Conservation Burial Consultants

Landmatters Consulting
Heidi Hannapel and Jeff Masten
​Durham, NC
[email protected]
(919) 451-9236
[email protected]
(919) 621-4661

Heidi and Jeff each have more than 20 years experience in North Carolina with the Land Trust Alliance and the land trust community in the Triangle. They formed LANDMATTERS to offer general conservation consulting services and now specialize in conservation burial project consulting.

Specializing in land trust conservation burial projects

Memorial Ecosystems Consulting
Billy Campbell
Kimberley Campbell
​390 Cobb Bridge Road
Westminster, SC 29693
[email protected]
​​(864) 647-7798

Billy and Kimberley brought the concept of conservation burial to the US in 1997 and have continued to grow the movement for over 20 years. They have generously given their time and unique expertise to encourage new cemeteries that further land protection and restoration.
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Specializing in conservation burial cemetery start-ups

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Last Respects Consulting
​Holly Blue Hawkins
PO Box 2094
Aptos, CA 95001
[email protected]
(831) 588-3040

Concept design, project implementation and site management; retired estate planning paralegal, former member Board of Trustees of Funeral Consumers Alliance of California; co-founder Natural Deathcare Initiative; Gamliel Institute faculty, 20+ years Jewish Burial Society (inherently “green” tradition), stewardship of 2 historic cemeteries; available for phone consultation, Zoom conferencing and on-site.

​Specializing in Jewish and green burial cemetery management

Cemetery Management Solutions
Jeff Hodes, CCE
​2630 Meadow Hall
Herndon, VA 20171
[email protected]
​Office (703) 787-6715 Mobile ( 703) 577-1735

Jeff has been active in the cemetery industry since 1979, including the Green Burial Council. He is considered to be in the forefront as one of the leaders in developing green burial properties. He is eager to help aspiring green cemeterians ask the right questions.

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​Specializing in green burial cemetery startups and management

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Life Forest GIS Mapping for Cemeteries
​Dr. Colton Sawyer, Southern New Hampshire University &  The Life Forest
Click here to begin your consultation

Simplify the legal requirements of a cemetery with the ability to have all relevant data incorporated into one point of record to share with appropriate offices in local municipalities and environmental service agencies. Life Forest GIS mapping and conceptual design as well as memorialization of digital legacy and plantings of memorial trees as burial markers is a registered trademark of Life Forest.


Specializing in cemetery GIS mapping

Side Effects Publishing
Lee Webster, writer and website designer
PO Box 456
Holderness NH 03245
[email protected]

Writing, content development, and design for natural burial grounds, including family and professional guidebooks and website content and design. 30+ years in higher education nonprofit development and leadership, including the Green Burial Council, Conservation Burial Alliance, National End-of-Life Doula Alliance, National Home Funeral Alliance, the Funeral Partnership.org, and others.

Specializing in after-death writing and website design

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Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature.
It will never fail you.”
​— Frank Lloyd Wright