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The Connecticut Land Conservation Conference provides dynamic training and networking opportunities for the land conservation community.

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Revisit the 2024 Conference

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Agricultural Conservation Funding Opportunities – State and Federal Program
Track 1: Land Protection & Conservation Funding
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Boger 113
Session A
Bridging Histories, Cultures, and Conservation: A Dialogue on Indigenous Stewardship and Land Trust Partnerships
Track 2: Stewardship & Natural Climate Solutions
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Usdan Daniel Family Commons
Session A
Climate-Smart Forestry Across CT’s Urban to Rural Landscape Gradient
Track 2: Stewardship & Natural Climate Solutions
Intermediate Level
Room: Boger 112
Session A
Collaboration Not Competition: Community Land Trusts Can Help!
Track 4: Community Conservation & Communications
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: South College B2/B3
Session A
De-Mystifying the Capital Campaign
Track 6: Organizational Strength & Fundraising
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Usdan 136
Session A
Forest Therapy to Promote Wellness and Build Community
Track 3: Accessing & Engaging with Land
Intro Level
Room: Fayerweather 108
Session A
Land Trust Law School
Track 1: Land Protection & Conservation Funding
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Fayerweather - Beckham Hall
Session A
Outdoors for All: Equity and Access Advocacy
Track 4: Community Conservation & Communications
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Boger 114
Session A
Prioritizing Natural Climate Solutions in CT
Track 5: Policy & Advocacy
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Usdan 108
Session A
Property Features Mapping with the Avenza App
Track 3: Accessing & Engaging with Land
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: N/A - Meet outside at Usdan Outdoor Commons
Session A
Protecting Drinking Water Sources: A GIS Tool to Rank Priority Areas in CT
Track 1: Land Protection & Conservation Funding
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Boger 110
Session A
Shifting Board Culture in Favor of Fundraising
Track 6: Organizational Strength & Fundraising
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Boger 115
Session A
Strengthening Your Land Trust Board of Directors
Track 6: Organizational Strength & Fundraising
Intermediate Level
Room: Fayerweather 106
Session A
The Adverse Consequences of Light Pollution
Track 5: Policy & Advocacy
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Usdan 110
Session A
Tools for Protecting and Restoring Riparian Areas — Rivers’ Natural Protection
Track 2: Stewardship & Natural Climate Solutions
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Memorial Chapel
Session A
Accessing Federal Funding through Collaboration
Track 1: Land Protection & Conservation Funding
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Boger 114
Session B
Black AF Farming: Sociocultural Perceptions of Black Farmers Navigating the Idealistic and Reality
Track 3: Accessing & Engaging with Land
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Usdan 114
Session B
Building Your Roadmap: Considerations for Strategic Planning
Track 6: Organizational Strength & Fundraising
Intermediate Level
Room: Boger 110
Session B
CT General Assembly 2024 Update
Track 5: Policy & Advocacy
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Usdan 110
Session B
Honoring Indigenous Wisdom: Land Stewardship and Community Connection
Track 4: Community Conservation & Communications
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Fayerweather 106
Session B
How to Raise More Money – a 101 Approach
Track 6: Organizational Strength & Fundraising
Intro Level
Room: Boger 115
Session B
Implementing Climate-Smart Stewardship on Your Land
Track 2: Stewardship & Natural Climate Solutions
Intermediate Level
Room: Usdan Daniel Family Commons
Session B
Lassoing the Transformative Power of Strategic Conservation Planning
Track 1: Land Protection & Conservation Funding
Intermediate Level
Room: Usdan 136
Session B
Making the Most of Your Municipal & Land Trust Farmland with CT Farmlink
Track 3: Accessing & Engaging with Land
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Boger 111
Session B
Nuts and Bolts of Land Transactions (101 Series)
Track 1: Land Protection & Conservation Funding
Intro Level
Room: Usdan 108
Session B
Opening Spaces: Using the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Other Mandates to Create More Accessible Outdoor Experiences for People with Disabilities
Track 4: Community Conservation & Communications
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Boger 112
Session B
Pollinators and their Neighborhoods
Track 2: Stewardship & Natural Climate Solutions
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Memorial Chapel
Session B
State Plan Lightning Round
Track 5: Policy & Advocacy
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: South College B2/B3
Session B
Stewardship Tips and Trends from Terrafirma
Track 6: Organizational Strength & Fundraising
