May 2-3, 2019

THE SARATOGA SPRINGS CITY CENTER & THE SARATOGA HILTON Saratoga Springs, New York

PROGRAM

NEW YORK LAND CONSERVATION CONFERENCE Building Healthy Communities

COVER PHOTOSTOP: Zenda Farms Preserve in Clayton, NY | Photo Courtesy of Thousand Islands Land Trust

BOTTOM: 1. Hikers enjoying the view from Peak Rock | Photo Courtesy of Battenkill Conservancy 2. Lakeridge Farm in Saratoga County | Photo Courtesy of New York State

Department of Environmental Conservation | Photographer Jeffrey Mapes 3. Biking on Spring Run Trail in Saratoga Springs | Photo Courtesy of Saratoga PLAN 4. Paddlers

in Northwest Bay | Photo Courtesy of Lake George Land Conservancy

Thank you to the New York Land Conservation Conference Sponsors, Program Committee and the Faculty who are volunteering their time, knowledge and expertise.

SPONSORS

Lead

Patron Columbia Land Conservancy

NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) The Nature Conservancy

Turner Construction Company

Benefactor Cypress Creek Renewables

Peconic Land Trust Scenic Hudson, Inc.

The Chazen Companies The Conservation Fund

Whiteman Osterman & Hanna LLP

Supporter

Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy North Shore Land Alliance Orange County Land Trust

Pattison, Koskey, Howe & Bucci, CPAs, P.C. Rodenhausen Chale & Polidoro LLP

Rupp Baase Pfalzgraf Cunningham, LLC The Trust for Public Land Westchester Land Trust

Contributor

Adirondack Land Trust Alliance for Clean Energy New York

Barton & Loguidice, DPC Dutchess Land Conservancy

ExxonMobil Farm Credit East

Genesee Land Trust Hudson Highlands Land Trust

Marshall & Sterling Upstate, Inc.

Community Consultants Finger Lakes Land Trust

Lake George Land Conservancy Mark C. Pennington, LLC

McGrath & Company Michael DeWan Appraisal & Associates

PVE, LLC

Stewart's Shops Tahawus Trails LLC

Teatown Lake Reservation, Inc. Western New York Land Conservancy

EXHIBITORS All exhibits are located in the City Center Meeting Room 1 near Registration and Coffee Breaks.

Adirondack Land Trust

Alliance for Clean Energy New York

Barton & Loguidice, DPC

The Chazen Companies

The Conservation Fund

Columbia Land Conservancy

Cypress Creek Renewables

Farm Credit East

Hudson Highlands Land Trust

Land Trust Accreditation Commission

Land Trust Alliance

Marshall & Sterling Upstate, Inc.

The Nature Conservancy

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Open Space Institute

Peconic Land Trust

Scenic Hudson, Inc.

Soul Fire Farm

The Trust for Public Land

Communal Host/Program Committee Table

PROGRAM COMMITTEE Matt Decker, Orange County Land Trust

Lori Ensinger, Westchester Land Trust

Ben Gajewski, Genesee Valley Conservancy

Linda Garrett, Tug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust

Wylie Huffman, Indian River Lakes Conservancy

Jeff Jones, Jeff Jones Strategies

Gay Mills, Genesee Land Trust

Michelle Pleim, Westchester Land Trust

Mary Thill, Adirondack Land Trust

Jake Tibbles, Thousand Islands Land Trust

Christine Vanderlan, Columbia Land Conservancy

Lindsay Blair, Land Trust Alliance

Meme Hanley, Land Trust Alliance

Katrina Howey, Land Trust Alliance

The New York Land Conservation Conference project was supported with funding from New York’s Environmental Protection Fund through the New York State Conservation Partnership Program (NYSCPP). The NYSCPP is administered by the Land Trust Alliance, in coordination with the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

Choose from sessions in these timely tracks:

Communications, Outreach and Marketing o Sponsored by Open Space Institute

Emerging Issues o Sponsored by Columbia Land

Conservancy

Fundraising and Finance

Land Conservation and Stewardship o Sponsored by NYC Department of

Environmental Protection (DEP)

Organizational Development

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Please see floorplans of the Saratoga Springs City Center and Saratoga Hilton on the last page of the program.

We ask attendees to consider the overarching themes of climate and resiliency—how we plan, adapt, mitigate and respond to the multifaceted implications of a changing climate will affect the long-term resilience and relevance of our land (and water) conservation efforts. Sessions with a climate focus have been sponsored by The Nature Conservancy and are identified with the leaf symbol.

Thursday, May 2

Noon – 5:30 p.m.

REGISTRATION DESK and EXHIBITS OPEN City Center | Lobby/Meeting Room 1

1 p.m. – 4 p.m. SOLD OUT

SEM-01. Pathways to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Hilton | Travers/Alabama Room

Lack of diversity in the field of conservation is hardly a secret, but many of us struggle with how to start. We all want as many people as possible to enjoy and benefit from the beautiful places we protect and we need to broaden support in a changing political environment. There are myriad approaches for increasing organizational diversity, from broadening constituents to diversifying leadership. This session will review a selection of approaches. The workshop will introduce Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and will feature examples of successful organizational and community outreach efforts, including employee resource groups, strategic plans, recruitment strategies, urban gardens, multilingual programming and interaction with environmental justice organizations and leaders. Panelists will discuss present successes and challenges. We will also share a list of resources for participants to bring back to their organizations to help begin their own initiatives. (Basic/Intermediate)

Jessica Watson, Conservation Communities Director, Open Space Institute (NY) Nancy Amo, Deputy Director of Operations, The Nature Conservancy (NY) Tally Blumberg, Chief Program Officer, Open Space Institute (NY) Kevin Carter, Executive Director, Teatown Lake Reservation (NY) Julia Farr, Executive Director, Kingston Land Trust (NY) Glenn Hoagland, President and Chief Executive Officer, Mohonk Preserve (NY) Jeff Jones, Consultant, Jeff Jones Strategies (NY) Demetrice Mills, Board President, Brooklyn Queens Land Trust (NY)

FIELD TRIPS All field trips participants will meet at the Registration Desk in the Saratoga Springs City Center Lobby 15 minutes prior to their scheduled departure. Field Trip 1 will carpool to its location, all others will leave on foot.

