
  
  
• Facilitate meetings with landowners, government decision-makers, nonprofit organizations, and other stakeholders; and
  
  
• Help plan mailings and other written materials for landowners and other county residents on landscape planning topics.