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2017 Conference Handouts & Materials

Thursday Seminars

TH1: Introduction to Conservation Easement

  • Presentation

TH2: Advocating for Conservation – The Role of Nonprofits in Lobbying and Advocacy

  • Presentation
Other Helpful Resources:
  • Being a Player: A Guide to the IRS Lobbying Regulations for Advocacy Charities
  • Keeping Track: a Guide to Record keeping for Advocacy Charities
  • 501(h) Lobbying Calculator
  • PA State Resources
  • PA Lobbying Resources

TH3: Successful Use of Transfer of Development Rights – Working Together to Protect Farm and Natural Lands

  • Presentation (Brandywine Conservancy)
  • Presentation (Warwick Township)

TH4: Volunteer Development for Trail and Conservation Groups – Finding, Cultivating, and Keeping a Volunteer “Dream Team”

  • Presentation

TH5: Riparian Buffers at Work

  • Presentation (DCNR’s Riparian Forest Buffer Initiative)
  • Presentation (Buffer Crops as Part of the Local & Regional Food System, Tuscarora Organic Growers Co-Op)

TH6: Wildlife Habitat and Stream Restoration – Engaging Partners, Volunteers, and Donors in Water and Land Conservation Efforts

  • Presentation (Partners in Conservation, Joy McCaster, Donegal TU)
  • Presentation (Lancaster County Conservancy)
  • Success Story: Climbers Run Wildlife Habitat & Stream Restoration Project
  • Macro Sheet
  • Macroinvertebrate Survey

TH7: Drafting Conservation Easements

  • Presentation

TH8: It’s All About Clean Water – Communication Strategies for Advocating & Messaging


TH9: Farmland Preservation – A Private-Public Partnership

  • Presentation (Tom Daniels)

TH10: Dynamic Donor Engagement – Building Meaningful Relationships with Donors

  • Presentation
  • Sample Donor Brief
  • How Not to Engage Someone
  • Donor Engagement Strategy Worksheet
  • Donor Bill of Rights

TH11: Best Practices for Trail Management and Signage – Building Blocks for Planning & Maintaining your Trails

  • Presentation

Friday Seminars

Friday Plenary: Climate Change and Penn’s Woods: What Does the Future Hold?

FR1: How to Include Everyone – Exploring Opportunities to Diversify

  • Presentation, Natural Lands Trust
  • Presentation, Audubon Pennsylvania/Appalachian Trail Conservancy
  • Presentation, Pittsburgh Park Conservancy

FR2: Avoiding Conflicts of Interest and Running an Ethical Land Trust


FR3: Green Stormwater Solutions – Partnering with Municipalities to Integrate Green Infrastructure Strategies

  • Presentation (Ruth Ayn Hocker & Karl Graybill, City of Lancaster)
  • Tour Map

FR4: Tour the Susquehanna River Landscape – Land Conservation, Trail Development and Water Protection along the Susquehanna

  • Presentation, Fritz Schroeder, Lancaster County Conservancy
  • Presentation, Lydia Martin, Lancaster County Conservancy
  • Presentation, Michael Domin
  • Presentation, National Park Service
  • Success Story: Susquehanna Riverlands Research & Education Center

FR5: Good Food, Healthy Farms & Clean Water – Experience the Benefits of a Local Food System


FR6: Deconstructing Conservation Easement Violations – The Play by Play

  • Presentation, Jeff Swinehart, Lancaster Farmland Trust

FR7: Trees and Trails

  • Resources

FR8: Overcoming Controversy and Crises: Communication Strategies for Conservationists

  • Eric Eckl, WWTW – Presentation 1
  • Eric Eckl, WWTW – Presentation 2

FR9: Managing Leadership Transitions

  • Action Planning Handout
  • Resources on Managing Leadership Transitions
  • Sustained Success Questions
  • Transition Questions
  • Presentation

FR10: Stormwater Surges On – Regulations, Municipal Compliance & the Role of Land Trusts