1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Field Trip 1: Into the Woods: Hemlock and Woolly Adelgid Survey Trip to East Brook Preserve Hosted by the New York State Hemlock Initiative and Lake George Land Conservancy

This field trip will be in conjunction with workshop session C04 the following day, and will provide context for the discussion on hemlock conservation for land trusts. We will visit Lake George Land Conservancy’s newly acquired East Brook Preserve, about 30 minutes from the City Center conference venue. East Brook has upland, riparian and seasonal wetland hemlocks. We will visit the different systems, discuss the ecological benefits of hemlocks in varying landscape settings, survey hemlock health and look for hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA). In addition, if HWA infestations are found, we will report findings in the field. Attendees will learn how to identify hemlocks and HWA, hemlock health assessment, proper surveying technique and reporting protocols. Please bring a refillable water bottle, comfortable/sturdy walking shoes or sneakers and layered, weather-appropriate clothing. Additional fee required. Limited walk-on spots may be available onsite – please visit the Registration Desk for more information.

1:15 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Field Trip 2: Bike Ride to Bog Meadow Trail Hosted by Saratoga PLAN Join Saratoga PLAN on a casual bike ride to the Bog Meadow Brook Nature Trail, a 2-mile trail developed in 1993 by Saratoga PLAN in cooperation with the City of Saratoga Springs, and updated in 2018. Participants will have the chance to learn about Saratoga PLAN’s work to connect people to nature by partnering with local municipalities to ensure smart, well-planned, community-based conservation and development, while enjoying one of Saratoga’s most popular trails! For beginner to intermediate level riders. Please plan to bring your own bicycle (a very limited number of bike share bikes may also be available), refillable water bottle, comfortable/sturdy walking shoes or sneakers and layered, weather-appropriate clothing. Additional fee required. Limited walk-on spots may be available onsite – please visit the Registration Desk for more information. 1:45 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Field Trip 3: Group Yoga Class Begin the conference with an hour of stretching the mind and body, all while preparing yourself to experience the day ahead more fully focused. Additional fee required. Limited walk-on spots may be available onsite – please visit the Registration Desk for more information. Held at the nearby Yoga Mandali Studio, located at 454 Broadway. 5 p.m. – 7 p.m.

WELCOME RECEPTION City Center | Meeting Room 1

Hosted by Land Trust Alliance Join friends and colleagues for networking and conversation as we kick off the New York Conference! Light refreshments provided.

DINNER ON OWN Saratoga Springs offers a wide range of wonderful restaurants. For a guide to several restaurants within walking distance of the City Center, please stop by the Registration Desk.

Or…

7:15 p.m. DINE AROUND TOWN Want to keep the conversations going? Join your conference colleagues for dinner to discuss professional topics that matter to you in a small, intimate setting. Dine-arounds will be held after the Welcome Reception at several of Saratoga Springs’ famous restaurants and local favorites. It’s dutch treat (every person pays for their own meal) and the conversation will be led by professional knowledgeable in the topic. To register for a dine-around, simply sign up at the onsite registration desk. Dine-around groups will leave the Registration Desk at 7:15 p.m. for dinner at 7:30 p.m. Dine-around topics include:

Keeping Farmers on the Land, hosted by Holly Rippon-Butler of Young Farmers Coalition and Samantha Levy of American Farmland Trust

Conservationists of Color, hosted by hosted by Karena Mahung of Indufor North America and Zoraida Lopez-Diego of Westchester Land Trust

Women in Conservation, hosted by Mary Walsh of Westchester Land Trust and Beth Bengston of Wallkill Valley Land Trust and Working for Women

Getting Ready for Accreditation in 2020 and Beyond, hosted by Henri Jordan, consultant to land trusts

Friday, May 3 7 a.m. – 5 p.m.

REGISTRATION DESK and EXHIBITS OPEN City Center | Lobby/Meeting Room 1

7 a.m. – 8 a.m.

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST City Center | Meeting Room 2

8 a.m.

WELCOME REMARKS City Center | Meeting Room 2

Judy Drabicki, Deputy Commissioner of Natural Resources, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

8:30 a.m. – 10 a.m.

CONCURRENT WORKSHOP SESSIONS A01. Lights! Camera! Impact! How to Tell Engaging Stories through Video Hilton | Broadway 1 Join us for a one-of-a-kind session where you will learn how to use video to connect with supporters, policymakers and donors through telling engaging, video-based stories on a budget. This session will include hands-on instruction and techniques on how to find compelling content, how to record content on your smartphone, including using smartphone applications, and how to strategically upload video content to web-based and social media platforms. Participants will leave the session with a list of video editing tools, a better understanding of how to utilize existing resources and skills within their organization to create videos and learn how to work with videographers. Faculty will host a follow-up call after the conference to further engage participants and review post-session progress. Through this holistic approach that combines seminar, conversation and a deeper dive into video-based storytelling, we will exchange ideas, build relationships and, ultimately, increase your capacity to tell compelling stories. (Basic/Communications, Outreach and Marketing)

Zoraida Lopez-Diago, Communications Coordinator, Westchester Land Trust (NY) Olivia Fuller, NY Program & Outreach Coordinator, American Farmland Trust (NY)

A02. Connecting Around Climate Change: Tips and Strategies to Make a Difference H Hilton | Broadway 3 The science is clear: Left unchecked, climate change will have severe impacts on our communities and the lands we have protected. With a closing window to make a difference, land trusts can raise awareness of how to slow down climate change in their own communities and service areas. This workshop will focus on creating a simple climate communication strategy, including a variety of examples to help inspire your community to slow climate change and connect on shared values. (Intermediate/Emerging Issues) Judy Anderson, Principal, Community Consultants (NY) A03. Raising Money and Awareness through Art Hilton | Phila Room This session will highlight two different events that have found a very specific target audience vested in the local landscape: the art community (artists and art-lovers). One event, Landscapes for Landsake, run by Agricultural Stewardship Association is a large and intensive effort that raises $60,000+ annually and attracts over 2,000 people for a weekend. The other is by Genesee Valley Conservancy where an art council grant (available in every county of NY) funded a project that is more passive and aimed at raising awareness of the conservancy. The presenters will discuss key decisions on the structures of each event as well as lessons learned, and participants will leave with practical ideas on how to use art as a means of engaging a specific segment of the community to expand conservation efforts. (Intermediate/Fundraising and Finance)

