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National Land Conservation Conference October 26–28 | Denver, CO
Colorado Convention Center
Registration Guide
RALLY 2017
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The Land Trust Alliance’s Rally is packed with diverse topics, colleagues and friends to learn and share with, and the resources you want to take your conservation skills further. Register
today—there’s no better time or place to invest in your future! See you in Denver.
RALLY 2017 | THE NATIONAL LAND CONSERVATION CONFERENCE
BOOST YOUR SKILL SET
More than 100
diverse workshops and
seminars
TACKLE TODAY’S ISSUES
Storytelling and messaging,
bridging cultural gaps,
climate change and more
EXPLORE A NEW TOPIC
Get fired up by
the impressive array
of faculty
LEARN, CONNECT & GROW
LEARN, CONNECT & GROW
LEARN, CONNECT & GROW
• CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF RALLY •
Current Page Left-Right: Boulder Colorado Flatirons by beklaus/iStock; Woman hiking on trail by swissmediavision/iStock; Mr. Forrest Nelson on the White River Ranch (conserved), Meeker, CO. Courtesy of accredited CCALT/©Allen Birnbach, photographer. Next Page Top-Bottom: Female conference attendee by PeopleImages/iStock; The White River Ranch (conserved), Meeker, CO. Courtesy of accredited CCALT/©Allen Birnbach, photographer.
· Accreditation
· Communications
· Community Conservation
· Conservation Defense
· Fundraising
· Land Protection
· Policy
· Stewardship
· Technology
“ Year after year, we cannot state enough how valuable
Rally is to our staff and organization as a whole.”
— Dan Ehresman, accredited Northcoast Regional Land Trust (CA)
16SEMINARS
7REGIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL
RECEPTIONS
112WORKSHOPS
12FIELD TRIPS
286FACULTY
JOIN THE CONVERSATION
Conservation For A Changing World Add your voice to a lively and interactive discussion
on how land trusts are addressing new challenges
and opportunities—covering everything from
climate change to engaging new audiences.
CHART YOUR OWN PATH
Whatever you’re interested in, we’ve got you covered at Rally!
REGISTER TODAY: www.alliancerally.org
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JOGGING TOURExplore downtown Denver and finish up with a craft
brew.
REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RECEPTIONSMeet colleagues from your region and
get connected right away!
EYE-OPENING YOGAPrepare yourself to
experience a busy day more fully focused.
Pre-registration and additional fees may be required for activities. www.alliancerally.org
GET ACTIVE
CONNECT WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES
RECEPTION AT WYNKOOP BREWING COMPANY Close out Rally with some Colorado brews while enjoying
billiards, darts, shuffleboard and more.
WELCOMING DINNERJoin friends for dinner as we kick off the 30th Rally and celebrate our colleagues
with the Alliance Awards.
Top-Bottom: Track runners by gradyreese/iStock; Yoga outdoors by SilviaJansen/iStock; President’s Reception - Alliance Rally 2016/DJ Glisson, II,
Firefly Imageworks; Welcoming Dinner - Alliance Rally 2016/DJ Glisson, II, Firefly Imageworks; Beers on tap by Silvrshootr/iStock.
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Photo courtesy of uniphi good, LLC
www.alliancerally.org/speakers
Pam MelroyColonel, US Air Force, Retired
As someone who has personally seen planet earth from space, Pam Melroy is uniquely able to share her perspectives on the value of conservation and women in leadership. Pam is a former NASA Astronaut who has flown on three space shuttle missions, and she is one of only two women to command the Space Shuttle. Pam is a veteran of Operation Just Cause and Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield. In addition to her spaceflights, Pam held various other positions at NASA including lead for the Crew Module of the Columbia Reconstruction Team, deputy
project manager for the Columbia Crew Survival Investigation Team, CAPCOM, and branch chief for the Orion Branch of the Astronaut Office. Pam is currently deputy director of the Tactical Technology Office at DARPA.
AstronautPamMelroy.com
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Luis Benitez serves as the first state director for the Outdoor Recreation Industry office for the State of Colorado. He also has emerged amongst climbers as one of the more experienced and respected guides and leadership development consultants in the world. Luis has summited the top of the famed “Seven Summits” 32 times, including being a six-time summiteer of Mt. Everest. While managing expeditions, Luis works to tie the lessons from the outdoors and carry them back to the challenges of life and business. At the heart of his career, Luis has always focused
on teaching as well as serving. He helped create the nonprofit Trekking For Kids, which focuses on service-based expeditions, as well as Warriors to Summits, which serves returning Veterans by connecting them with the outdoors.
Photo courtesy of From the Hip Photo
Luis BenitezDirector, Outdoor Recreation Industry Office, State of Colorado
The Land Trust Alliance is a non-partisan organization and does not endorse the political views of Rally sponsors, plenary speakers or presenters.
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SEMINARSSEMINARSDive deeper into your Rally experience! Daylong and half-day seminars are your chance to experience high-quality, intensive trainings and delve
further into important issues in land conservation.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26
MORNING HALF-DAY SEMINARS
SEM-1
Building Organizational Capacity through Annual Giving ProgramsDavid Allen, Anita O’Gara
8 a.m. – Noon | Advanced | $120/$135
Organizational capacity is about having sufficient resources to do the work you need to do in your community. It’s about unrestricted money that you can sustainably raise every year. This session is a facilitated discussion for an experienced audience who want to move their current annual giving toward building organizational capacity powerfully into the future. This session will make the case for using the annual giving process to cultivate major and planned giving, as well as consider intelligent segmentation, innovative cultivation strategies, strategic use of events, smart metrics and board and staff roles.
SEM-2
Conserve, Redevelop, Undevelop: New Frontiers in Land Conservation CLE Jessica Jay, Cheryl Cufre, Kris Larson, Gil Livingston, Mark Robinson
8 a.m. – Noon | Intermediate | $120/$135
Like the mantra of Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, the new frontiers of land protection will be to Conserve, Redevelop and Undevelop. This session focuses on land trusts as new social entrepreneurs shepherding the movement from large-scale, raw land protection to small-scale, interconnected repurposing of land and its uses. Presenters will share their experiences and examples of working within, and developing new, legal, practical and functional frameworks for land trusts conserving, creating and interconnecting people and parcels of land for public parks, community gardens, cooperative farms and public forests; redeveloping, reimagining and reinventing the already-built environment for new public purposes such as affordable housing, recreation, and community places;
Seminars are limited to 55 people unless otherwise noted.
Helpful Symbols
CLE Indicates Continuing Legal Education credits
Continuing Education Credits
The Alliance will apply for Continuing Legal Education (CLE) credits for workshop sessions
denoted with a CLE symbol and for seminars 2, 5, 15 and 16. The cost for obtaining CLE credit is $100 per person, per state. Please indicate which state(s) you are applying for on the registration form. For more information on continuing education, please email Lorri Barrett at [email protected].
