Resources and Tools from the 2019 Lowcountry Land Conservation Symposium

Conservation In A Changing Climate

Read David Farren’s follow-up op-ed in the Post & Courier.

Find yourself in our photos from the day! Thanks to Alice Keeney Photography.

Don’t forget to plant your name tag! We successfully achieved a zero food waste event with 100% compostable or recycled materials! Thanks to TRIO Solutions for coordinating the event.

Presentation materials and related resources can be viewed here.

Thanks to videographer Marcus Amaker.

• Welcome
  David Farren, Executive Director, Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation
  

• Morning Plenary: How Coastal Neighbors are Meeting the Challenge
  James Murley, Chief Resilience Officer, Miami-Dade County, FL
  Moderator: Laura Cantral, Executive Director, Coastal Conservation League

• Planning for Conservation: Maps and Planning Tools for Land Protection, Land Use, and Management of Conservation Lands as the Climate Changes
  Mark Anderson, Director of Conservation Science, Eastern Region, The Nature Conservancy
  Norm Levine, Associate Professor, Geology & Environmental Geosciences, College of Charleston
  Moderator: Mark Robertson, The Nature Conservancy

• Communicating the Climate Resilience Message
  Lynsy Smithson-Stanley, Partnerships Director, Yale Program on Climate Change Communication
  Mikki Sager, Vice President, Resourceful Communities Director, The Conservation Fund
  Albert George, Director of Conservation, South Carolina Aquarium
  Moderator: Ashley Demosthenes, President & CEO, Lowcountry Land Trust

• Opportunities for Enhancing Coastal Resilience in South Carolina
  Skip Styles, Executive Director, Wetlands Watch
  Rob Moore, Senior Policy Analyst, Healthy People & Thriving Communities Program, Natural Resources Defense Council
  James Murley, Chief Resilience Officer, Miami-Dade County’s Office of Resilience
  Moderator: Chris DeScherer, Southern Environmental Law Center

• Afternoon Plenary: Accelerating Land Conservation Strategies Related to Climate Resilience
  Elizabeth Adams, Consultant, Lyme Timber
  Peter Howell, Executive Vice President, Conservation Capital Programs, Open Space Institute
  Moderator: Kerri Forrest, Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation