Materials from the 2013 Summit
The 2013 Summit was held on Saturday, March 9, 2013. The 2013 agenda and program are below.
- 2013 Summit at a Glance (Adobe Acrobat format)
- 2013 Full Summit Program (Adobe Acrobat format)
The poem Nothing for Granted that Bill Harley read in his performance is available on his blog.
Selected Materials from Conference Presentations:
- 10 Things Your Conservation Commission Can Do!
- Workshop Handout (Ten Things Your Conservation Commission Can Do) (PDF)
- Affordable Housing - How Does It Fit Into Your Community
- Back to Basics: A Fundraising Pick-Me-Up for Small Organizations
- PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
- Better Communication by Design, Plus Getting the Most from Free Marketing Tools
- Creative Strategies for Protecting Farmland
- Workshop Handout (PDF)
- Developing Management Plans for Conservation Lands
- PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
- Do We Have Enough Water? Estimating Water Availability in RI & Using this Info to Guide Community Development
- Enhancing the Edibility of Conserved Landscapes with Native Species
- Involve Your Board Members in Fund Development... and Raise More Money!
- Workshop handout (PDF)
- Managing Risks on Land Trust Trails and Properties
- PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
- Monitoring & Effective Enforcement of Conservation Easements
- Workshop Handout from Clarkson A. Collins(PDF)
- Land Trust Alliance National Standards for Monitoring
- Aquidneck Land Trust easement monitoring policies and documents
- Sakonnet Preservation Assc. easement monitoring policies and documents
- Conservation Easement Monitoring Checklist (PDF)
- Conservation Easement Monitoring Inspection Report (PDF)
- Conservation Easement Monitoring Procedure (PDF)
- Conservation Easement Monitoring Policy (PDF)
- Conservation Easement Violation Response & Resolution Procedure (PDF)
- Conservation Easement Violation Response & Resolution Policy (PDF)
- Guidelines for Conservation Easement Monitors (PDF)
- Letter to Landowner Post Monitoring (PDF)
- List of Documents for New Monitor Training Workshop (PDF)
- Successor Landowner Policy and Procedure (PDF)
- Opportunities in Green Infrastructure
- PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
- Paying for Stormwater Solutions: Understanding Stormwater Utility Districts
- Reflecting on Rhode Island’s Water Quality - What We’ve Found and What’s Ahead
- Signs & Trail Markers for Protected Lands: RI Guidelines on Best Practices &
Sources- PowerPoint Presentation by J. Eric Scherer (PDF)
- For the completed signage guide and related fact sheets see the Resource Library (look under Trails - Land > Signage).
- Storytelling 101 for Land Trusts, Watershed Organizations & Conservation Commissions
- Workshop Handout: Storytelling 101 Planning Sheets (PDF)
- Think Social, Act Local: Applying Social Media to Your Community Group
- PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
- Using the Annual Watershed Check-up to Support Water Quality Protection & Improvement
- PowerPoint Presentation by Katie DeGoosh(PDF)
- Water Protection Falling Through the Cracks: How and Why Town, State, and Federal Efforts Fail to Protect Our Rivers
- PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
- Waterfowl Management — Which Goes First, the Egg or the Goose?
- PowerPoint Presentation by Jessica Blackledge (PDF)
- The video shown during the workshop is not available online, but the following videos on YouTube address the same topic of egg oiling:
- What Lies Ahead — How Climate Change May Impact Your Health
- PowerPoint Presentation (PDF)
Clockwise from top left:
1. Keynote speaker Steve Archibald, Education and Outreach Specialist from the Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center, Missoula, Montana, speaking about "Not a storyteller? Perhaps it’s time to reconsider!"
2. Janet Coit, RI DEM Director, speaking about conservation accomplishments and state bonds passed during the 10 years since the first Land & Water Conservation Summit.
3. Bill Harley, two time Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter and storyteller, entertaining us all during lunch.
4. Summit attendees listening to the lunchtime speakers.
Photographs by Meg Kerr and Lynne Harrington.
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