Lunch
Lunch will be served to participants who register for one daylong seminar or two half-day seminars. Participants who register for one half-day seminar may purchase a lunch ticket in advance for $40. No onsite lunch tickets will be sold.
Seminar prices are indicated as follows:
The first seminar price indicates rate for staff/board of Alliance member land trusts and the second seminar price indicates general admission rates. To read about the seminar faculty, please visit www.alliancerally.org/faculty.
SEMINARSRALLY 2017 | THE NATIONAL LAND CONSERVATION CONFERENCE
in community conservation and K–12 education, analyze several successful K–12 community conservation models, understand the specific strategies they employ and create a plan to develop a program for their own land trust.
SEM-5
Steve Small’s Conservation Easement Document, Project Checklist and Tips CLE
Steve Small
8 a.m. – Noon | Intermediate | $120/$135
Steve Small will go through and analyze a lengthy conservation easement document and a 40+ item conservation easement project checklist, with attention to often-hidden tax, legal and appraisal issues and the most common land trust document mistakes he encounters. This seminar is open to 70 people and participation will be encouraged.
SEM-6
The Business Plan Blueprint: Design for Impact and SustainabilityShelli Bischoff
8 a.m. – Noon | Intermediate | $120/$135
A business plan blueprint is a comprehensive approach to planning and organizational development. As in architecture, the blueprint ensures a solid, integrated structure, illustrates opportunities or constraints to growth and shows how all parts connect and flow. The blueprint includes, but goes beyond, the traditional strategic plan. It more fully considers the organization’s audiences and community, and the organization’s systems, structure, staffing, governance, processes and finances: how do we engage constituents and enhance our capacity to accomplish strategic goals? The blueprint guides programmatic outreach, communication, fundraising and organizational development. It is a useful tool for impact, succession, sustainability and to attract investment. Participants will create their own blueprint and are encouraged to bring a team. This is a highly interactive working session.
and undeveloping, recovering and restoring developed, degraded or polluted lands to support revitalized ecological and human systems.
SEM-3
Fee Land and Risk Management: What Risks Are Worth It and How to Handle ThemLaurel Florio, Bill Jones, Deborah Rogers
8 a.m. – Noon | Intermediate | $120/$135
This session will discuss the risks and liabilities associated with land ownership. Whether it is the establishment of a public park or the stewardship of privately conserved land, this seminar will look at the law regarding land ownership, the risks associated with different uses of the land, mitigation of risk and proactively dealing with the land trust’s responsibilities as owner and steward. Utilizing the curriculum on Risk Management, specific case studies of actual land ownership issues and hypotheticals, the group will discuss the inevitability of risk and weigh it with a realistic approach to handling risks faced by land trusts and, when applicable, its partners.
SEM-4
Learning Landscapes: A Proven K–12 Land Trust Partnership OpportunityRob Wade
8 a.m. – Noon | Basic | $120/$135
Learning Landscapes is an award-winning, K–12 education program for the accredited Feather River Land Trust (CA). Learning Landscapes best practices provide a powerful synthesis for education and stewardship by identifying the historic opportunity to develop mutually beneficial partnerships with schools. Current national educational trends include a new framework for K–12 science education, Next Generation Science Standards, and the adoption of Environmental Literacy Plans by 36 state departments of education. During this session, participants will study trends
Left-Right: Mr. Lee Rooks with his dog on the Rafter 26 Ranch (conserved), Buena Vista, CO. Courtesy of accredited CCALT/©Allen Birnbach, photographer; Malchow Farm (conserved), southwest of Berthoud, CO. Courtesy of Larimer County Natural Resources (CO)/Charlie Johnson, photographer.
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SEM-7
Thinking Big Thoughts: Major Issues for Conservation in the Next Decade Marc Smiley
8 a.m. – Noon | Advanced | $120/$135
This seminar will provide senior land trust leaders an opportunity to engage with their peers on key topics important to the future of conservation. In the polarizing, tense community environments that are increasingly impacting conservation groups, these issues cannot be ignored. How can social justice and conservation find more durable and meaningful collaboration? How is conservation increasingly an opportunity to heal? What are the implications of land trusts moving from a production mentality (doing the deals) to a stewardship mentality (managing the land)? These are major questions that many land trusts face, and talking with peers in this session will open up ideas and generate collective energy.
SEM-8
Understanding and Preparing for First-Time AccreditationJennifer Brady-Connor, Jessica Whittaker
8 a.m. – Noon | All Levels | $50
Offered for land trusts planning to register or apply for first-time accreditation, with special emphasis on those land trusts applying in 2018. This seminar will explain the first-time accreditation process in-depth and provide guidance on what the Commission looks for to determine compliance with specific accreditation indicator elements from Land Trust Standards and Practices. The presenters will also provide an introduction to the 2018 Requirements Manual. Participants will have an opportunity to share specific areas of concern and interest in advance, which will help guide the instructors in formulating the final agenda.
www.alliancerally.org/schedule
FULL-DAY SEMINAR
SEM-9
Climate Resilience for Land Protection: Science and Communication Abby Weinberg, Mark Anderson, Anna Fiedler, Erin Heskett
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. | Intermediate | $199/$235
Designed to give you the tools you need to incorporate climate resilience into your land protection work, this session will include a discussion of the challenges and opportunities participants see in addressing climate change; a review of the characteristics of climate resilient land, including interactive exercises to help participants recognize resilient sites; case studies by land trusts that have applied the datasets and concepts to conservation planning; and a discussion around communications of climate resilience to your land trust board, members and landowners. The seminar will require active participation and attendees are encouraged to bring a laptop for use during the session.
tribes, the types of land that tribal governments have authority over and/or interests in and the growth of tribal conservation mechanisms, particularly Native land trusts and conservancies. Native American land trust leaders will discuss the specific strategies, tools and partnerships they are using to protect landscapes, watersheds, sacred sites, traditional use areas and cultural resources. The session will also include a guided, focused discussion on how to develop conservation partnerships that foster indigenous land stewardship and continued indigenous access to culturally important lands.
SEM-12
Dialogue for Difficult TimesAmy Stork, Jim Morris
1 p.m. – 5 p.m. | Basic | $120/$135
Americans are facing an era of deep division and difficult communications. While most Americans share a love of the land, it is easy for differences to become a focal point. If, instead, we seek to discover what we have in common, and understand the roots of our divisions, we have a chance to construct new bonds. In this seminar, participants will learn and practice several techniques for creating open, authentic and productive conversation with those who may disagree on key issues. Drawing from concepts of conflict resolution, negotiation, non-violent communication and human psychology, the emphasis will be on learning to listen and express ourselves with compassion and respect for both self and other.
AFTERNOON HALF-DAY SEMINARS
SEM-10
Building Cost-Effective, Purposeful Organizational CapacityAne Deister
1 p.m. – 5 p.m. | Intermediate | $120/$135
This session features a tool kit for land trust board members and staff on ways to enhance governance effectiveness, initiate and manage change, develop a shared vision, increase organizational vitality and develop and adopt sustainability in funding and programs throughout the organizational life cycle. Directed learning, facilitated dialogs, group interactions and guided discovery processes will be used. Board engagement and strategic approaches to harnessing opportunities and responding to challenges will be key topics in the training program. Comparison of different governance models and organizational designs will provide a basis for interactive dialogs.