Ben Gajewski, Executive Director, Genesee Valley Conservancy (NY) Katie Jilek, Communications and Outreach Manager, Agricultural Stewardship Association (NY)

A04. How Can Engaging Local Governments Support Your Conservation Mission? Hilton | Broadway 4 Land trusts in New York State frequently interact with local governments, whether for discrete transactions or long-term partnerships. Building productive relationships with local officials can be an essential part of achieving a land

trust’s conservation mission and staying relevant to the community. However, the work can be resource intensive, and land trusts may question the value of such an effort. In this interactive workshop, we’ll explore how to engage with community leaders and create positive working relationships that benefit both land trusts and local governments. Because there are many ways to engage local governments effectively, we will describe examples from three land trusts that have worked in communities with a range of conservation interests and needs. Participants will have the opportunity to share obstacles they face in working with local officials and discuss how they can build stronger relationships with local governments that advance their mission and goals. (Intermediate/ Land Conservation and Stewardship)

Karen Strong, Principal, Strong Outcomes LLC (NY) Jim Bonesteel, Executive Director, Rensselaer Plateau Alliance, Inc. (NY) Karen Doyle, Public Policy and Planning Manager, Hudson Highlands Land Trust (NY) Christine Vanderlan, Community Projects Manager, Columbia Land Conservancy (NY)

A05. How a Small Organization Becomes a Great Land Trust Hilton | Broadway 2 How does a small, under-resourced organization become a highly effective, successful and sustainable land trust? A consultant with many years’ experience watching land trusts grow will moderate a panel discussion with leaders who helped their land trusts develop from young organizations into three of the strongest land trusts in New York State. Three land trusts will share their thoughts on building strong boards, earning community trust and support, building

a dynamic staff, and how they helped lead the change that transformed their organizations. They did it—and you can, too! (Basic/Organizational Development)

Henrietta Jordan, Principal Consultant, Trailmarker Associates (NY) Mike Carr, Executive Director, Adirondack Land Trust (NY) Teri Ptacek, Executive Director, Agricultural Stewardship Association (NY) Linda Garrett, Executive Director, Tug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust (NY) John Halsey, President, Peconic Land Trust (NY)

10 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.

COFFEE BREAK City Center | Meeting Room 1

10:30 a.m. - Noon

CONCURRENT WORKSHOP SESSIONS B01. Waysides and Kiosks—Beyond the Bulletin Board Hilton | Phila Room Nearly every land trust preserve has a welcome bulletin board at its entrance. But more often than not, the materials on it remind one of the bulletin board at the grocery store. Learn the fundamentals and share your experiences on creating interactive and mission-based kiosks and waysides that visitors will read. Featured will be case studies of interpretive wayside projects of the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy and Scenic Hudson. (Basic/Communications, Outreach and Marketing)

Tom Mullin, Associate Professor, Parks and Forest Resources, Unity College (ME) Sawyer Cresap, Stewardship and Volunteer Coordinator, Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy (NY) Rita Shaheen, Director of Parks & Community Engagement, Scenic Hudson (NY)

B02. Resolving Conservation Litigation Outside of the Courthouse: Hilton | Broadway 2 Settlement Negotiations and Alternative Dispute Resolution The session will be divided into two segments. The first segment will provide an overview of settlement negotiations, mediation and arbitration, including summaries of each, differences between each, the pros and cons of employing each, and specific legal rules relating to each in New York (to be presented by Jeffrey LeJava and Phillip Oswald). The second segment will include a discussion of specific, real-life examples of how conservation organizations have utilized settlements and ADR to resolve a dispute, including firsthand accounts and suggestions from those involved in those disputes (to be presented by all presenters). Questions will be invited during both segments, and the audience also will be invited to share their own experiences with settlements and ADR during the second segment. (Intermediate/Emerging Issues)

Phillip Oswald, Attorney, Rupp Baase Pfalzgraf Cunningham LLC (NY)

Ben Gajewski, Executive Director, Genesee Valley Conservancy (NY) Jeff LeJava, Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Open Space Institute (NY) Jake Tibbles, Executive Director, Thousand Islands Land Trust (NY)

B03. The Recipe for a Successful Special Event Hilton | Broadway 1 Are special events the missing ingredient in your fundraising recipe? Whether you’re launching a new event or need to improve and refresh an existing event, this workshop will explore unique ideas to dazzle your donors and keep them engaged after the “last course”. Learn and share best practices for planning and executing your next 5-star special event. (Basic/Fundraising and Finance)

Michelle Pleim, Development and Events Coordinator, Westchester Land Trust (NY) Michele DeRossi Vidarte , Community Engagement and Events Manager, Lake George Land Conservancy (NY) Laurie LaFond, Executive Director, Grassland Bird Trust (NY) Sophie Neumann, Development Manager, Greenwich Land Trust (CT)

B04. Leveraging Trails Users to Advance Conservation: Hilton | Broadway 3 Long Distance Trails and Recreational Resource Maps Lands with viable public access have a broader constituency, which translates into more support and funding for conservation. This session will highlight two strategies for emphasizing user groups. First, long-distance trail systems can create constituencies and organizing principles for conservation. We will use case studies around conservation related to national, as well as state trails, to discuss how land trusts can work with partners to develop integrated strategies for real estate acquisitions that protect trail segments, enhance connections and access and also the viewshed, habitat corridors and broader landscape. Second, this session will highlight new resources that are available to quantify and map resident and visitor recreational preferences and recreational resources within cities and also within a 30-, 60- and 90-minute drive time. (Intermediate/ Land Conservation and Stewardship)

Carter Strickland, State Director, New York/New Jersey, The Trust for Public Land (NY) J.T. Horn, Senior Project Manager, The Trust for Public Land, Vermont State Office (VT) Sona Mason, West Hudson Program Coordinator, The New York-New Jersey Trail Conference (NY)

B05. Advancing a Regional Conservation Vision: Hilton | Broadway 4 Opportunities for Conservation, Recreation and Economic Development Planning How can land trusts play a pivotal role in shaping regional conservation, recreation and economic development planning, and how can they integrate the newest science on climate resilience and mapping to assist in those efforts? In this session, we will look at a regional planning effort in the Southern Adirondack foothills - as a case study to explore the land trust role in shaping community planning efforts. We will look at new data and mapping tools that land trusts can use to integrate adaptation of biodiversity into regional planning, in order to add a climate lens to broad planning efforts that involve multiple partners. (Intermediate/ Organizational Development)

Katharine Petronis, Northern Program Director, Open Space Institute (NY) Maria Trabka, Executive Director, Saratoga PLAN (NY) Abby Weinberg, Director of Conservation Research, Open Space Institute (NY)

Noon – 1 p.m.

