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SoUTHEASTERN MASSACHUSETTS
LAND TRUST CONVOCATION
Feb. 2, 2008
Workshop Presentations
See below or click here for full Feb.
2, 2008 agenda or below for individual workshop PRESENTATIONS.
8:30 am, ARRIVAL: free coffee, danish, muffins
8:45 am, KICK-OFF: Welcome and Introductory remarks
Bob Wilber, Director of Land Protection, MassAudubon
Mark Rasmussen, Executive Director, Coalition for Buzzards Bay
9:00 – 10:00 am, SESSION ONE (choose A or B workshop, 45
min. w/15 min. Q&A)
WORKSHOP A. Land Trusts, Farming & Perceived Open Space
PRESENTATION
- The Perceived Open Space Project: Learn about the threats and
opportunities for agricultural, recreational, institutional lands
that may appear protected, but actually do not have permanent legal
protection.
Paula Goldberg, Senior Land Protection Specialist, The Compact of
Cape Cod Conservation Trusts
Case studies: Learn how conservation and agriculture can co-exist
on the same land.
PRESENTATION
- The Viveiros Dairy Farm Project: Allen Decker, Director of Land
Protection, Coalition for Buzzards Bay
Brewster Community Gardens: Peter Johnson, President, Brewster Conservation
Trust
WORKSHOP B. Cultivating Relationships with Contributors through
Direct Mail
PRESENTATION
- Minimize risks and maximize return, learn what works with direct
mail nuts & bolts.
David Spier, Owner & President, Step Direct
PRESENTATION
- Growing your Membership: Lessons Learned
Michael Lach, Assistant Dir., The Compact/Exec. Dir., Harwich Conservation
Tr.
PLENARY SESSION: PRESENTATION
- Keynote Speaker, Jim Lentowski, Nantucket Conservation Foundation
10:45 – 11:45 am, SESSION TWO (choose A or B workshop, 45
min w/15 min. Q&A)
WORKSHOP A. Public/Private Partnerships to Save Land
Land is disappearing, prices are high and acquisition dollars are
limited. Learn from case studies about partnerships among land trust,
town, state, and/or Uncle Sam.
PRESENTATION
- Save Dennis Pond: Mark Robinson, Exec. Dir., The Compact of Cape
Cod Conservation Trusts
PRESENTATION - Save O'Neill Farm: Bob Wilber, Director of Land Protection,
MassAudubon
WORKSHOP B. Conservation Restriction (CR) Stewardship Best Practices
PRESENTATION - Learn practical approaches to improving conservation
restriction stewardship.
Kathy Sferra, Director of Land Stewardship, MassAudubon
John Coolidge, Conservation Restriction Stewardship Specialist,
MassAudubon
11:45 am – 12:00 pm, CLOSING REMARKS
Julie Early, Island Foundation & Bernie McHugh, Mass. Land Trust
Coalition
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