SEM-11
Collaborating with Native American Land Trusts and TribesBeth Rose Middleton, Lisa Haws, Kenneth Holbrook, Valentin Lopez, Michael Connolly Miskwish
1 p.m. – 5 p.m. | Basic | $120/$135
This seminar will provide an introduction to the structure of federally recognized tribes and non-federally recognized
Previous Page Top-Bottom: Overlook on Stacked Lazy Three Ranch (conserved), Deer Trail, CO. Courtesy of accredited CCALT/©Allen Birnbach, photographer; Bales at the Stacked Lazy Three Ranch (conserved), Deer Trail, CO. Courtesy of accredited CCALT/©Allen Birnbach, photographer; Fishing the White River, Meeker, CO. Courtesy of accredited CCALT/©Allen Birnbach, photographer.
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“As a new executive director, I have much to learn. Rally included
so many incredible seminars, it was hard to choose which to attend.
I made professional contacts that I can reach out to when I need
assistance and was reaffirmed in the feeling that the work I’m doing
is valuable and important.”
—Amy Pettit, Alaska Farmland Trust
SEM-13
Extreme Self-Care: Working Well, Working SmartDianne Russell
1 p.m. – 5 p.m. | Basic | $120/$135
In a time of great change and increased pressure to accomplish our missions, land trust leaders may want to step away from the intensity and re-invest in strategies for self-care, as well as creating organizations that support and nurture their staff, board and volunteers. This highly applied and participatory workshop will allow leaders to take a breath and assess their self-care strategies on multiple levels. The session will provide an opportunity to strategize with other leaders about challenges and successes in taking care of our most important resources—the people committed to the land and our communities. Workshop participants will walk out with a small set of commitments to themselves, along with some new ideas for creating organization cultures that support self-care and healthy approaches to our work.
SEM-14
Financial Management of Land Trusts Eric Rowley
1 p.m. – 5 p.m. | Intermediate | $120/135
This session will review the organizational flowchart of a typical nonprofit with emphasis on governance, financial management, oversight and reporting. Also covered will be purposes and methods of budgeting, financial reporting formats and techniques for tracking revenues, expenditures, investment activity and special projects. Finally, it will review financial reporting to third parties, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and compliance with governmental financial reporting.
SEM-15
Multiple Landowner Conservation Easements: Challenges for Land Trusts CLE Allan Beezley, Karin Marchetti Ponte
1 p.m. – 5 p.m. | Advanced | $120/$135
Many land trusts are required to work with multiple landowner conservation easements, which frequently present difficult legal challenges for the land trust holding the easement. This seminar will examine several issues, such as amendments of multiple owner conservation easements, financing for construction, family succession and partition, and administration of uses. It will also address land trust business decisions on structuring conservation easements involving multiple owners now or later.
SEM-16
Water Issues in Western Land Conservation Transactions CLE Peter Nichols, Jeff Appel, Peter Dykstra, Stuart Somach
1 p.m. – 5 p.m. | Intermediate | $120/$135
This seminar is intended to develop participants’ ability to recognize and follow good practices to optimize environmental/ecosystem benefits of water rights in western land conservation transactions. The session will highlight current practices throughout the West, drawing from the experience of the panelists and participants. Building on this base, the seminar will develop, through participatory problem solving, participants’ understanding of the practical and legal water issues that should be considered in a conservation transaction. Finally, practitioners will take home some simple yet comprehensive tools for good practices, including checklists and model conservation easement language.
Trampe Ranch (conserved) in the Gunnison Valley of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Courtesy of John Fielder, photographer.
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FIELD TRIPSFIELD TRIPSLocal land conservation groups have planned these field trips for Rally 2017 registrants.
» Field trips fill up quickly, so register early » All field trip participants must be 16 years or older
» All full-day trips include transportation, lunch and equipment rental if applicable» All trips will take place rain or shine, although they will be canceled or significantly altered if weather conditions pose a safety risk
» Field trips are non-refundable if canceled or altered due to weather conditions
FIELD TRIPSRALLY 2017 | THE NATIONAL LAND CONSERVATION CONFERENCE
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25
FIELD TRIP 1 | 7 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. | $70
In the Shadow of Pikes Peak: A Case Study on Open Space ProtectionHosted by Palmer Land Trust
Nestled at the base of Pikes Peak lies a breathtaking array of public open spaces, many of which are protected by conservation easements. This trip will highlight the collaborative process between a land trust, the city and a private landowner that was required to permanently protect Strawberry Hill. The morning will include an easy two-mile hike followed by lunch at Garden of the Gods amidst the amazing scenery. Then hike an additional two miles up part of the famous Incline while learning more about its history and role in the land exchange.
FIELD TRIP 2 | 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. | $75
Rocky Mountain High: Mining, Music and Hiking Hosted by Boulder County Parks and Open Space
Learn how the gold rush put Colorado on the map! Tucked in the Rocky Mountains just west of Boulder, Nederland is a recreational mecca with a history rich in mining and music. The tour will stop at the Nederland Mining Museum for an orientation to the local mining history, then it’s a short ride to Caribou Ranch open space. Hike to a ghost town while learning about historic preservation efforts and the more recent history of the famous Caribou recording studio.
FIELD TRIP 3 | 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. | $85
Preserving Front Range Farms: Partnerships, Challenges & OpportunitiesHosted by Larimer County Natural Resources, Colorado Open Lands and Boulder County Parks and Open Space
Get an insider’s view of conserved farms while learning about the partnerships, challenges, innovation and grit that make it all work. This trip provides a peek into the life and struggles of farming on the dry side of the Continental Divide. Listen to stories of the past and present set to stunning mountain backdrops—from farmhouses and wagon trails, to running a CSA and forming a farmland cooperative. Kick the dirt with the farmers, learn about western water law and soak it up with a brew in one of the country’s premier craft breweries.
FIELD TRIP 4 | 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. | $90
The Rocky Mountain Land Library’s Buffalo Peaks RanchHosted by Rocky Mountain Land Library
The Rocky Mountain Land Library (RMLL) partnered with the City of Aurora to preserve and adapt Buffalo Peaks Ranch, which provides 1,840 acres of public land and river access. RMLL’s mission is to create a lending and residential library of 35,000 volumes exploring land and our connection with it. Visit this high-mountain library and witness its current state and proposed evolution. Enjoy a picnic lunch and conclude the trip with happy hour—all taking place amongst fabulous book titles and breathtaking views.
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FIELD TRIP 5 | 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. | $70
Bison on the RocksHosted by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Explore two of Denver’s iconic public spaces: Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge and Red Rocks Park and Amphitheater. Spend the morning learning about the importance of urban wildlife refuges and have the opportunity to see American Bison, prairie dogs, coyotes and more— all in view of Denver skyline. Next, at Red Rocks Park and Amphitheater, learn about the history and geology of the area. Walk the steps of the amphitheater and check out the stage and underground rock history museum. Time permitting, there will be an optional hike on the surrounding trails.