LUNCH City Center | Meeting Room 2 1:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

PLENARY SESSION City Center | Meeting Room 2 Kick off the plenary with remarks from Wendy Jackson, executive vice president of the Land Trust Alliance, followed by an introduction to the presentation from Seth McKee, land conservation director at Scenic Hudson.

Join us as Leah Penniman, co-director and program manager at Soul Fire Farm, and Stephanie Morningstar, co-coordinator of the Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust discuss how access to land is the number one barrier for farmers of color to advance conservation priorities, feed their communities and honor their culture. Support for this presentation generously provided by Scenic Hudson.

3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

CONCURRENT WORKSHOP SESSIONS C01. Telling the Story of Protection: Using Story Maps to Build Conservation Support Hilton | Broadway 1 A “Story Map” is an innovative, interactive storytelling platform that combines maps with narrative text, images and multimedia content. Produced by global mapping company Esri, the Story Map platform holds special promise for communicating the value of land conservation. Led by the creator of successful Story Maps that have garnered some 10,000 views, this session will delve into the basics of how to make a compelling Story Map, and how to publicize your finished product. (Intermediate/Communications, Outreach and Marketing)

Kelly Proctor, Communications Specialist, Open Space Institute (NY) Susan Carver, Environmental Educator, NY State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (NY)

C02. A New Carbon Map to Identify Mitigation Opportunities for Conservation H Hilton | Broadway 3 With every passing day the impacts from global warming become more apparent and the role land conservation can play in mitigating them more important. The role and value conserved lands play in carbon sequestration is an important element in the future or our climate and in demonstrating the value of land conservation. The Trust for Public Land, in partnership with American Forests, is developing a first of its kind decision support tool focused on land conservation and forest carbon sequestration. The Carbon Mapping Decision Support Tool is envisioned to help policymakers and planners at state government agencies, nonprofits and foundations assess and differentiate forest-based opportunities to protect and enhance carbon sequestration and uptake. This presentation will provide an overview of the tool and how it can be used. (Advanced/Emerging Issues)

Taj Schottland, Climate Smart Cities Program Manager, Green Infrastructure, The Trust for Public Land, Chesapeake Field Office (DC)

Tom Langen, President, St. Lawrence Land Trust (NY) Francis O’Shea, Project Manager, The Trust for Public Land, New York State Office (NY)

C03. Demystifying Grants for Land Trusts Hilton | Broadway 2 While most nonprofit organizations receive grant funding in some form, grants are often the most woefully misunderstood aspect of an organization’s financial support. This presentation addresses the fundamentals of what grants are and what they are not, and explores how they can and should be used to support organizational capacity and financial stability. Specific attention will be paid to developing grant project budgets that help rather than hurt the organization’s bottom line, and to hearing directly from both grant writers and grant funders about what makes a successful funding proposal. (Basic/Fundraising and Finance)

Eric Roth, Grants Manager, Mohonk Preserve (NY) Katrina Howey, Grants Management Specialist, Land Trust Alliance (NY)

C04. Hemlock Conservation for New York Land Trusts Hilton | Phila Room In partnership with NYS DEC, the Lake George Land Conservancy, the Finger Lakes Land Trust and the Finger Lakes and Capitol-Mohawk PRISMS, the NYS Hemlock Initiative will present a panel discussion on the ecological importance of hemlocks, the threat posed by hemlock wooly adelgid (HWA), and how hemlock management can protect ecological investments and engage the constituency of a land trust. Over 75% of New York’s forest is privately owned, and land trusts are critical partners for hemlock conservation. The NYS Hemlock Initiative will provide information on the ecological importance of hemlock, HWA management strategies available to NY land trusts, and community science programs that contribute to hemlock conservation and biocontrol research. The panel will then provide their experience with hemlock conservation programs and resources available to land trusts for management. (Intermediate/Land Conservation and Stewardship)

Caroline Marschner, Invasive Species Extension Associate, NY State Hemlock Initiative, Cornell University (NY) Jamie Brown, Executive Director, Lake George Land Conservancy (NY) Jason Denham, Forester, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NY) Charlotte Malmborg, Education and Outreach Technician, NY State Hemlock Initiative, Cornell University (NY) Hilary Mosher, Finger Lakes PRISM Coordinator, Finger Lakes Institute (NY) Kristopher Williams, Capitol-Mohawk PRISM Coordinator, Cornell Cooperative Extension (NY) Jason Gorman, Nature Preserve Manager, Finger Lakes Land Trust (NY)

C05. Developing the Millennial Leaders that Land Trusts Need Hilton | Broadway 4 It’s time to cultivate Millennials as the next generation of land trust leaders. Join us for an interactive session led by Millennial land trust staff members, designed for board members, executive directors, supervisors and other Millennials. We’ll focus on what young staff members need and can offer (based on over 500 responses to the recent Land Trust Alliance Millennial Career Survey), learn how other conservation-minded professions are using mentorship programs to develop young leaders, and consider how to best retain millennial leaders in the land trust community. You’ll have several chances to share ideas and connect with others. (Basic/ Organizational Development)

Rebecca Dahl, Zenda Farms Program Director, Thousand Islands Land Trust (NY) Alison Delaney, Development Officer, Peconic Land Trust (NY)

4:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.

CLOSING COFFEE RECEPTION City Center | Meeting Room 1 Fuel up for the ride home or a night on the town in Saratoga! 5 p.m.

