Save the Date WeConservePA Conference March 24-26, 2021 Virtual for the first and hopefully only time! Formerly known as the Pennsylvania Land Conservation Conference, the WeConservePA Conference is Pennsylvania’s premier networking, training, and inspirational event for those involved with private and public land conservation. read more
Conservation Learning
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October
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October
Land Stewardship Roundtable: December 1
The 12/1 land stewardship roundtable runs is open to all people involved with stewardship of land or conservation easements. The opening theme of the December roundtable addresses the challenges of stewarding land and easements along property borders including neighbor problems. As time allows, we’ll address other topics of interest. (You can propose topics in advance to Andy read more
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October
Wilderness First Responder Course – Jan 2021 at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
SOLO's Wilderness First Responder (WFR) is the recognized industry standard and the perfect course for anyone working in a position of outdoor leadership or who wants a high level of wilderness medical training. This 8 day course is a comprehensive and in-depth look at the standards and skills dealing with: Response and Assessment, Musculoskeletal Injuries, Environmental read more
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October
Pennsylvania Outdoor Recreation Plan 2020-2024 Educational Webinars
Pennsylvania has a new five-year Outdoor Recreation Plan with five top priorities. The plan – Recreation for All – is a blueprint including 20 recommendations and 70 action steps for meeting the outdoor recreation needs of all Pennsylvanians. Plan developers built the 2020 plan by gathering input on Pennsylvanians’ outdoor recreation needs and wants from recreation read more
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September
Early Registration Now Open for Western PA Land Conservation Summit
The Western PA Land Conservation Summit will be held virtually via zoom November 12-13, 2020 and will cover 10 hours of programming across 1.5 days. Early registration ends October 21. See the agenda for the full list of available training. read more
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June
Applications Open for Women and Their Woods Virtual Educational Retreat, Fall 2020
Forest landowners and aspiring landowners from across the mid-Atlantic region are invited to attend a virtual educational retreat to learn more about managing their forestland and connecting with other forest landowners. As guidance continues to unfold regarding the gathering of groups in the Fall of 2020, the Delaware Highlands Conservancy and their partners are poised to read more
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April
Model Grant of Conservation Easement: How It Works and Can Work For You
New webinar series featuring Pat Pregmon of Pregmon Law Offices You can register for any or all of the following webinars. May 13: Recording - The Roadmap to Conservation and Tax Deductibility (focus on article 1) May 20: Recording - Planning for the Future (focus on article 2 and stewardship funding arrangements) May 27: Recording - Preserving Natural Habitat and read more
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April
Better Climate Future Virtual Workshops
Haverford EAC has announced virtual workshops on solar and renewable power. Details and registration information can be found below. Solar Home Webinar and Virtual Tour, April 18, 9-11 am Take a bite out of global warming, save money and enhance the value of your home! This webinar will review assessing viability, cost, payback, increase in home value, what it is like read more
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April
PALTA April COVID-19 Video Calls
PALTA invites staff and board leaders of PALTA member organizations to join in a video call every Monday in April at noon to discuss the issues, challenges, concerns, opportunities, and plans stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. If you have a suggestion for an agenda item, please send it to Andy Loza at aloza@conserveland.org the Friday before each call. When: April 13, 2020 read more
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March
PALTA COVID-19 Video Call, 4/6/2020
PALTA invites staff and board leaders of PALTA member organizations to join in a video call at noon on April 6 to discuss the issues, challenges, concerns, opportunities, and plans stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. If you have a suggestion for an agenda item, please send it to Andy Loza at aloza@conserveland.org before week's end. (This video call follows on the one held the read more
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March
Green Infrastructure Conference Call for Proposals
CitiesAlive is the leading green roof and wall conference in North America. This year, CitiesAlive: Green Infrastructure and Water in a Changing Climate is being held in Philadelphia, PA and will celebrate the city’s stormwater successes. As a city with one of the most progressive stormwater management plans in the United States, Philadelphia paves the way for governments to read more
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March
PALTA Member COVID-19 Video Call
PALTA invites staff and board leaders of PALTA member organizations to join in a video call at noon on March 30 to discuss the issues, challenges, concerns, opportunities, and plans stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. If you have a suggestion for an agenda item, please send it to Andy Loza at aloza@conserveland.org before week's end. (This video call follows on the ones held read more
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March
Video Call for PALTA Organizations to Discuss COVID-19
PALTA will hold a video call to discuss COVID-19 on Monday, March 23rd 12:00pm -1:00pm. Executive staff and board leadership of PALTA member organizations are invited to discuss issues, challenges, concerns and plans stemming from the COVID-19 Pandemic. You must REGISTER IN ADVANCE for this meeting. read more
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March
Conservation Easement Monitoring in a Pandemic
A handful of Pennsylvania land trusts were asked the following question on 3/19/2020: What are land trusts doing regarding conservation easement monitoring? Here are the responses (edited for clarity and anonymity): Right now we are continuing to do monitoring visits without landowners along. We plan to move forward with easement annual monitoring visits. We will ask read more
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March
Registration Refund for 2020 Pennsylvania Land Conservation Conference
With the cancellation of the 2020 Pennsylvania Land Conservation Conference, the PALTA board of directors and staff have agreed that PALTA should offer to all registrants a full refund of their conference registration fees. However, in light of the substantial impact of the cancellation on PALTA finances, we do ask that you instead consider donating your registration fee (or a read more