FIELD TRIP 6 | 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. | $125
Denver Urban Locavore Bike TourHosted by Great Outdoors Colorado and The Trust for Public Land
Enjoy a day touring Denver’s urban parks aboard a Mile High City B-Cycle bicycle. Start the day with a cup of locally roasted coffee and an overview of the day’s activities. Spend the day exploring the innovative river parks and playgrounds interspersed throughout the Cherry Creek and South Platte River trail systems. Lunch will be provided by a local food truck at one of Denver’s riverfront parks. The journey will culminate at Great Divide Brewing Company for a pint (or two), before returning to the Convention Center.
Left-Right: Bison wandering through the sagebrush on the plains by milehightraveler /iStock; Riding bikes by SolStock/iStock; Reflections of Rocky Mountains in an alpine lake by SashaBuzko/iStock.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26
FIELD TRIP 7 | 7 a.m. – 5 p.m. | HIKE - $100 | FLY FISHING - $160
Hike/Fish Rocky Mountain National ParkHosted by Estes Valley Land Trust
Rocky Mountain National Park is the nation’s third most popular national park, defined by high peaks, alpine lakes and spectacular scenery. This trip has two options, both at approximately 10,000 feet: a moderate five-mile hike with fly-fishing at Mills Lake; or two easy hikes (four miles total) to Alberta Falls and Dream Lake. In both, hikes will be led by land trust staff, board and park rangers who will discuss ecology, geology and the partnership between the land trust and the Park. Hikers should be fit and prepared for high altitude and inclement weather. Fly-fishing is limited to 10 people.
FIELD TRIP 8 | 7:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. | $100
Hike the Historic Beaver Brook Trail Hosted by Clear Creek Land Conservancy
The Beaver Brook Trail provides eight miles of uninterrupted hiking that feels far away from Denver while being right at its doorstep. The trail was fully established in 1919 by the Colorado Mountain Club and pioneer Strode Ralston. Today, the trail is managed by three agencies: Clear Creek Land Conservancy, Denver Mountain Parks and Jefferson County Open Space. While on the hike, learn about the history, geology and ecology of the area with numerous stops along the way to enjoy the view of Clear Creek Canyon and Colorado’s high country.
“As a young professional just starting out, Rally was of great benefit to me
in my career and, specifically, my work at my organization.” —Amber Arseneaux, accredited Texas Land Conservancy
Top-Bottom: View from the top of the mountain by PeopleImages/iStock; Denver city park and skyline by ivanastar/iStock; Horse grazing by Adventure_Photo/iStock.
FIELD TRIP 12 | 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. | $80
Hiking Spruce Mountain and its Storied Landscape Hosted by Douglas Land Conservancy and Douglas County Open Space
Join this adventure in the extensive Greenland landscape south of Denver. Hike through forests along scenic rock ledges at Spruce Mountain, learn about the geology of the buttes and how Douglas County has skillfully conserved this unspoiled landscape. Visit the Culturally Modified Trees, hear stories of the land and opinions from both the cultural and scientific communities on the pine forest in this region. Enjoy lunch and beer catered at a local gravesite where mystery stories will capture the spirit of the season.
REGISTER TODAY:www.alliancerally.org
FIELD TRIP 9 | 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. | $85
Grassland Conservation: Finding Homes for Orphaned Easements Hosted by Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust
The eastern plains of Colorado contain one of the nation’s largest remaining expanses of native prairie grasslands, which is also one of the most imperiled ecosystems in the world. Learn about their functionality, the role conservation plays in maintaining their integrity, orphaned easement issues in Colorado, strategies for rehabilitating them and much more. This trip will feature two integrated farming/ranching operations located in the High Plains that have been agriculturally productive since the mid-1800s. These properties are unique in their proximity to I-70 and Denver, connectivity to other protected lands and diverse resource base (including water).
FIELD TRIP 10 | 8:15 a.m. – 5 p.m. | $105
Toward a Sustainable Grazing Lands FutureHosted by The Nature Conservancy
Learn about work that The Nature Conservancy, the Colorado State Land Board, Holistic Management International and the Trainor Cattle Company are doing to plan and manage for integrated conservation, business and quality of life outcomes at the 26,000-acre Lowry Ranch on the eastern edge of Denver. The ranch supports a beef cattle operation, prairie dog colonies, an intact example of Foothills Piedmont Grasslands, two wooded riparian corridors, myriad other wildlife species and over 20 other uses.
FIELD TRIP 11 | 8:30 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. | $50
Public Land, Community Development & Healthy Food Access Hosted by Denver Urban Gardens
For over 30 years, Denver Urban Gardens has partnered with municipalities, parks and recreations districts, libraries and school districts to set aside land to promote community development through healthy food access. Learn how public-private-nonprofit partnerships have spurred land use innovations, while visiting unique community gardens and urban farms that highlight what is possible when public land and healthy food access join forces.