CONFERENCE ADJOURNS

Faculty Biographies The Land Trust Alliance gratefully thanks the 2019 New York Land Conservation Conference faculty who spend hours developing the content of their sessions, compiling their materials and travelling to Saratoga Springs to share their knowledge and expertise. The Alliance could not offer such a variety of quality sessions without their dedication to the conservation community. Please take time to thank them for their contribution. Judy Anderson of Community Consultants has worked

in the land trust sector for over 30 years. She currently

assists nonprofit organizations on practical strategic

conservation initiatives incorporating local

communities, climate change, governance,

communications and community-based fundraising

strategies. Judy also provides coaching on inclusive

conservation, easement drafting and stewardship, and

building greater community relevance to ensure land

trusts withstand the test of time. Judy is a regular

presenter at national and regional land trust

conferences as well as specialized trainings. (A02)

Tally Blumberg serves as chief program officer of the

Open Space Institute. Serving in a variety of executive

roles at OSI since 1996, Ms. Blumberg provides

management and strategic oversight for the

organization's robust programmatic initiatives;

manages its external affairs and development

departments; works with staff and board on long-term

planning and growth; administers the Outdoors

America Campaign, to fund the federal Land and

Water Conservation Fund; and oversees staff

initiatives including professional development and

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. She holds a bachelor's

degree in American History from Bowdoin College and

a certificate degree at Columbia University's Center

for Environmental Research and Conservation. She

serves on the governing boards of the American

Littoral Society and EarthShare New York, as well as

the New York Advisory Board of the Land Trust

Alliance and the Advisory Committee for Glynwood.

(SEM-01)

Jim Bonesteel is the executive director of the

Rensselaer Plateau Alliance, which is celebrating its 10

year anniversary this year. The first major undertaking

of this brand new all volunteer land trust in 2008 was

to engage with the community and municipalities. This

has fostered significant ongoing support for RPA’s

conservation efforts. RPA has now conserved over

11,000 acres of forest on the Rensselaer Plateau and

has created two Community Forests all with the

support of the towns and villages of the region. (A04)

Jamie Brown has been the executive director of the

Lake George Land Conservancy since 2015. He has

served as a Commissioner on the Land Trust

Accreditation Commission since 2013. Prior to working

at LGLC, Jamie was the director of land protection at

Ducks Unlimited (2009-2015) where he oversaw all

aspects of the organization’s national land protection

program, including the acquisition and stewardship of

easements fee-title holdings. He also guided the

organization through the land trust accreditation

process, and in 2011 DU became the first accredited

land trust working nationwide. Jamie spent five years

working in land protection for The Land Conservancy

of New Jersey and Frenchman Bay Conservancy in

Maine. Before working in the field of land protection,

Jamie practiced law for five years in New Jersey and

served on local planning boards and worked with local

elected officials on land protection projects. (C04)

Kevin Carter has served as Teatown Lake

Reservation's executive director for the last 6 years.

Teatown is a 1,000 acre preserve, the largest

community supported preserve in Westchester

County. What makes Teatown unique is its 50+ year

dedication to innovative environmental education

programs. During his tenure at Teatown, Kevin led the

Teatown Board and staff through a strategic planning

process, from which the organization emerged with a

new mission, "To inspire its community to life-long

environmental stewardship." Kevin has forged new

strategic partnerships and secured the resources for

the expansion of Teatown's educational programs

serving under-resourced communities as well as new

science-based programs for high school and college

students. Prior to Teatown, Kevin served in leadership

roles in some of the top museums and science centers

in the U.S. including the California Science Center in

Los Angeles, The Audubon Institute in New Orleans,

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, and Stepping

Stones Museum for Children. Kevin received his

bachelor's degree in Cinema and Television

Production from the University of Southern California.

He lives in Bethel, Connecticut with his wife and two

children. (SEM-01)

Susan Carver has been an environmental educator at

New York State Parks, Recreation and Historic

Preservation since January 2015. Her work at State

Parks includes grant administration, managing New

York State Parks Blog, and working on special projects

to enhance youth visitorship to New York State Parks

and Historic Sites. Prior to working at State Parks,

Susan worked as a library director; marine

environmental educator; youth program coordinator;

whale watch naturalist; and fisheries and whale field

research assistant. Susan's volunteer work includes

serving on the board of the Schoharie Land Trust.

(C01)

Sawyer Cresap is the stewardship and volunteer

coordinator at the Mohawk Hudson Land

Conservancy. (B01)

Rebecca Dahl currently works for the Thousand

Islands Land Trust in Clayton, NY as the Zenda Farms

programs director, where she is developing and

implementing plans to revitalize TILT's Zenda Farms

Preserve into a model for sustainable agriculture and a

center for environmental education and community

engagement. Her love of the land comes from her

diverse work at farms, zoos, and as an environmental

educator. (C05)

Alison Delaney is the development Officer at Peconic

Land Trust in Southampton, New York. She is

passionate about the promotion and growth of

millennial leadership in conservation. (C05)

Jason Denham is a supervising forester at the Division

of Forest Health in New York’s Department of

Conservation. He has been working on invasive forest

pests since 1999. Jason holds bachelor’s in forestry

from the University of Massachusetts. (C04)

Karen Doyle is the public policy and planning manager

for Hudson Highlands Land Trust, spearheading the

land trust’s efforts on natural resource planning, open

space prioritization and watershed protection. Karen

has worked as an attorney in non-profit and

governmental law offices, and represented various

municipalities in land use, zoning, public health and

environmental matters. Karen has also served on a

variety of local municipal boards and committees over

the past ten years. (A04)

Julia Farr is the executive director of the Kingston

Land Trust, a nonprofit working to protect and create

access to socially and environmentally significant land

in and around Kingston, NY. As a trained landscape

architect and permaculture designer, Julia previously

worked on several land-based projects, including

public orchard planning for Greenstreets triangles at

the NYCDepartment of Parks and Recreation and

developing the open space plan for a marginalized

neighborhood in São Paulo, Brazil. She also worked at

the Local Economies Project/Hudson Valley Farm Hub

toward building a more equitable and resilient food

system. Here she led the development of an internal

language justice program to create a deeper, more

inclusive working relationship between the

organization’s Spanish and English speakers. Julia

applies her background in urban design,

environmental planning, community organizing and

Spanish translation to building programming and

initiatives that make land relevant to Kingston’s urban

population and promote a healthier and more united

city. Originally from Brooklyn, NY, Julia has lived in

Kingston for five years. (SEM-01)

Olivia Fuller brings her love of storytelling and farms

together in her role as American Farmland Trust's New

York Program & Outreach Coordinator. She works

closely with the New York team to communicate

about AFT's work protecting farmland, keeping

farmers on the land, and promoting sound farming

practices. Olivia grew up in upstate New York on a

300-acre dairy farm where she gained a deep

appreciation for the land and a farmer's work ethic.

