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Bradbury will talk to land coalition By PAUL FATTIG JACKSONVILLE -- Newly appointed Secretary of State Bill Bradbury will be a featured speaker at the Coalition of Land Trusts annual fall conference here Friday. The day-long conference will be held in the Redmen's Hall, on the corner of California and Third streets upstairs from the J'Ville Tavern. Bradbury, a former state senator and executive director of For The Sake of the Salmon, will speak at 3 p.m. about developing new partnerships with watershed councils and landowners. The conference will focus on statewide efforts to protect open space, riparian corridors and farm and forest lands, said conference coordinator Lu Anthony, who is also leader of the Little Butte Creek Watershed Council. Hosted by the Southern Oregon Land Conservancy, the event begins at 8 a.m. with registration and a continental breakfast, followed by a presentation of land trust project showcases at 9:15 a.m. Each land trust portrayed will focus on an easement that demonstrates innovative ways to protect and preserve special areas, Anthony said. The conservancy will focus on its joint effort with the Jacksonville Woodlands Association to preserve the woodlands adjacent to Jacksonville. At noon, Debbie Whitall, a hydrologist with the Ashland Ranger District in the Rogue River National Forest, will discuss the Rogue Basin technical team, which includes natural resource experts from federal, state and local agencies and organizations. The team is an excellent example of "partnering" for the 21st century, according to Anthony. Geoff Huntington, executive director of the Oregon Watershed Health program, will speak at 1:30 p.m. He will address how funding through that program can help acquisitions through outright purchases or easements. Bradbury will be the final speaker at the conference. The $20-per-person registration fee includes the continental breakfast and a lunch. Deadline for registering is today. For further information, call Anthony at 826-2908. Mail Tribune Copyright � The Mail Tribune 1999, Medford, Oregon USA