Connecticut Land Conservation Conference

Land trust leaders are worried about who is going to succeed them to ensure that their land conservation vision is carried forward. What isn’t as clear is how younger people feel about their role in land conservation and how (and if) they envision themselves taking charge of that perpetual responsibility. The 2022 conference featured a series of roundtables planned by younger conservationists from around the state – giving them and their peers a platform to share their land conservation vision and the issues that motivate them to take action. Again facilitated by Ashley Stewart, the 2023 roundtable features several of the 2022 speakers, joined by keynote speaker Anne-Sophie Pagé and other young conservation activists, who will share their frustrations, concerns, hopes, goals, and plans to cultivate a shared understanding and vision of the past, present, and future of land conservation.