Workshop Tracks

The descriptions are for guidance only and are not meant to limit other great ideas or suggestions for workshops.

Download the list of workshop tracks with suggested workshop topics and Curriculum courses

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Biodiversity: conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems, including tools to identify and strategies to manage; assessing climate change impact

Cities, Culture and History: topics of interest to urban land trusts, community gardens, community land trusts, historic preservation and cultural trusts

Connecting Land and People: integrating community building, community values, and diversity, using story and photography

Conservation Easement Stewardship: stewardship of conservation easements, monitoring, landowner relations, record keeping and baseline documentation

Conservation Finance: where and how to get funding for deals, strategies for financing projects using public and/or private sources

Conservation through Planning: tools, practices and success stories of private conservation objectives achieved through partnerships and participation in municipal, regional, county or watershed-level planning and resource protection efforts

Emerging Issues/Hot Topics: topics that address cutting edge issues or do not fit neatly into any other track

Fundraising, Membership and Outreach: building strong organizations, fundraising, marketing and communications, including how to incorporate social networking strategies 

Governance/Organizational Management: responsible governance, organizational development, strategic planning (of special interest to board members and/or all-volunteer land trusts)

Land Protection: acquisition, due diligence, drafting conservation easements

Legal Issues: issues that impact fee land and conservation easements, such as condemnation, amendments and enforcement and defense

Managing Land Resources: stewardship of fee lands, land management planning, restoration, managing for public access on preserves and climate change adaptation

Public Policy: federal, state and local policy issues, training on advocacy and bond initiatives

Wetlands, Coasts and Watersheds: topics and strategies focused on the protection of land and water resources, watershed management, coastal initiatives and climate change

Working Lands: strategies and approaches to conservation of working landscapes, including farms, ranches and forests