She attended the University at Albany to study

communications and found her way back to farming

and food working for a food access nonprofit, Capital

Roots. There she conducted outreach and coordinated

a hunger relief program bringing fresh produce, often

donated from local farms, to emergency food

programs. Upon graduation, Olivia worked for a

marketing agency where she gained experience in

digital communications and branding. In 2015, she

joined AFT and has worked to develop creative

communication strategies to advance AFT's mission in

New York. (A01)

Ben Gajewski has worked for Genesee Valley

Conservancy since 2007, starting as a part-time

stewardship staff and rising to executive director.

With just two full time staff, the organization routinely

completes multi-million dollar conservation projects,

has conserved over 17,000 acres of land and currently

has over 6,000 acres pending in 3 counties. (A03, B02)

Linda Garrett is executive director of the accredited

Tug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust, a regional land trust

covering 2,100 sq. miles in northern NY that has

protected 17,000 acres of farms, forests, and

wildlands. Linda has worked at NYS Tug Hill

Commission, Alaska Natural History Association, and

Alaska Public Lands Information Center. She has a

bachelor's in resource management and master's in

outdoor recreation planning from SUNY- College of

Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse. (A05)

Jason Gorman is the nature preserve manager at the

Finger Lakes Land Trust. (C04)

John Halsey, president of Peconic Land Trust (PLT), is

in the forefront of conservation planning initiatives.

John founded PLT in 1983, and has helped to protect

the rural and farming heritage on Eastern Long Island

by fostering the protection of approximately 6,000

acres. John serves on the boards of the North

American Land Trust, the Nassau Land Trust, South

Fork Land Foundation and the Southampton Youth

Association, as well as the Trustees Council of the

Preservation League of New York State. He is former

chair of the Land Trust Alliance/New York Advisory

Committee. (A05)

Glenn Hoagland is president and CEO of Mohonk

Preserve, an accredited land trust in New York's

Hudson River Valley. Having led the organization since

1993, Glenn oversees all aspects of the Preserve's

management, including its $25 million in total assets,

$4.3 million operating budget, 55-member staff and

350 volunteers, and 8000+ protected acres visited by

over 200,000 annually. For over 34 years Glenn has

worked to save important landscapes and advocate

for their balanced use. He was previously land

preservation director for Scenic Hudson, executive

director of the Dutchess Land Conservancy and

director of the Citizen Action Program of the Open

Space Institute. Glenn serves on the National

Leadership Council of the Land Trust Alliance and its

New York Advisory Board, which he helped found in

1989. He is a member of the Association of Nature

Center Administrators and a graduate of its

Leadership Institute. He also serves on the board of

Hudson Valley Pattern for Progress. Glenn has a

master's in rural planning from the University of

Guelph in Ontario, Canada. He also received a

bachelor's in geography from the State University of

New York at New Paltz in 1982 and was named

Alumnus of the Year in 1998. (SEM-01)

J.T. Horn is a senior project manager at The Trust for

Public Land’s Montpelier, VT office where he has

worked since 2007. At TPL his experience includes

creating new municipally managed community

forests, conserving large timberland parcels,

preserving farmland, and building citizen coalitions in

support of conservation projects. His current portfolio

covers the Northeast. Prior to TPL, he worked for 10

years at the Appalachian Trail Conservancy as the New

England Director overseeing 730 miles of the

Appalachian National Scenic Trail. J.T. is a Phi Beta

Kappa graduate of St. Lawrence University in Canton,

NY with a degree in philosophy. (B04)

Katrina Howey is the Land Trust Alliance’s grant

management specialist. For the past 13 years, Katrina

has helped oversee and administer the New York State

Conservation Partnership Program (NYSCPP). Funded

through New York’s Environmental Protection Fund,

the NYSCPP is managed by the Alliance in coordination

with the New York State Department of

Environmental Conservation. Between 2003-2017, the

NYSCPP awarded 788 grants totaling $14.9 million to

over 80 land trusts across the state, leveraged more

than $17 million in local matching funds and enabled

land trusts to conserve more than 27,000 acres of

working lands, forests, wildlife habitat, and urban

open space. (C03)

Katie Jilek joined the team at Agricultural Stewardship

Association in 2013 as the Communications and

Outreach Manager. She learned about ASA in 2006

when her family conserved their dairy farm in Salem.

Katie enjoys planning events both on a large and small

scale for ASA as well as writing the newsletters. Katie

is currently participating in Class 17 of LEAD NY. (A03)

Jeff Jones is an Albany-based political strategist and

lobbyist for environmental and clean energy

organizations. He has represented the Land Trust

Alliance in the State Capital for over a decade, with a

focus on growing support for the Conservation

Partnership Program and farmland preservation

through the Environmental Protection Fund. Jeff is a

former state Capitol reporter. He sits on the boards of

WeAct for Environmental Justice, John Brown Lives!,

an Adirondack Freedom Education and Climate Justice

project, and the Capital Region League of

Conservation Voters. After serving three terms on the

board of the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy, Jeff

is now part of that group's advisory board. And he

serves on the Environmental Task Force of EcoViva, an

Oakland, California group working to support

community-based climate resilience in Usulatan

Province, El Salvador. (SEM-01)

Henri Jordan specializes in helping land trusts

implement Land Trust Standards and Practices and to

prepare and apply for accreditation. She also assists

with strategic planning, policy development, board

training, and development, and financial

management. For the past five years, she has served

the Land Trust Alliance as a “circuit rider” consultant

and coach to small and medium-sized land trusts in

New York State. While on the Land Trust Alliance staff

from 2003-2009, she conducted capacity-building and

policy programs for land trusts and managed the

application review process for the Land Trust

Accreditation Commission. She lives in Keene Valley,

happily surrounded by millions of acres of protected

land. (A05)

Laurie LaFond is the founder and executive director of

Friends of the Important Bird Area (FIBA). Laurie’s

extensive knowledge and experience in

communications, community relations, development

and nonprofit administration have helped her lead

FIBA’s rapid growth into a professional land trust. She

also founded FIBA’s annual Winter Raptor Fest, a

popular two-day event that educates 2,000 people a

year about endangered and at-risk grassland birds.