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Boar
d | T
om M
ullin
| Ba
sic
B05
Ligh
ts! C
amer
a! A
ctio
n! L
et’s
Mak
e a V
ideo
| Br
ando
n H
ayes,
Pat
rick W
illia
ms |
Inte
rmed
iate
C03
Wild
Idea
s: U
sing
Even
ts an
d Pa
rtner
ship
s to
Com
mun
icate
Con
serv
atio
n | M
arga
ret S
ands
, Ly
nne D
arda
nell,
Chr
istin
e Wils
on |
Inte
rmed
iate
Co
mm
un
ity
C
on
serv
atio
nA
05 H
ow an
d W
hy to
Par
tner
with
Nat
ive A
mer
ican
Trib
es |
Anni
e Bur
ke, R
eno K
enoi
Fran
klin,
Br
enda
n M
oria
rty, D
an W
inter
son
| Int
erm
edia
te
A06
A N
eigh
borh
ood
Adv
ocac
y G
roup
, a C
ity an
d a
Land
Tru
st: Th
e Pea
ce P
ark
| Coli
n N
ovick
| Ba
sic
B06
Plan
ning
to D
iversi
fy Y
our O
rgan
izat
ion
| M
ariss
a Har
tzler
, Jesi
ca B
lake
, San
dy S
weit
zer |
Bas
ic B0
7 Ba
ck to
the F
utur
e: N
eces
sary
Evo
lutio
n Ba
ck
to T
radi
tiona
l Com
mun
ity C
onse
rvat
ion:
Par
t 1 |
Te
d Cl
emen
t, An
gela
And
erso
n, E
dwin
Ber
nbau
m,
Kaw
ika B
urge
ss, S
cott
Fish
er, R
amon
a Pete
rs | B
asic
C04
Eng
agin
g D
iver
se R
ural
Com
mun
ities
in S
ettin
g C
onse
rvat
ion
Prio
ritie
s | K
ristin
a Orte
z D
e Jon
es,
Amy W
ilson
Mor
ris |
Basic
C
05 B
ack
to th
e Fut
ure:
Nec
essa
ry E
volu
tion
Back
to
Trad
ition
al C
omm
unity
Con
serv
atio
n: P
art 2
|
Ted
Clem
ent,
Ange
la A
nder
son,
Edw
in B
ernb
aum
, K
awik
a Bur
gess,
Sco
tt Fi
sher,
Ram
ona P
eters
| Bas
ic
Do
ing
Dea
ls a
nd
E
nsu
rin
g P
erm
anen
ceA
07 A
nato
my
of a
Land
Dea
l | M
aryK
ay O
’Don
nell,
Te
rrie
Coop
er, P
eter M
cKee
ver,
Rick
Rem
ingt
on |
Basic
A
08 W
hen
Perp
etui
ty Is
n’t S
tatic
: Doc
umen
ting
Cha
nges
on
Con
serv
atio
n E
asem
ents
| Meg
an K
nott,
H
eide A
nder
sen, J
acob
New
ell, M
ark v
an d
er L
inde
n | B
asic
B08
It’s
Not
Just
A N
ame:
Titl
e Is I
mpo
rtant
! |
Paul
Mac
Don
ald,
Dou
g Hill
| Ba
sic C
LE
B09
Fede
ral T
ax Is
sues
: The L
ates
t and
Gre
ates
t |
Rob
Lev
in, J
essica
Jay,
Stev
e Sm
all |
Inte
rmed
iate
CLE
C06
Pra
ctica
l Poi
nter
s on
IRS
Form
828
3, C
onte
mpo
rane
ous W
ritte
n A
ckno
wled
gem
ent,
and
Don
or
App
raisa
ls | E
llen
Fred
, Mist
i Sch
mid
t | In
term
ediat
e CLE
C07
Avo
idin
g th
e Sto
rm: N
avig
atin
g th
e Sho
als o
f D
iscre
tiona
ry A
ppro
vals
| Tom
Mas
land
, Lar
ry K
ueter
, St
eve S
war
tz |
Inte
rmed
iate
FRID
AY,
OC
TOB
ER
27
WO
RK
SH
OP
SW
OR
KS
HO
PS
WO
RK
SH
OP
SR
AL
LY 2
017
| T
HE
NA
TIO
NA
L L
AN
D C
ON
SE
RV
AT
ION
CO
NF
ER
EN
CE
LAND TRUST ALLIANCE · 15
Do
ing
Dea
ls a
nd
E
nsu
rin
g P
erm
anen
ceA
09 R
eal E
state
Fun
dam
enta
ls: A
Prim
er fo
r New
Lan
d Tr
ust S
taff
| Stev
e Sw
artz
| Ba
sic C
LE
A10
Tac
klin
g Tre
spas
sers
| Jess
ica Ja
y, Ch
eryl
Cufr
e,
Dav
e Eric
kson
| In
term
ediat
e CLE
B10
The R
est o
f the
Iceb
urg:
Intro
to th
e Nut
s and
Bo
lts o
f Eas
emen
t Ste
ward
ship
| Be
n M
iles |
Bas
ic C
08 K
now
ing
Whe
n To
Say
"No!
": A
void
ing
Bad
Tran
sact
ions
| R
eggi
e Hal
l, Le
na S
eptim
o |
Inte
rmed
iate
C
09 A
dvan
ced
App
raisa
l Iss
ues f
or L
and
Trus
ts |
Mar
k West
on, K
evin
McC
arty,
Tod
d Mur
phy,
Greg
Sny
der |
A
dvan
ced
Eff
ecti
ve A
dvo
cacy
to
S
up
po
rt Y
ou
r W
ork
A11
You
Can
Do
It! K
ey S
teps
for S
ucce
ssfu
l Ball
ot
Mea
sure
s: Pa
rt 1
| Mar
k Ack
elson
, Will
Abb
erge
r, Jil
l Bay
s, Pe
ggy C
hiu,
Ann
a Dre
xler
-Dre
is | I
nter
med
iate
B11
Crit
ical C
ompo
nent
s of S
ucce
ssfu
l Ball
ot
Mea
sure
s: Pa
rt 2
| Mar
k Ack
elson
, Dav
id H
artw
ell,
Mar
k Lan
ggin
, Lor
i Weig
el | I
nter
med
iate
C10
Lan
d Tr
usts
Figh
t Bac
k A
gain
st Fe
dera
l Pus
h fo
r Pi
pelin
es |
Tom
Gilb
ert,
Kare
n M
arty
nick
, Chr
is M
iller
| Ba
sic
C11
Adv
ance
d To
pics
in th
e Agr
icultu
ral C
onse
rvat
ion
Eas
emen
t Pro
gram
| Je
rom
e Fau
lkner,
And
rew
Jam
es,
Jere
my S
tone
| In
term
diat
e/A
dvan
ced
Fin
anci
ng
for
Co
nse
rvat
ion
A12
Fed
eral
Fina
ncin
g fo
r Stra
tegi
c, La
ndsc
ape-
scale
C
onse
rvat
ion
| Kris
tin Th
omas
gard
-Spe
nce,
Eric
Alva
rez,
El
izab
eth C
rane
-Wex
ler, S
cott
Stew
art |
Bas
ic
B12
Cas
e Stu
dies
