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This session will outline the process, timing and key elements that turn strategic planning into a critical tool for developing your organizations, departments, and/or committee’s strategic thinking.
For some conservation practitioners, a cloud hangs over discussions of amending grants of conservation easement. This session will offer an organized overview of the legal and kind-of-legal authorities that bear on these decisions.
Model My Watershed® is an open access watershed-modeling web application, developed by the Stroud Water Research Center (and partners), which allows users to analyze real land-use and soil data, model stormwater runoff and water quality impacts, and run comparisons on how different conservation or development strategies can impact runoff and water quality. Join David Arscott, Ph.D., […]
In this session, we will review the statutes, doctrines, and legal tools that safeguard our parks and open spaces and consider some problematic gray areas where special care is advised.
RESCHEDULED TO OCTOBER 1, 1PM Pennsylvania law favors the protection of public parks, open spaces, and natural resources. But leaving things to the operation of law invites serious (and sometimes surprising) risks. In some instances, residents may find themselves without clear recourse to prevent the loss or repurposing of supposedly protected land. In others, unforeseen […]
This is a time of unprecedented funding opportunities for land conservation but knowing where to look, tackling capacity restraints, and getting the training needed to succeed can be challenging. This session will identify and demo a selection of new tools and programs available to support land trusts with the funding process. Highlighted will be WALT: […]
This presentation will review LTA Accreditation Standard #08 and demonstrate how two organizations approach new property inquiries differently through an established review process.
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary has committed in 2014 to aggressively work towards maintaining our forests for biodiversity, which includes invasive species containment and eradication, storm water management, and trail tread stabilization and improved tread siting. We have moved gradually towards accomplishing these monumental goals through adaptive planning and implementation. The focus of this presentation will be […]
Natural (or green) burial is not a new concept. As many know, it involves the burial of an unembalmed body, directly into the soil without a concrete vault, and in an entirely biodegradable casket or shroud. What is new with this concept is that many of these “green cemeteries” are essentially nature preserves – nature preserves that just so happen to allow for these limited impact burials on the land.
In this online seminar, WeConservePA Director of Conservation Law Justin Hollinger will present a guided tour of the Model Conservation Easement Donation Agreement and review associated considerations.
The administration and enforcement of conservation easements is costly — and perpetually so. Landowner contributions are a key strategy for funding a holder's easement obligations; however, achieving both affordability to the landowner and sufficiency for the land trust in a one-time contribution can be challenging if not impossible. A range of legal tools are available […]
Over the past few months, WeConservePA has offered for public comment a number of proposals for changes to the Model Grant of Conservation Easement and Declaration of Covenants. On June 10, Executive Director Andy Loza and Legal Director Justin Hollinger will walk people through the proposals. Ample time will be provided for people to comment […]