She holds a bachelor of science in nonprofit

administration and an associate's in communications.

(B03)

Tom Langen is the president of the St. Lawrence Land

Trust. (C02)

Jeffrey LeJava is vice president and associate general

counsel for the Open Space Institute where his work

focuses on the preservation of natural landscapes to

provide public enjoyment, conserve habitat and

sustain working lands. Prior to joining OSI in 2015, Jeff

held a variety of legal positions in government, private

practice and academia. He received his juris doctorate

from Pace University School of Law and his bachelor's

from the College of the Holy Cross. (B02)

Zoraida Lopez-Diago is responsible for driving and

leading the communication strategy for Westchester

Land Trust (WLT). Zoraida also develops and executes

WLT's social media content across myriad of online

platforms and leads WLT digital engagement

initiatives. Prior to joining WLT, Zoraida was a

consultant at Columbia University's Institute for

Research in African-American Studies (IRAAS) working

to manage and launch special project and programs.

She is also an accomplished photographer and

photography instructor. Zoraida holds degrees in

Political Science from Trinity College and Studio Arts

from Hunter College. (A01)

Charlotte Malmborg is a native Vermonter who

graduated from Lehigh University with a bachelor’s in

earth and environmental sciences. She previously did

trail improvement and habitat restoration work with

the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps, was a

horticulturist at Phipps Conservatory and Botanical

Gardens in Pittsburgh, PA, and was the Land

stewardship coordinator for Kestrel Land Trust in

Amherst, MA before joining the NYSHI team. She

currently focuses on state-wide public outreach about

hemlock conservation and biological control

management efforts, trains citizen science volunteers

to collect field data, and lends a hand in the field and

lab. (C04)

Caroline Marschner’s background is in general

ecology, with experience in forest prairie, riparian, and

lacustrine ecosystems. She received her bachelor’s in

environmental biology from Colorado College in 1998

and a master’s in environmental science from Miami

University in 2003. Carri has been with NYSHI since

2015, where she works with partners to facilitate

conservation planning, manages the Hemlock

Initiative geospatial data, and helps coordinate

NYSHI’s outreach efforts. (C04)

Sona Mason discovered how satisfying it is to drill and

break rocks as a volunteer on the Bear Mountain Trails

Project. From there, she volunteered as a trail

maintainer and supervisor at Harriman and Storm King

State Parks respectively. Once a travel agent, Sona

reignited a love of wilderness and nature while

travelling to some global biodiversity hotspots. She

then became a full time student of ecology at

Columbia and Rutgers Universities, and “dabbles” as a

volunteer-trainer in stream monitoring, deer

management, and promoting native plant life in her

spare time. Sona’s job is to coordinate our trail

programs and volunteers in the region west of the

Hudson River, north of the New Jersey border, up to

the Catskill Mountain region. The region includes

Orange, Rockland, and parts of Sullivan and Ulster

Counties. She resides in Pearl River, Rockland County,

N.Y. (B04)

Demetrice Mills, a member of the Brooklyn Queens

Land Trust since 2006, is a retired business

information system specialist from JPMorgan Chase.

BQLT manages 37 community gardens in the boroughs

of Brooklyn and Queens. Demetrice has served as

Treasurer and Secretary, and is currently board

president. He is a member of the NYC Clean Soil Bank,

a member of Cornell University Cooperative Extension

Healthy Soil Advisory Committee, a member of the

Land Trust Alliance Ambassador Committee, a

member of the Land Trust Alliance New York Advisory

Board and a board member of the American

Community Gardening Association. Demetrice has

demonstrated extraordinary service, leadership and

commitment to BQLT's organizational growth and far-

reaching impact. As board president, he oversaw and

the conveyance of 32 community gardens from the

Trust for Public Land to BQLT in 2011. Since that time,

BQLT has added 5 additional gardens to it

stewardship. Demetrice was recently named emeritus

director at BQLT. (SEM-01)

Hilary Mosher is the coordinator for the Finger Lakes-

Partnership for Regional Invasive Species

Management at the Finger Lakes Institute at Hobart

and William Smith Colleges where she is committed to

working with local, state, regional, and federal

agencies, NGOs, private enterprise, academic

institutions, citizens, and others to help coordinate

invasive species efforts on behalf of seventeen NY

counties of the Finger Lakes. (C04)

Tom Mullin is an associate professor of parks and

forest resources at Unity College in Maine. Prior to

joining the faculty he was the executive director for

two land trusts in New England. He is a Fellow of the

National Association for Interpretation where he also

serves on the board of directors. In addition, he serves

on the Stewardship Council of the Appalachian Trail

and chair of the Waldo County (Maine) Trails Coalition

Steering Committee. (B01)

Sophie Neumann is the development manager for

Greenwich Land Trust overseeing all aspects of special

events, fundraising and membership. As part of a

“small shop”, Sophie also works closely with staff on

marketing and community outreach. She is a graduate

of Fairfield University with a degree in communication

and a member of the Fairfield County Chapter of the

Association of Fundraising Professionals. (B03)

Phillip Oswald is an attorney who has represented

land trusts and other clients in title disputes,

easement enforcement, insurance disputes, clean-

water disputes and other litigation before state and

federal courts in New York. Phillip serves on the

Legislation, Land Use and Environmental, and Title and

Transfer committees for the NYS Bar Association.

Phillip also is a veteran of the US Marine Corps and

currently serves as a director on the Saratoga County

Veterans Housing Coalition. (B02)

Francis O’Shea is the project manager at The Trust for

Public Land. (C02)

Katie Petronis is Open Space Institute's Northern

program director and oversees OSI's Capitol Region

and Adirondacks portfolio and conservation work. She

has served on the board of Saratoga PLAN, and is a

current board member of Adirondack Explorer, Pitney

Meadows Community Farm. She has also served as

past chairman of the Saratoga Countywide Trails

Committee. Katie grew up in Lake Placid and has a

passion for hiking, canoeing, and skiing. (B05)

Michelle Pleim is the development and special events

coordinator at Westchester Land Trust (WLT) where

she works to translate the community’s passion for

open space into funds for preserving lands in

Westchester and eastern Putnam counties. Michelle

has a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies from

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.

