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2017 NJ Land Conservation Rally

Welcome to the 21st Annual NJ Land Conservation Rally!

8:00am EDT

Check In & Continental Breakfast Regency Ballroom

9:00am EDT

Engaging Urban Communities on Sustainability Issues Brunswick Ballroom BDebbie Mans • Nicole Miller • Carolyn Rubinfeld How to Make Federal Funding Work for Farmland Preservation Conference Room ABeth Davisson • Lauren Lapczynski • Cindy Roberts Partnerships that Advance Community Health Brunswick Ballroom CFilomena Machleder • Leigh Ann Von Hagen, AICP, PP • Robert Takash Targeting Land Conservation and Stewardship for Water Quality Brunswick Ballroom ABarbara Heskins Davis • William Rawlyk • Nathaniel Sajdak Young and Emerging Professionals Roundtable Garden State Ballroom B Environmental Due Diligence Garden State Ballroom AStephen Kehayes • Peter Sorge, LSRP • Michelle Slosberg Historic Resources on Preserved Land - Perfect Together? Brunswick Ballroom DJudeth Piccinini Yeany, Esq • Dorothy Guzzo • Kate Marcopul Trails in New Jersey Conference Room CBrandee Chapman • Peter Dolan • Bill Foelsch • Olivia Glenn Resident Stewardship Programs Conference Room BMichael Van Clef • Caroline Katmann • Jared Rosenbaum

10:15am EDT

Break/Exhibits Atrium

10:30am EDT

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Green Acres: Land Acquisition, Park Development, and Stewardship Funding Brunswick Ballroom ACatherine Elliott-Shaw • Nancy Lawrence • Martha Sullivan Sapp Improving Water Quality Through Land Use in Developed Areas Conference Room BDanielle Denk • Olivia Glenn • Andrew Kricun • Louise C. Wilson Hot Topics in Farmland Preservation Conference Room CDavid Clapp • Jeffrey C. Everett • Susan Payne Collaborative Funding for Place-based Impact: the New Jersey Healthy Communities Network Grant Program Brunswick Ballroom BSharon Johnson-Hakim • Bill Lovett • Peri Nearon Landscaping for Healthy Water with Jersey-Friendly Yards Garden State Ballroom ABecky Laboy • Karen Walzer Building Resilient and Healthy Communities through Land Use Strategies: Turning Climate Change Risk into Opportunity Brunswick Ballroom CRabi Kieber • Joseph Siegel The New Jersey Lands Blueprint: A New Tool to Accelerate Conservation Brunswick Ballroom DJames Cummins • Eric Olsen • Laura Szwak Social Media Roundtable Garden State Ballroom BSimon Galperin Making Municipal Conservation Easements Work Conference Room AJennifer M. Coffey • Amy Hansen • Dorothea Stillinger

11:45am EDT

Break/Exhibits Atrium

12:00pm EDT

Lunch/Photo Show/ Announcements Regency Ballroom

1:00pm EDT

Keynote Address Regency Ballroom

1:45pm EDT

Break/Exhibits Atrium

2:00pm EDT

Municipal Funding for Open Space Conference Room CStacy McCormack • Josephine Noone Partnering Stormwater Controls and Parkland Conference Room AJanice Brogle • Judeth Piccinini Yeany, Esq • Heather Knizhnik Clean Water Supply for New Jersey Conference Room BRichard Bizub • Raymond Cywinski • Pierre Lacombe Land Stewardship through the River-Friendly Programs Garden State Ballroom AHeather Desko • Brittany Musolino • Lauren Theis Prioritizing and Planning Restoration and Land Preservation Targets for Water Resource Protection Brunswick Ballroom AJames Cummins • Kristi MacDonald • Chris Obropta Delaware River Watershed Management Strategies for Success in Preserving Land and Aquatic Natural Resources Brunswick Ballroom CGreg Barren • Hayley Oakland • Will Ryan Conversation with Keynote Speaker about NJ's Changing Climate Regency BallroomDave Robinson Crafting a Strategy to Enhance Trails Funding in New Jersey Regency BallroomOlivia Glenn North Jersey Health Collaborative: Working Across Sectors for Collective Impact Garden State Ballroom BCatherine Connelly • Ashley Anglin, PhD • Arlene Stoller Economic Development & Land Conservation: Partnerships that Work Brunswick Ballroom BMarc Saluk • Elizabeth Schuster • Diane Wieland Moving from Pipelines to Renewables Brunswick Ballroom DBarbara Blumenthal • Patty Cronheim • Tom Gilbert

3:15pm EDT

Networking Social Regency Ballroom