in L
and
Con
serv
atio
n th
roug
h C
arbo
n Fi
nanc
e | D
ylan
Jenk
ins,
Erin
Hesk
ett, R
ick H
uffine
s, D
avid
Mon
tagu
e, D
avid
Pub
licov
er, L
isetta
Silv
estri
| In
term
ediat
e
C12
Adv
ance
d an
d In
nova
tive C
onse
rvat
ion
Fund
ing
Opp
ortu
nitie
s | A
lec G
iffen
, Ben
Hay
es, S
penc
er M
eyer
| A
dvan
ced
C13
Impa
ct In
vesti
ng in
Con
serv
atio
n | E
ric H
allst
ein,
Jero
me R
yan,
Pete
r Stei
n, D
an W
inter
son
| Int
erm
edia
te
Man
agin
g La
nd
an
d
Wat
er R
eso
urc
esA
13 F
rom
Con
serv
atio
n to
Com
mun
ity V
alues
: Re
thin
king
Lan
d M
anag
emen
t 101
for F
ee L
and
Own
ersh
ip |
Mik
e Kan
e, Ce
lia V
uoco
lo | B
asic
A14
Man
agin
g Po
llina
tor H
abita
ts: M
onito
ring,
M
easu
res a
nd M
etric
s | S
haun
McC
oshu
m |
Inte
rmed
iate
B13
Partn
ersh
ips f
or C
onse
rvat
ion
and
Publ
ic Re
crea
tion
| Joe
Sam
bata
ro, R
obyn
Car
lton,
Jim
Dau
s |
Inte
rmed
iate
B14
Putti
ng a
“Clim
ate C
hang
e Filt
er” o
n St
ewar
dshi
p an
d C
onse
rvat
ion
| Mar
ia Ja
now
iak,
Chris
tine C
adig
an,
Lisa
Hay
den,
Kris
ten S
chm
itt |
Inte
rmed
iate
C14
Tria
l by
Fire
: Pre
parin
g Yo
ur L
ands
and
Org
aniz
atio
n fo
r Wild
fire |
Chr
isty F
ische
r,
Heid
e And
ersen
, Chr
isty W
ycko
ff | B
asic
C15
The P
ower
of P
artn
ersh
ip: W
orki
ng T
oget
her t
o Im
prov
e Ste
ward
ship
Dec
ision
s | M
elissa
Ode
ll,
Brid
get F
ithia
n, B
illy F
reem
an, G
eoffr
ey G
eupe
l | B
asic
Org
aniz
atio
nal
Imp
act
A15
Boa
rd M
embe
r Sum
mit
| Mar
y Bur
ke, P
aul P
hilli
ps,
Larr
y Vick
erm
an |
Basic
A
16 M
erge
rs as
a St
rateg
y for
Suc
cess:
How
to C
ombi
ne
Force
s to
Boos
t Cap
acity
and
Incre
ase t
he P
ace o
f C
onse
rvati
on |
Jessi
e Bess
inge
r, Lo
uise
Allen
, As
hley
Gre
atho
use |
Inter
med
iate
B15
A R
ecip
e for
Suc
cess
ful S
trate
gic P
lanni
ng |
Anai
s Spi
tzer,
Reb
ecca J
ewett
| In
term
edia
te
B16
Walk
You
r Talk
: Let
ting
Ethi
cal G
uide
lines
A
dvan
ce Y
our M
issio
n | K
onra
d Li
egel,
Mik
e Car
lson,
Si
obha
n Sm
ith |
Basic
C16
Effe
ctiv
e Das
hboa
rds:
Kee
ping
an E
ye o
n W
hat
Mat
ters
| D
avid
Cal
le | B
asic
Str
ateg
ic
Co
nse
rvat
ion
Vis
ion
A17
Get
ting
the M
ost f
rom
You
r Stra
tegi
c Con
serv
atio
n Pl
an |
Mar
c Hud
son,
Eliz
abeth
Gut
hrie
| Int
erm
edia
te
A18
Lin
king
Clim
ate A
ctio
n an
d C
onse
rvat
ion:
Dat
a, M
essa
ging
and
Fund
ing
| Kar
en G
affne
y, M
ichell
e Pas
sero |
In
term
edia
te
A19
A G
loba
l Bre
akth
roug
h: A
men
ding
Chi
le’s
Con
stitu
tion
for C
onse
rvat
ion
| Hen
ry T
eppe
r,
Victo
ria A
lonso,
Mich
ael G
rasty
, Jim
Lev
itt, R
ober
to P
eral
ta,
Fran
ciso S
olis |
Adv
ance
d
B17
Wat
er T
rusts
Ses
sion:
Vol
unta
ry W
ater
Ri
ght T
rans
actio
ns an
d In
strea
m T
rans
fers
for
Con
serv
atio
n Pu
rpos
es |
Zach
Sm
ith, C
ary D
eniso
n,
Aaro
n D
erw
ings
on, T
od H
eisler
, Sar
ah L
ien,
Liz
Pette
rson
| Int
erm
ediat
e B1
8 Col
labor
atin
g an
d C
onse
rvin
g at
the L
ands
cape
Sc
ale |
Emily
Bat
eson,
Dav
id B
aker,
Pat
rick B
ixler
, Sh
awn
John
son,
Bill
Lab
ich, M
ichae
l Whi
tfield
| Ba
sic
C17
Deli
verin
g a F
ishab
le, S
wim
mab
le Fu
ture
: Lan
d Tr
usts
and
Clea
n(er
) Wat
er |
Jenni
fer M
iller
Her
zog,
Mar
issa H
artz
ler, P
eter H
owell
, Mar
yKay
O’D
onne
ll,
Becca
Was
hbur
n | I
nter
med
iate
C18
Impl
emen
ting
Clim
ate R
esili
ence
Initi
ativ
es |
Se
th M
cKee,
Sac
ha S
pecto
r, Abb
y Wein
berg
| In
term
edia
te
Tech
no
logy
To
ols
A20
Dro
nes:
Land
Con
serv
atio
n fro
m 4
00 fe
et |
R
ick B
acha
nd |
Basic
B1
9 G
eosp
atia
l Tec
hnol
ogy
for L
and
Trus
ts:
Wha
t You
Nee
d to
Kno
w N
ow |
Dan
Rad
emac
her,
Mai
anna
Vog
e | In
term
edia
te
C19
Mak
ing
the E
cono
mic
Cas
e for
Con
serv
atio
n U
sing
Free
Nat
ion-
wide
Too
ls | K
elly P
ohl,
M
egan
Law
son
| Bas
ic
Ses
sion
D
Ses
sion
E
Ses
sion
F
10:3
0 a
.m. –
No
on
1:
30
p.m
. – 3
p.m
. 3
:30
p.m
. – 5
p.m
.
Ad
vanc
e yo
ur k
now
led
ge a
nd r
enew
you
r sp
irit
by
atte
ndin
g ou
r 10
0+
, con
tent
-ric
h w
orks
hops
pre
sent
ed b
y th
e to
p c
onse
rvat
ion
lead
ers
in t
he
coun
try.