(B03)

Kelly Proctor has been Communications Specialist at

the Open Space Institute since 2014. She showcases

OSI’s land conservation projects and environmental

impact by producing compelling analytical digital and

print content. With OSI’s Kae Yamane and Joel Houser,

Kelly produced “Saving the Southern Cumberlands,”

Esri’s featured Story Map of September 2018. (C01)

Teri Ptacek has been the executive director of the

Agricultural Stewardship Association for the past 15

years. During that time, she took ASA from an all

volunteer to a professionally staffed organization. Teri

plans on retiring and is committed to a smooth and

thoughtful transition of leadership, as well as making

sure the organization has the plans in place to help

ensure the sustainability of the organization. (A05)

Eric Roth, grants manager for Mohonk Preserve in

New Paltz, NY has 20 years of experience in nonprofit

and fundraising work. He has worked as grant writer

for SUNY Orange, Middletown, NY, and executive

director and archivist/librarian for Historic Huguenot

Street, New Paltz. He has been a New York State

Archives grant reviewer and has taught an

undergraduate history class for SUNY New Paltz. He

holds a master’s degree in library science from SUNY

Albany. (C03)

Taj Schottland is the climate and green infrastructure

program manager at The Trust for Public Land. Mr.

Schottland has nine years of professional experience

working as a climate and resilience specialist, project

manager and restoration ecologist. In his current role,

he works with field staff and diverse cross-sector

partnerships across the country to advance multi-

benefit projects that reduce carbon pollution and

protect people from climate hazards. Mr. Schottland

previously worked for The National Wildlife

Federation where he managed local and regional

coastal resilience projects that took a holistic and

integrated approach to protecting human

communities, priority habitats, and wildlife from

climate-driven threats. (C02)

Rita Shaheen is the director of parks and community

engagement at Scenic Hudson. (B01)

Carter Strickland is Deputy Commissioner for

Sustainability of New York City's Department of

Environmental Protection and oversees its policy,

planning, analysis, permitting and enforcement

programs. New York City has one of the largest natural

watershed protection programs in the world. (B04)

Karen Strong is the founder of Strong Outcomes LLC, a

consulting company that helps organizations use

outcome-based thinking to reach their goals. She has

16 years of experience developing, implementing and

leading an outreach program to help municipalities

conserve natural areas. During that time, she built

capacity to conserve natural resources in dozens of

communities, collaborated with the region’s many

land trusts, and authored a book on natural resource-

based land use planning in New York. (A04)

Jake Tibbles was appointed executive director in May

of 2012. He earned a bachelor’s degree in

environmental science from SUNY Cortland, majoring

in both biology and chemistry. He first came to

Thousand Islands Land Trust in 2007 in a research

internship and continued on as director of

stewardship. Since becoming executive director, he

has overseen TILT's accreditation renewal by the Land

Trust Alliance Accreditation Commission, and its

growth in conserved lands, in educational programs

and staffing. (B02)

Maria Trabka's three decade career in conservation

has spanned the full spectrum of land types - from

green space and community gardens in urban

neighborhoods, to coastal wetlands, mountains, valley

farms, remote natural landscapes, and trail networks.

Prior to joining Saratoga PLAN as the land

conservation organization's executive director in 2008,

Maria worked for the Agricultural Stewardship

Association, the Nature Conservancy, the NYS Youth

Conservation Corps, and Capital District Community

Gardens. She has served in a variety of roles, including

community and conservation planning, land

stewardship, GIS, environmental education, landscape

design, land protection, outreach and development.

(B05)

Christine Vanderlan leads the Community Planning &

Engagement program at Columbia Land Conservancy,

which offers training and assistance to municipalities

in Columbia County, NY for land use planning as well

as public parks and trails. The program has now been

active for ten years, with Christine leading it for the

past five. Christine earned a master's in biodiversity,

conservation, and policy from the University at

Albany, and a bachelor's in natural resources from

Cornell University. (A04)

Michele Vidarte is the events and community

engagement manager at the Lake George Land

Conservancy, responsible for the organizations

summer fundraising gala, year-round community

events and educational programming and founder of

the first LGLC trail run race. Michele also founded and

leads the organization’s NextGeneration Committee,

writes various grants and assists with development

and fundraising strategies and cultivation. Michele

holds a bachelor's from Fordham University in

journalism and communications and lives in Saratoga

Springs. (B03)

Jessica Watson is the conservation communities

director at the Open Space Institute where she

oversees OSI's fiscally sponsored projects, monitoring

the progress and activities of these grassroots groups,

ensuring their adherence to OSI policies, nonprofit

laws, and supporting their organizational

development. Ms. Watson also facilitates grant-

making for OSI's two educational grants, the Malcolm

Gordon Charitable Fund and the Barnabas McHenry

Hudson River Valley Award. She launched OSI's first

diversity initiative, the Conservation Diversity

Fellowship, in 2016. Ms. Watson continues to oversee

the fellowship and also coordinates and advises four

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committees focused on

culture and talent, leadership and development,

communication and processes and program

management. She holds both bachelor's and master's

degrees in 17th century British Literature from Hunter

College and Rutgers University, respectively, and was

an instructor at Rutgers before joining OSI in 2012.

(SEM-01)

Abigail Weinberg is the director of conservation

research at the Open Space Institute. She develops

science-based approaches for landscape-scale

conservation for foundations, public agencies, and

non-profits. Her work has informed investments of

over $60 million in land protection grants to protect 2

million acres and develop nearly 35 science-based

conservation plans for land trusts and public agencies.

Abby has a master of forestry degree from the Yale

School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and

Bachelors from St. John’s College, Santa Fe. Her

current work focuses on applying science on water

quality and climate change to land protection. (B05)

Kristopher Williams is the Capitol-Mohawk PRISM

coordinator at the Cornell Cooperative Extension in

New York. (C04)

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