WeConservePA is now accepting presentation proposals for the 2025 PA Land Conservation Conference to be held April 2-4 in State College.  The deadline for submissions is October October 24.

The Conference is Pennsylvania’s premier networking, training, and inspirational event for staff and volunteers of conservation groups.

The 300-400 attendees each year come from land trusts, county and local municipal governments, state agencies, trail groups, watershed associations, and other organizations.

Topics of interest for presentations encompass anything that can help land trusts and governments to improve upon their conservation-related work.

This includes but is not limited to the myriad matters surrounding the acquisition and stewardship of land and conservation easements, environmental restoration, resource management, trails, education and recreation programs, conservation planning, finance and fundraising, land use planning, water resource protection, forestry and farming subjects, conservation science, climate, organizational operations and governance, DEI, marketing and communications, public policy, tax issues, new technologies, and more.

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The 2025 PA Land Conservation Conference will be held April 2-4 in State College.

More than 114,800 Pennsylvanians contribute to local land trusts.

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[Posted: August 7, 2024]

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