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  Keynote speaker Russ Shay

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The CT Land Conservation Council (CLCC) held its 25th Annual Conference on April 5, 2008 at the Northeast Utilities facility in Berlin, CT.  One of the premier events for state conservationists, the event has a keynote speaker and offers seventeen workshops on land conservation topics with expert and lay speakers from a wide variety of backgrounds. 

This year, a total of 176 attendees and 24 workshop speakers, including staff from land conservation groups that comprise the CLCC, attended the conference.

The welcome and opening remarks were given by Kevin Case, Northeast Conservation Manager at The Land Trust Alliance, and Chair of the CLCC Steering Committee.  Srividya Madhusudan, Director of Environmental and Property Management, extended a welcome on behalf of Northeast Utilities. 

One highlight of the day was the annual awards given to recognize the accomplishments of land trusts in acquiring land, raising funds, stewardship and outreach. 

Kevin Case and Damon Hearne, Co-chair of the Training, Education and Communications Committee for CLCC, handed out certificates and small gifts to the awardees. 

And the Winners Are...

This year’s recipients were:

  • Award for Outstanding Land Acquisition Effort – the Norwalk Land Trust, with an Award of Special Merit to the Land Trust of West Haven
  • Award for Exemplary Fundraising or Outreach Project – the Essex Land Trust, with an Award of Special Merit to the Granby Land Trust
  • Award of Successful Collaboration – the Weantinoge Heritage Land Trust, with an Award of Special Merit to the Connecticut Farmland Trust
  • Award of Excellence in Stewardship – the Avalonia Land Conservancy, with an Award of Special Merit to the Southbury Land Trust.

Click here for more information about our recipients.

Keynote Speech

Russ Shay gave a well received keynote speech on what is new in land conservation from a national policy perspective, and his outlook on events that are impacting the work of land trusts in Connecticut and across the country. 

Russ is the Director of Public Policy for the Land Trust Alliance and a Connecticut native.  He has been with the Land Trust Alliance since 1998, and has led policy initiatives that led to a 60-fold increase in federal funding for the purchase of forest conservation easements, a 10-fold increase in federal funding for farmland conservation easements, and three tax code amendments increasing landowner incentives for conservation. 

Nature picture credit (top to bottom, left to right): Photo © Hunter Brawley (Keynote speaker Russ Shay); Photo © Hunter Brawley (Kevin Case (second from left) with members of the Avalonia Land Conservancy).