Southeast Training and Conference Opportunities
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Southeast Program
PO Box 33355
Raleigh, NC 27636-3355
919-424-4427
919-424-4401 (fax)
southeast@lta.org |
All of the training events currently scheduled for
this region are listed below. Please check back regularly for
updates.
2008 Southeast Land Trust Conference
March 27 - 29, 2008 | Montreat, NC
Join us at the Southeast Land Trust Conference sponsored by the Land Trust Alliance (from Thursday morning, March 27th, to Saturday, March 29th) at the Montreat Conference Center near Black Mountain east of Asheville, NC. The North Carolina Land Trusts annual Assembly will be held at the same location in conjunction with the regional conference on Wednesday, March 26th. There will be multiple sessions and tracks, including sessions on public policies and conservation financing in Southeastern states, on managing forests on conserved lands, partnerships for stream and watershed protection, biodiversity resource protection, wetlands mitigation and banking, broadening diversity of membership and community support, three workshops on key standards and practices in operating land conservation programs, preparing for accreditation, and much more.
Registration is closed for the Southeast Conference. We will be accepting walk-ins for Saturday, March 29th only.
Download an ad for the Southeast conference for your newsletter or website
For more information, please contact 202-638-4725 or training@lta.org
Scholarships
Attention South Carolina coastal land trusts! Scholarships, provided by the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, are available to help reduce your conference costs. Download an application for more details and to apply.
Sponsorship
Put your organization's name and message in front of the conservation leaders of the Southeast. Sponsorships play a key role in helping the Land Trust Alliance underwrite the cost of the Southeast Conference. Download a sponsor packet
Thank you to our generous sponsors of the 2008 Southeast Land Trust Conference
The Land Trust Alliance thanks the conference’s lead sponsors: the Conservation Trust for North Carolina, the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy and other members of the Blue Ridge Forever Partnership.
Thank you to our Partner conference sponsors: Open Space Institute
Thank you to our Supporter conference sponsors: Frontline, Inc.
Thank you to our Contributing conference sponsors: Conservation Advisors of North Carolina, Conservation Properties, LLC, Duke Environmental Leadership Program, NatureServe and SouthWings
Thank you to the American Forest Foundation, The Conservation Fund, Defenders of Wildlife , Environmental Defense, the Forest Guild, , The Nature Conservancy, NatureServe, River Network, Southeast Watershed Forum, and Southern Forests Network as partners and sponsors of sessions within the conference.
Special thanks to our Foundation supporters: Hillsdale Family Fund, Lyndhurst Foundation, Merck Family Fund, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and WestWind Foundation.
And thank you to our corporate sponsors: Bank of America, Conservation Properties, LLC, Duke Energy, Equinox Environmental and Progress Energy.
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