Climate Change and Land Trusts

Instructor:Andy Pitz
Level: Beginner/Intermediate
May 20, 2010; 2:00 pm ET

Description

Because the natural systems we seek to protect are already adapting and migrating in response to climate change, conservationists need to adapt the way we think about and practice conservation. This webinar will examine what the science is telling us and explore, through extensive case studies, the ways land trusts and allied organizations are developing new conservation strategies, taking action and preparing for the important role conservationists have to play going forward. We will also briefly review the changing policy situation in Washington and how various pending proposals may affect our work.

Instructor

Andrew Pitz is vice president of Strategic Policy & Planning at Natural Lands Trust (NLT) in Media, Pennsylvania. At NLT for 22 years, he has overseen the preparation and execution of strategic plans, protection programs, and stewardship plans for hundreds of projects. Andy was trained in the presentation of the slideshow from An Inconvenient Truth in January, 2007 and has since given over 35 climate lectures, focusing on the intersection of climate change and land conservation. He has also been active with the Pennsylvania Land Trust Association, as founding board member and President. Before coming to NLT, Andy was a project manager in a consulting design firm, a landscape architect with the U.S. Forest Service, and a carpenter.