Access, Easements, Rights-of-Way, and Timber Trespass: What Every Forest Manager and Landowner Needs to Know
September 30, 2026 in the Salem, OR area.
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About the workshop:
Securing adequate access to your timberland is critical for management activities. And when you grant access over your property, it is just as critical to protect your rights and limit your obligations.
This workshop will help you understand the basic issues governing permits, easements, and rights-of-way, as well as help you identify pitfalls in negotiating agreements. This session will also help you understand timber trespass, learn ways to reduce your chances of being a victim or committing timber trespass and cover permitting and access issues for dwellings in the forest.
About the speakers: Shareholders of the firm of Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt will lead this workshop.
Nationally ranked as a Tier 1 timber law firm by U.S. News-Best Law Firms, Schwabe’s Forest Products Group is one of the preeminent practices in the U.S. Since 2011, Schwabe has consistently been ranked among the nation’s top timber law firms and U.S. News-Best Law Firms has named us “Timber Law Firm of the Year” seven times since 2012, most recently in 2024.
With decades of experience, Schwabe’s forest products team has worked on numerous timber-related transactions and projects. Their clients include forest landowners, forest products manufacturers, and other industry participants who collectively own or manage millions of acres of forestland in the United States. Schwabe lawyers assist with a wide variety of transactions—from land use, environmental audits, timberland purchase and sales to forest carbon projects.
Registration to open on June 15.
Pricing information coming soon.
Salem, OR area
Exact location TBA
Agenda is subject to change.
8:30 am
• Basics of Easement Law
• Duties and Liabilities Grantors and Grantees
• Crafting a Solid Easement Agreement; Pitfalls To Avoid
• Easements of a Different Feather: Licenses, Permits and Profits a Prendre
10:00 – 10:30 Break
• Prescriptive Easements: Avoiding Rights Arising in Others
• Easements By Necessity: Dealing with Landlocked Parcels
• Minerals Issues: Surface and Subsurface Rights
• Conservation Easements
Noon Lunch (included with registration)
1:00 pm
• Road Maintenance Cost Sharing
• Recreational Users and Trespassers: A Primer on Liability
• Timber Trespass Overview
2:30 – 2:45 Break
• Timber Trespass Damages and Insurance
• How to Avoid Timber Trespass
• Forest Dwellings: Permitting and Access
4:00 Adjourn