See
th
e fu
ll R
ally
sch
edu
le a
t w
ww
.alli
ance
rally
.org
/sch
edu
le
CLE
: Con
tinui
ng L
egal
Edu
catio
n
Acc
redi
tati
on a
nd
Insu
ranc
eD
01 F
irst-T
ime
Acc
redi
tatio
n 10
1: W
hat a
nd H
ow |
Valer
ie R
oof |
Bas
ic D
02 L
and T
rust
Stan
dard
s and
Pra
ctices
201
7: W
hat’s
N
ew |
Sylv
ia B
ates,
Meli
ssa K
alve
stran
d | B
asic
E01
Firs
t-Tim
e Acc
redi
tatio
n 20
1: C
onne
ctin
g th
e D
ots |
Val
erie
Roo
f, Je
ssica
Whi
ttake
r | In
term
edia
te
E02
Be P
repa
red;
Don
’t be
Sca
red:
How
Ter
rafir
ma
Help
s Mee
t Risk
| Le
slie R
atley
-Bea
ch, A
llan
Beez
ley |
Inte
rmed
iate
CLE
F01
Iden
tifyi
ng N
onco
mpl
ianc
es U
sing
the
Req
uire
men
ts M
anua
l | Je
nnife
r Bra
dy-C
onno
r,
Meli
ssa K
alve
stran
d | I
nter
med
iate
Bu
ildin
g S
up
po
rt
Th
rou
gh F
un
dra
isin
g
and
Mem
ber
ship
D03
Writ
ing
and
Exec
utin
g G
rant
Pro
posa
ls fo
r Suc
cess
| Ch
ris W
est |
Inte
rmed
iate
D04
Law
yers,
Gun
s and
Mon
ey: U
north
odox
Par
tner
ship
s |
Scott
LaM
orte
| Bas
ic
E03
Wha
t Do
You
Say
Afte
r You
Say
Hell
o: Th
e Gift
Pl
anni
ng C
onve
rsat
ion
| Nan
cy B
aker
| In
term
edia
te
E04
Dev
elopm
ent C
omm
ittee
Mak
eove
r | D
avid
Alle
n |
Adv
ance
d
F02
Susta
inab
le Fu
ndra
ising
You
r Boa
rd C
an E
mbr
ace |
Su
san
How
lett |
Adv
ance
d
Com
mun
icat
ing
E
ffec
tive
lyD
05 S
trong
Bra
nds M
atte
r: E
volv
ing
Your
Bra
nd
With
out L
osin
g St
akeh
olde
rs |
Lesli
e Volk
ar,
Anni
e Lar
ner |
Bas
ic
E05
Let’s
Talk
Clim
ate:
Mes
sage
s to
Mot
ivate
So
lutio
ns |
Meig
hen
Speis
er, B
ob P
erko
witz
| Ba
sic
E06
Stra
tegi
c Mes
sagi
ng: H
ow to
Tra
nsfo
rm Y
our
App
roac
h to
Bein
g H
eard
| R
ich B
ruer
| In
term
ediat
e
F03
Onl
ine C
omm
unica
tions
for C
omm
unity
En
gage
men
t and
Mor
e Don
atio
ns |
Kat
rina
Farm
er,
Judy
And
erso
n, D
avid
Clu
tter |
Bas
ic
Co
mm
un
ity
C
on
serv
atio
nD
06 G
reen
Infr
astru
ctur
e: N
atur
e tha
t Bui
lds
Com
mun
ity, W
ellne
ss an
d Le
arni
ng |
Stac
y Fun
derb
urke
, K
ristin
LoV
erde
| Ba
sic
D07
Pub
lic L
and
and
Publ
ic H
ealth
: How
Pub
lic
Priv
ate P
artn
ersh
ips H
ave I
ncre
ased
Out
door
Acc
ess
and
Hea
lthy
Food
in D
enve
r | S
hann
on S
purlo
ck,
Jake
Hou
ston,
Em
ily P
atter
son,
Gor
don
Rob
ertso
n,
Wad
e She
lton,
Ang
el Vi
llalob
os |
Inte
rmed
iate
E07
Partn
erin
g wi
th F
aith
Com
mun
ities
: Ope
ning
the
Con
versa
tion
| Step
hen
Blac
kmer,
Eliz
abeth
Hag
ood
| In
term
ediat
e E0
8 A
sses
sing
and
Plan
ning
for G
reat
er Im
pact
|
Rob
Ald
rich
| Bas
ic
F04
Empo
werin
g th
e Nex
t Gen
erat
ion
of S
tewa
rds |
Ja
ckie
Mill
er, L
ibby
Coll
ins,
Joy H
udak
, Tra
ci W
ielan
d |
Basic
Do
ing
Dea
ls a
nd
E
nsu
rin
g P
erm
anen
ceD
08 L
and
Trus
ts in
Cou
rt: A
Sur
viva
l Gui
de |
St
eve S
war
tz, M
ichell
e Alb
ert,
Susa
n G
retz
|
Inte
rmed
iate
CLE
E09
Build
ing
Env
elope
s in
Con
serv
atio
n E
asem
ents:
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rafti
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r Per
petu
ity |
Meli
nda
Beck
, La
ura
Rob
inso
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F05
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to B
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and
Man
age
a Pro
fess
iona
l Vol
unte
er M
onito
ring
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ram
|
Kris
tina
Geig
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Basic
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09 A
ddre
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Eph
emer
al La
nd M
anag
emen
t in
a Pe
rpet
ual C
onse
rvat
ion
Ease
men
t | K
ris L
arson
, Jess
ica Ja
y |
Inte
rmed
iate
D10
Spo
tting
"Priv
ate B
enefi
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Con
serv
atio
n A
ctiv
ities
| M
elind
a Ch
ing,
Jona
than
Blu
m |
Basic
CLE
E10
Con
serv
atio
n Ea
sem
ent S
tewa
rdsh
ip R
ound
tabl
e |
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a Bl
ake,
Meg
an D
’Arcy
, Meg
an K
nott
| Adv
ance
d E1
1 U
nder
stand
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the A
ppra
isal: V
aluin
g C
onse
rvat
ion
Ease
men
ts | V
icki A
dam
s | B
asic
F06
Dra
fting
Bas
eline
s, Su
pplem
ents
and
Cur
rent
C
ondi
tions
Rep
orts
| Becc
a W
ashb
urn
| Bas
ic F0
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akin
g th
e Bes
t of t
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orst
Cas
e: H
ow to
M
inim
ize L
itiga
tion
Risk
and
Prot
ect y
our C
onse
rvat
ion
Inve
stmen
ts | S
arah
Sig
man
, Sar
a Cl
ark |
Bas
ic C
LE
Eff
ecti
ve A
dvo
cacy
to
S
up
po
rt Y
ou
r W
ork
D11
The L
and
and
Wat
er C
onse
rvat
ion
Fund
(LW
CF)
: W
hat’s
the L
ates
t? | K
athy
DeC
oster
, Han
nah
Clar
k,
Amy L
indh
olm |
Inte
rmed
iate
D12
Con
serv
atio
n in
Mon
tana
: An
Agr
icultu
ral E
asem
ent
Prog
ram
Suc
cess
Sto
ry |
Alan
Dav
is, L
isa M
cCau
ley,
Abby
Dre
sser,
Glen
n M
arx
| Adv
ance
d
E12
How
to M
ake t
he E
cono
mic
Cas
e for
You
r Wor
k U
sing
Exi
sting
Too
ls an
d R
esou
rces
| Je
ssica
Sar
gent
, Je
nnife
r Plow
den
| Bas
ic
F08
Push
ing
Wat
er U
phill
with
a R
ake:
Build
ing
an
RCPP
App
licat
ion
| Sus
anna
Dan
ner,
Stac
y Gam
bel,
Kell
y Ing
ebrit
son
| Int
erm
edia
te
Fin
anci
ng
for
Co
nse
rvat
ion
D13
Hur
dles
Lea
pt: C
onse
rvat
ion
Thro
ugh
Inno
vativ
e Fu
ndin
g an
d Pa
rtner
ship
s with
Loc
al Ju
risdi
ctio
ns |
Adam
Dra
per,
