Enhanced Capacity for Your
Land Protection Work.
Land Conservation Consulting
provides land trusts and agencies with skilled, experienced support for their conservation projects.
Based in Missoula, Land Conservation Consulting contracts with land trusts and agencies throughout Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and Washington. Rooted in more than 18 years of land conservation experience across both the private and public sectors, Land Conservation Consulting provides added capacity, technical work, and support for land protection projects when your team needs it most.
The work of land trusts and agencies often involves balancing a full queue of sophisticated project work alongside long-standing relationships with project partners and participants. Land Conservation Consulting works within your organization’s conservation priorities to provide reliable, project-based support that complements your team’s approach and helps keep project momentum.
Whether your land protection team needs additional capacity or your project opportunities require extra legwork and expertise, Land Conservation Consulting provides flexible, as-needed support tailored to your project needs, including:
Services
- Additional skilled capacity for land protection teams
- Land conservation project research and strategy planning
- Funding application work and funder-required tasks
- Land transaction due diligence, including title research
- Conservation easement drafting and negotiations
- Training for staff on elements of land transactions
Services and contract terms can be tailored to fit your organization’s evolving workload and best complement your team’s approach and project opportunities.
About Sarah Richey
Sarah Richey founded Land Conservation Consulting in 2023 after years of working in land conservation and planning throughout the West.
Originally from Utah, Sarah came to Montana to complete both her undergraduate and graduate education at the University of Montana. Before working in conservation, she developed and led environmental education programs for adults across the region—an experience that helped shape her appreciation for landscapes, communities, and the people connected to them.
Her professional background includes work with Missoula County on natural resource issues, land-use planning, and open-space conservation programs, followed by a decade with Five Valleys Land Trust as a Conservation Project Manager. There, she worked on conservation easements and land transactions throughout Western Montana while supporting community-led conservation efforts in rural parts of the region.
Sarah’s work is grounded in collaboration, long-term stewardship, and a deep respect for the complexities of conservation work in the West. She works with land trusts and agencies throughout Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, and Washington. Her work follows Land Trust Alliance Standards and Practices and is grounded in three core principles: integrity, efficiency, and excellence.
Let’s Keep Your Project
Momentum Moving
If your land protection team needs additional
skilled capacity, or you have a project opportunity
that requires extra support,
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