WeConservePA Member Meeting
Member organizations are requested to attend WeConservePA’s annual meeting of members to elect WeConservePA board members and meet WeConservePA officers and staff.
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The Pennsylvania Outdoor Corp: Workforce Development for the Benefit of Conservation and Outdoor Recreation
VirtualWeConservePA Winter Lecture This event begins promptly at 10:15 am and is preceded by WeConservePA’s annual meeting of members. You can attend one without the other. In any case, the same registration is used for both the annual meeting and winter lecture. The goal of the Pennsylvania Outdoor Corp is to protect and restore the […]
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TerraFirma: Helping PA Land Trusts Uphold the Promise of Lasting Conservation
VirtualParticipants will take away information that they can use to help reduce disputes, know common issues affecting conserved properties, and understand how Terrafirma can benefit their land trust’s risk management strategy.
Graphic Grammar: Design Advice from a Guy Who Can’t Draw
VirtualJoin Recreation and Conservation Program Specialist Josh VanBrakle with DCNR for a virtual reprise of his popular land conservation conference session. Visual communication is critical to conservation work. As we share ever more content through videos, social media, and interactive websites, we increasingly depend on images to tell our stories. As students we spent years […]
Property Review: Selection Standards & Criteria
Crow's Nest Preserve 201 Piersol Road, Elverson, PA, United StatesReprise of 2024 Land Conservation Conference Session Property review is an essential step in determining if a property is worth conserving, how it may rank in priority with other potential properties, and if a land trust has the capacity to take on a new project. The Land Trust Alliance’s Accreditation Standard #08 addresses Evaluating and […]
Strategic Planning: Defining an Approach to Align Mission and Relevance
VirtualThis 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.
Legal Considerations for Amending Conservation Easements
VirtualFor 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®: An Introduction for EACs
VirtualModel 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., […]
Protecting Parks and Open Space in Perpetuity
VirtualIn 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.
Declarations of Public Trust: Clear Intentions and Strong Protection
VirtualRESCHEDULED 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 […]