Don’t miss the
12th Annual New Jersey Land Conservation Rally
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Hyatt Regency, New Brunswick
Don’t miss the New Jersey Land Conservation Rally, one of the nation’s largest statewide conservation training programs! The day-long educational event offers more than 20 workshops, plenary sessions, and networking opportunities focusing on stewardship, acquisition, conservation easements, developed communities, policy and planning, outreach, nonprofit management and climate change.
Join representatives from nonprofit organizations including land trusts, watershed associations, conservation education organizations, and local citizen groups; local government including township committees, county freeholders, open space committees, environmental commissions, and planning boards; state and federal government; foundations; and higher education institutions.
Special Pre-Rally Field Trip
On Friday, March 7, 2008 – the day before the Rally’s classroom style workshops – enjoy a full day of hands-on training in the field! Conservation Planning and Implementation of Deer and Non-native Invasive Plant Control will present a basic but elegant conservation planning framework and teach strategies to combat the dual ecological threats of overabundant white-tailed deer and invasive non-native plants. Taught by leading conservation land managers in New Jersey, this event will explore practical, cutting edge, low-cost techniques for addressing these significant threats.
Minimal walking required. Field trip hours: 9:30am – 3:30pm. Tentative location: Mercer County Park, Ted Stiles Preserve at Baldpate Mountain. Fee: $20 (in addition to the Rally registration fee). Bring a bag lunch.
For more information on the 12th Annual New Jersey Land Conservation Rally and Pre-Rally Field Trip, please visit: http://njconservation.org.
The Rally is Co-sponsored by: New Jersey Conservation Foundation • Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions • Conservation Resources, Inc. • D&R Greenway Land Trust • Monmouth
Conservation Foundation • New Jersey Audubon Society • NJDEP Green Acres Program • NJDEP Land Use Regulation Program • State Agriculture Development Committee • Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed
Association • The Nature Conservancy • Trust for Public Land • Upper Raritan Watershed Association
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