Martha Marks, President of Republicans for Environmental Protection, will be the keynote speaker for the 3rd Annual PA Land Conservation Conference sponsored by the PA Land Trust Association.

The PA Land Conservation Conference, which is intended to provide networking and educational opportunities for individuals involved with private and public land conservation, will be April 8 and 9 at the Netherlands Inn & Spa in Strasburg, Lancaster County. For more details, visit www.conserveland.org.

Ms. Marks will provide the keynote address on Friday evening, April 8. Marks co-founded REP America in 1995, in order to restore the conservation tradition of the GOP. She was elected president of the organization a year later. Since then, she has traveled the country spreading her message, Conservation is Conservative!.

Her presentation will focus on the importance of protecting high-quality natural areas and farmland so that they are not lost forever to development.

The Pennsylvania Land Trust Association seeks to protect Pennsylvania’s special places and landscapes for today and for generations to come. To increase the quality and pace of land conservation, PALTA helps conservation practitioners improve their effectiveness, builds public understanding, and advocates for better governmental policy.

3/25/2005