RESOURCES

Land Conservation Summit 2008

The Eightmile Coordinating Committee hosted a three-town Land Conservation Summit. The program established a collective vision and goal for open space conservation in the watershed.  The summit helped achieve one of the key components of the Watershed Management Plan - identifying and implementing Land Protection strategies for the watershed.

Downloads of the power point presentations presented at the summit are available here (12mb):

2008 Land Summit Power Point first section (12 mb).

Second half Nathan Frohling (9mb)

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AGENDA:

Eightmile River Wild & Scenic Coordinating Committee
Land Conservation Summit Agenda
October 15, 2008

By 8:30, Let’s Leave with:

1. A matrix and a map summarizing our collective conservation goals and priorities (public and private land protection groups), including the Wild & Scenic River Coordinating Committee;
2. Better understanding of current land use trends in the watershed;
3. Better understanding of the need and opportunity for Eightmile Watershed land conservation;
4. A Collective Eightmile Watershed Conservation Vision
5. An introduction to new options for funding the Vision ;
6. Consensus on key conservation strategies,
1. Federal assistance program, town bonding, Conte, other?
2. need for Land Conservation Vision Action Plan
3. essential plan elements and next steps
7. Agreement on where we go from here.

4:30     WELCOME 
Welcome - Anthony Irving 
How we’ll work together this evening - John Monroe, NPS
Introductions

5:15     VISION FOR EIGHTMILE LAND CONSERVATION
Priorities and Goals of Summit Participants - Damon Hearne
Matrix of Conservation Priorities & Goals
Summarized Priorities and Goals Map
Establishing Collective Vision and Building Consensus

6:00     Supper Time

6:30     VISION TO ACTION
                        Conservation and Development Trends in the Eightmile
                        Lessons from experience and future challenges– Nathan Frohling
                                    Market Trends – Steve Flannigan

7:00                 Funding Options for realizing the Vision – Panel Discussion
            Kevin Case, Land Trust Alliance – Panel Leader
Nathan Frohling – The Nature Conservancy
Jamie Fosburg – National Park Service
Beth Brothers – CT Department of Environmental Protection
Kip Kolsinskis – Natural Resources Conservation Service
Jim Ventres –Town of East Haddam

7:45                 Consensus on New/Additional Key Conservation Strategies

8:00                 Building an Action Plan for Conservation Vision
What might an action plan look like?
(If yes) What major actions do we wish to include in a first draft?
Who is willing to help draft an Action Plan?

8:20     Wrap-up
Next Steps?
Plus: What worked well in tonight’s meeting?
          Next time we meet, it will be better if….

8:30     Adjourn