  • Seminar Outline
  • Presentation (Stephen Matzura, McNees Wallace & Nurick)
  • Presentation (Kara Kalupson, Rettew Associates)
  • Presentation (Terra Schlupp, PENNVEST)
  • Presentation (Pamela Shellenberger, York County Planning Commission)

FR11: Delivering on Clean Water – Land Conservation and Stewardship Strategies that Work


FR12: The Ultimate Appraisal Checklist – What the IRS and Funding Agencies Look for When Reviewing an Appraisal

  • DCNR Appraisal Policy/Grant Guidelines
  • WPC Acquisition Review Form
  • WPC Conservation Easement Administrative Review Form
  • IRS Form 8283
  • IRS Form 8283 Instructions
  • IRS Bulletin: 2006-46
  • IRS Bulletin: 2017-4
  • Presentation (Snyder Appraisal Associates)
  • IRS Conservation Easement Audit Techniques Guide
  • IRS Publication 561: Determining the Value of Donated Property
  • IRS Qualified Appraisal Review Administrative Review
  • Sample IRS Form 8283 Conservation Easement Narrative

Saturday Sessions

EAC NETWORK CONFERENCE [DVRPC Presentation | John Rogers Presentation]


1a: Giving Yourself an Out [Presentation]
1b: How to Write Killer Fundraiser Letters
1c: Identifying and Removing Barriers to Participating in Outdoor Recreation [Barrier Checklist |
Addressing Barriers]
1d: Slab Cabin Run Initiative: A Landscape-Level Approach to Source Water Protection, Stream Restoration and Agricultural Land Preservation [Presentation]
1e: Building Coalitions: Harnessing Collective Efforts to Make a Lasting Impact [Presentation]


2a: Amending Conservation Easements
2b: Five Fresh Ideas for Building the Board You Need
2c: Land Trust Success Stories in Implementing Agricultural BMPs to Improve Water Quality
2d: The Power of Partnerships & Education [Presentation]
2f: Embrace GIS for Engaging New Audiences and Advancing Your Mission [Presentation]


3a: Conservation in a Changing Climate: The Role of Public and Private Lands [Presentation 1 | Presentation 2]
3b: Strategic Fundraising Planning
3c: Make Conservation Happen Locally: The Power of Environmental Advisory Councils [Presentation]
3e: Collaborating on Conservation Referenda: Winning at the Ballot for Parks & Conservation [Presentation]

People & Projects

  • Part of Brandywine Battlefield Preserved in Westtown Township

    Part of Brandywine Battlefield Preserved in Westtown Township

    Natural Lands announced on October 26, 2020 the permanent protection of nearly 10 acres of land along the fast-developing Route …Read More »
  • Unlikely Partners BalletX and Natural Lands Make Nature Center Stage

    Unlikely Partners BalletX and Natural Lands Make Nature Center Stage

    What does it look like when the regions oldest and largest land conservation organization and Philadelphia’s Premier Contemporary Ballet Company …Read More »
  • Heritage Conservancy Sets Pioneering Example of Partnership and Preservation with Manoff Market Gardens

    Heritage Conservancy Sets Pioneering Example of Partnership and Preservation with Manoff Market Gardens

    Freda R. Savana for Heritage Conservancy It could be said that Gary and Amy Manoff have farming in their blood. …Read More »
  • Berks Nature Closes on a Conservation Easement of Olivet Blue Mountain Camp

    Berks Nature Closes on a Conservation Easement of Olivet Blue Mountain Camp

    On September 30th, 2020, Berks Nature closed on a conservation easement project in the Schuylkill River Watershed, Kittatinny Ridge and …Read More »
  • Fifteen More Acres Protected Forever!

    Fifteen More Acres Protected Forever!

      Article originally published in September 2020 by Willistown Conservation Trust. The final conservation chapter to the 15-acre Stonehedge Farm …Read More »
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