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Boger 113
Session B
Using Print and Digital Media to Build Awareness and Connection to Your Land Trust
Track 4: Community Conservation & Communications
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Fayerweather 108
Session B
Advanced Topics in Land Conservation
Track 1: Land Protection & Conservation Funding
Room: Boger 112
Session C
Affordable Housing & Conservation: Collaboration Benefits & Examples
Track 4: Community Conservation & Communications
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Usdan Daniel Family Commons
Session C
Building a Donor-Centric Major Giving Program
Track 6: Organizational Strength & Fundraising
Intermediate Level
Room: Boger 114
Session C
Conserving Northwest CT: Today and Tomorrow
Track 4: Community Conservation & Communications
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Fayerweather 108
Session C
Controlling Beech Leaf Disease on Land Trust Properties: A Landscape-Scale Effort to Protect and Preserve CT’s Beeches
Track 2: Stewardship & Natural Climate Solutions
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Fayerweather - Beckham Hall
Session C
From Tragedy to Triumph: Healing Ourselves, Our Soil, and Our Communities
Track 3: Accessing & Engaging with Land
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Usdan 136
Session C
Improving Stewardship with Satellite and Aerial Technology: Explore the Alliance Toolkit
Track 2: Stewardship & Natural Climate Solutions
Intermediate Level
Room: Fayerweather 106
Session C
Leading the Way, Environmental Activists Speak Out
Track 5: Policy & Advocacy
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Usdan Multipurpose Room
Session C
Nature for Resilient CT
Track 5: Policy & Advocacy
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Usdan 108
Session C
New Parks in New England
Track 3: Accessing & Engaging with Land
Intermediate Level
Room: Usdsan 114
Session C
Proposal Lab: NFWF Funding Opportunities for CT Land Trusts
Track 1: Land Protection & Conservation Funding
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Usdan 110
Session C
Protecting the Wildlife in Your Woodlands
Track 2: Stewardship & Natural Climate Solutions
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Memorial Chapel
Session C
State Land Acquisition Funding Source Lightning Round
Track 1: Land Protection & Conservation Funding
Intro Level
Room: South College B2/B3
Session C
Succession Planning and Collaboration: You Don’t Have To Go Alone
Track 6: Organizational Strength & Fundraising
Advanced Level
Room: Boger 115
Session C
A Recreational Trails-Based Approach to Mapping and Managing Invasive Plants in Protected Areas
Track 3: Accessing & Engaging with Land
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Usdan Daniel Family Commons
Session D
Agroforestry for Land Trusts and Landowners in CT
Track 2: Stewardship & Natural Climate Solutions
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: South College B2/B3
Session D
CT Trail Finder
Track 3: Accessing & Engaging with Land
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Boger 115
Session D
Envisioning a Flourishing Future: Introduction to Rights of Nature
Track 5: Policy & Advocacy
Intro Level
Room: Fayerweather 106
Session D
Fundraising Q&A
Track 6: Organizational Strength & Fundraising
Intro Level, Intermediate Level
Room: Boger 113
Session D
Grantwriting 101: Show Me the Green
Track 6: Organizational Strength & Fundraising
Intro Level
Room: Usdan 108
Session D
Improving Access to the Outdoors with Sustainable CT
Track 5: Policy & Advocacy
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Usdan 110
Session D
Miyawaki Forests in Bridgeport: The First in CT
Track 1: Land Protection & Conservation Funding
Intro Level
Room: Fayerweather 108
Session D
Model Conservation Easement
Track 1: Land Protection & Conservation Funding
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Boger 112
Session D
Organizational Checkup
Track 6: Organizational Strength & Fundraising
Intermediate Level
Room: Boger 110
Session D
Small Scale Native Plant Propagation: How Land Trusts Can Start Growing Their Own Native Plants for Restoration and Community Engagement
Track 4: Community Conservation & Communications
Intro Level
Room: Fayerweather - Beckham Hall
Session D
The Land Has a Story to Tell: Harnessing Human Creativity, Site Analytics, and Ecological Design to Weave Land Trust Missions and Sense of Place into the Spaces They Conserve
Track 2: Stewardship & Natural Climate Solutions
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Boger 114
Session D
The Power of Local Educational Partnerships to Enhance Bird Data on Land Trust Properties
Track 4: Community Conservation & Communications
Intro Level
Room: Usdan 136
Session D
Understanding Old-Growth Forest Characteristics
Track 2: Stewardship & Natural Climate Solutions
Intro Level, Intermediate Level, Advanced Level
Room: Memorial Chapel
Session D

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CLCC’s annual conference is like Woodstock for Connecticut’s land conservation community. It’s an opportunity to foster connections, get inspired, and celebrate our collective accomplishments

- Pete Govert, East Haddam Land Trust

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