Dan
Gra
usz,
Kon
rad
Lieg
el, Jo
rdan
Ras
h |
Basic
E13
A D
uty o
f Per
petu
al C
are:
Fina
ncial
For
ecas
ting
and
Pool
ed In
vestm
ents
| Erik
Glen
n, B
ill B
owm
an |
Adv
ance
d
F09
Hav
ing
your
Cak
e and
Eat
ing
it To
o: U
sing
Trad
e Lan
ds to
Ach
ieve
Fun
drai
sing
and
Con
serv
atio
n G
oals
| Chr
istia
n Fr
eitag
, Aus
tin Q
uinn
-Dav
idso
n |
Inte
rmed
iate
Man
agin
g La
nd
an
d
Wat
er R
eso
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esD
14 F
ores
t Cer
tifica
tion:
A T
ool i
n W
orki
ng F
ores
t C
onse
rvat
ion
| Mich
ael E
ckley
, Con
nie B
est, A
lec G
iffen
, Er
ik K
ingfi
sher
| In
term
ediat
eD
15 W
este
rn L
and
Trus
ts an
d W
ater
Sca
rcity
|
Meg
an K
nott,
Rio
de l
a Vi
sta, B
lair
Fitz
simon
s,
Noa
h Le
vy, S
arah
Par
mar
, Ker
i Yor
k | I
nter
med
iate
E14
Defi
ning
and
Impr
ovin
g G
razin
g La
nd
Susta
inab
ility
| W
endy
Mill
et, W
illia
m B
urnb
ridge
, Ch
risty
Wyc
koff
| Bas
ic E1
5 U
tilizi
ng E
colo
gica
l Res
earc
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Impr
ove N
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Fore
sts an
d W
etlan
ds an
d C
reat
e a C
onse
rvat
ion
Coa
litio
n | B
ram
Gun
ther,
Hele
n Fo
rgio
ne |
Inte
rmed
iate
F10
Rene
wabl
e Ene
rgy D
evelo
pmen
t and
Lan
d Tr
ust’s
Ro
le | R
ichar
d Sm
ardo
n, F
razi
er H
anley
, Rob
in H
offm
an,
Gal
en G
uerr
ero-
Mur
phy,
Etha
n W
inter
| Ba
sic
F11
Fee L
and
Stew
ards
hip
Roun
d Ta
ble |
M
aryK
ay O
’Don
nell,
Em
ily H
ague
| In
term
ediat
e
Org
aniz
atio
nal
Imp
act
D16
Bet
ter t
han
a Roo
t Can
al: IR
S Fo
rm 9
90 B
asics
for
Land
Tru
sts |
Rya
n O
wen
s | B
asic
D17
Impl
icit B
ias a
nd G
ende
r in
Con
serv
atio
n:
Past,
Pre
sent
, Fut
ure |
Em
y Bra
wley
, Peg
Koh
ring,
D
iann
e Rus
sell |
Bas
ic
E16
Cre
atin
g Su
stain
able
Partn
ersh
ips w
ith A
cade
mic
Insti
tutio
ns |
Tom
Mul
lin |
Basic
F1
2 M
anag
ing
Bad
Boar
d Be
havi
or fo
r the
Goo
d of
You
r Lan
d Tr
ust |
Sha
nnon
Mey
er, W
ill M
urra
y |
Inte
rmed
iate
Str
ateg
ic
Co
nse
rvat
ion
Vis
ion
D18
Con
serv
ing
Nat
ure’s
Sta
ge: L
and
and
Wat
er
Con
serv
atio
n th
at R
educ
es C
limat
e Cha
nge R
isk |
Kim
berly
Hal
l, M
ark A
nder
son,
Bra
d M
cRae
, Ken
Pop
per |
In
term
edia
te
D19
Goi
ng P
ublic
: Cre
atin
g a S
trate
gic C
onse
rvat
ion
Plan
to S
hare
| Ca
itrin
Mal
oney
, Kris
ten S
harp
less |
Bas
ic
E17
Goi
ng w
ith th
e Flo
w: I
nteg
ratin
g W
ater
into
C
onse
rvat
ion
Plan
ning
| Cl
audi
a Br
owne
, M
atth
ew H
eimer
ich, S
arah
Par
mar
| In
term
ediat
e E1
8 Pa
rtner
ship
s, Pe
rspec
tives
and
Polic
y:
A S
tory
of O
pen
Land
s in
a Cha
ngin
g C
olor
ado
| K
risto
fer Jo
hnso
n, K
yle F
enne
r, Pa
tti H
ostet
ler,
Carly
Klei
n | I
nter
med
iate
F13
Build
ing
Floo
d R
esili
ency
and
Ada
ptin
g to
Clim
ate
Cha
nge i
n Ve
rmon
t | K
risto
pher
Ham
mer,
Stev
e Lib
by,
Mar
y Rus
s | In
term
edia
te
F14
Land
Tru
sts an
d Bi
rds:
Partn
ers i
n St
rate
gic
Con
serv
atio
n | R
on R
ohrb
augh
, Sar
a Ba
rker
| Ba
sic
Tech
no
logy
To
ols
D20
Put
ting
Map
s to
Wor
k fo
r Lan
d C
onse
rvat
ion
| Br
eece
Rob
ertso
n, Jo
nath
an Ja
rosz
, Ade
na R
issm
an,
Jes S
killm
an |
Basic
E19
Han
ds-o
n wi
th S
tory
Map
s for
Lan
d Tr
usts
| D
avid
Asb
ury,
Dan
Rad
emac
her |
Bas
iF1
5 E
ffect
ivel
y A
pply
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GIS
for S
mall
Lan
d Tr
usts
| M
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l Kou
tnik
| Ba
sic
18 · RALLY 2017
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PATRONS
Thank you to our sponsors for their generous contributions to Rally 2017
SPONSORSSPONSORSSPONSORS
BENEFACTORSExxonMobil
Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley
Foundation
Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO)
The Conserve-A-Nation Program at Alliant
Insurance
The Nature Conservancy in Colorado
The Trust for Public Land
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation
Palmer Land Trust
The Conservation Fund
The Nature Conservancy
The Trust for Public Land
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and
Ouray Reservation
Western Rivers Conservancy
Thank You To Our Host Committee
Boulder County Parks & Open Space
Bureau of Land Management
Clear Creek Land Conservancy
Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural
Land Trust
Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts
Colorado Open Lands
Conservation Impact
Conservation Law P.C.
Denver Urban Gardens
Douglas County Open Space and Natural
Resource Division
Douglas Land Conservancy
Estes Valley Land Trust
Great Outdoors Colorado
Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell LLP
Larimer County Natural Resources
Law Office of Lawrence R. Kueter
Lewis Bess Williams & Weese P.C.
Mountain Area Land Trust
SUPPORTERSEssention
Law Office of Stephen J. Small,
Esq., P.C.
National Park Foundation
Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Inc.
GIFTS IN-KINDOdell Brewing Company
SCHOLARSHIPSCharles Stewart Mott Foundation
Gates Family Foundation
Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
Hollis Norris Fund
Houston Endowment Inc.
Still Water Foundation
The Cabana Fund of the Oregon Community
Foundation
The Meadows Foundation
Yarg Foundation
Our Mission To save the places people love by strengthening land conservation across America.