Connecticut Land Conservation Conference
March 21, 2026
Frank Center for Public Affairs, Wesleyan University
238 Church Street, Middletown
Shelley Harms
Shelley Harms is part-time Conservation Director for the Salisbury Association, Executive Director for the Cornwall Conservation Trust, Co-President of the Norfolk Land Trust, and former President of the Winchester Land Trust. As a land trust board member, she has held every officer position. Shelley consults for land trusts in Connecticut to help them apply for and obtain grants and preserve special places. She is the Terrafirma Members Committee representative for the New England region. Shelley’s conservation awards include CLCC’s Conservation Hero award in 2022 and Aquarion’s Environmental Champion award in 2015. Shelley has a BA in history at Carleton College, then got her law degree from Columbia University.
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