Olgy Diaz

Welcome Speaker

Council Member, City of Tacoma

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shiny flanary

Opening Plenary

Founder, Come Thru Market
Interim Executive Director, Black Food Sovereignty Coalition

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Tuesday July 09

1:00pm - 3:30pm - Various Field Trips

4:00pm - 5:00pm - BIPOC Happy Hour - Zeeks Pizza, 1702 Pacific Ave, Tacoma

4:30pm - 5:30pm - LGBTQ+ Happy Hour - Camp Colvos, 2104 Commerce St, Tacoma

5:00pm - Land Camp Happy Hour - 7 Seas Brewing - 2101 Jefferson Ave, Tacoma

Wednesday July 10

7:45am - 8:45pm - Breakfast | Location: Wheelock Student Center

9:00am - 10:30am - Opening Plenary | Location: Kilworth Memorial Chapel

  • Welcome by Tacoma City Councilmember Olgy Diaz; tribute to Dan Bell; opening Keynote by shiny flanary.

10:30am - 10:45am - Break

10:45am - 12:15 - Concurrent Workshops - Session #1 | Download program for full workshop descriptions

  • Making Planning Work for Your Trust
    Great for Board Members!
    Location: Thompson 391
    Marc Smiley    , Principal, Solid Ground Consulting

  • Chimacum Ridge Community Forest: Acquisition to Start-up
    Location: Thompson 395
    Erik Kingfisher    , Stewardship Director, Jefferson Land Trust; Ryen Helzer, Community Forest Manager, Jefferson Land Trust

  • Prescribed Fire on Conserved Lands
    Location: Thompson 175
    Lindsay Cornelius    , East Cascades Oak Partnership Manager, Columbia Land Trust; Sara Clark, Partner at Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger; Kyle Lapham, Certified Burn Program Manager, WA DNR; Sarah Allaben, Fire Adapted Communities Coordinator, Mount Adams Resource Stewards; Christopher Adlam, Regional Fire Specialist, Oregon State University Extension

  • Bridging the Gap - Fast & Creative Ways to Secure Land While Finding Funding
    Location: Kilworth Memorial Lounge (Downstairs)
    Nancy Chase, Pro Bono Negotiations & Acquisition funding , Retired Acquisition specialist; John Rose, Co-founder, Washington Opportunity Fund, Washington Opportunity Fund; Curt Soper, Advisor, Washington Opportunity Fund; Michael Kirshenbaum, Conservation Director, Skagit Land Trust

  • Wielding Sarcasm and Surprise to Scale Your Integrated Email Campaigns
    Location: Thomas 272
    Marcy Timblin    , Communications Director, Kaniksu Land Trust; Jaime Jovanovich-Walker, Communications & Development Coordinator, Palouse Land Trust

12:15pm - 1:15pm - Lunch (Location: Wheelock Student Center) and “Birds of a Feather” Eat Together Tables (Tables outside of Trimble Hall

1:30pm - 3:00pm - Concurrent Workshops - Session #2 | Download program for full workshop descriptions

  • Going Public: Why You Should Upend Your Board Recruitment Process
    Great for board members!
    Location: Thompson 383
    Daniel Student    , Managing Director, Consulting Potrero Group

  • Community Voices Matter: Practical Strategies to Center Community in Conservation and Stewardship
    Location: Thompson 395
    Rika Ayotte    , Executive Director, Deschutes Land Trust; Nick Viele, Facilitator, Partner, c3strategy; Amelia Pape, Principal, Network Approach; Jessica McDonald, Executive Director, Greenbelt Land Trust

  • Land Access, Perspectives on the Sourcing, Development, and Program Management from Greenleaf and Outgrowing Hunger
    Location: Thomas 272
    Eric Pond    , Farmer & Program Manager, Greenleaf & Outgrowing Hunger; Adam Kohl, Executive Director, Outgrowing Hunger

  • Community Centric Fundraising: What Is It and How Do I Operationalize It?
    Location: Thompson 399
    Sean M. Watts    , PhD, Owner, SM Watts Consulting; Emily Torres Barton, Development Director, Greenbelt Land Trust

  • Ecological Forest Management Options for a Changing Climate
    Location: Thompson 175
    Kirk Hanson    , Director of Forestry, Northwest Natural Resource Group; Adrian Wolf, Stewardship Manager, Great Peninsula Conservancy; Ian Sinks, Stewardship Director, Columbia Land Trust

  • Land Back in the PNW: An Exploration of Tools and Ways to Support and Promote Native Lands in Native Hands and Investing in Healing the Land and Its People
    Location: Kilworth Memorial Lounge (Downstairs)
    Tim Lehman    , Northern Arapaho, Office of Planning and Community Development, Indigenous Planning Stategist, City of Seattle, Office of Planning & Community, Development; Sarah Augustine, Executive Director, Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery; Veryl Pow, Staff Attorney, Sustainable Economies Law Center; Renea Perry, Tlingit/Inupiat/N.Euro, Executive Director, Portland All Nations Canoe Family; Aaron Clark, E'lip Tilikum Conservancy Director, Na'ah Illahee Fund, (moderator); With support from: Janelle Orsi, Co-Founder and Staff Attorney, Sustainable Economies Law Center

3:00pm - 3:30pm - Break

3:30pm - 5:00pm - Concurrent Workshops - Session #3 | Download program for full workshop descriptions

  • Growing Your Board to Meet the Evolving Needs of Your Trust and Your Community
    Great for board members!
    Location: Thompson 399
    Marc Smiley    , Principal, Solid Ground Consulting

  • Fundraising Roundtable: ABCs - Getting your Letters in Order
    Location: Thompson 383
    Laura Hartner    , Development & Outreach Director, Skagit Land Trust; Jaime Jovanovich-Walker, Communications & Development Coordinator, Palouse Land Trust

  • Wildlife Track & Sign Interpretation for Land Trusts
    Location: Thompson 391
    Sarah Spaeth    , Director, Conservation & Strategic Partnerships, Jefferson Land Trust, Tracker Certification N America Board Member; David Moskowitz, Tracker Certification N America Board Member and Track & Sign Evaluator, Author of Wildlife of the Pacific Northwest

  • The Forest for the Trees - Collaborative Oak Conservation at Multiple Scales
    Location: Thompson 395
    Lindsay Cornelius    , East Cascades Oak Partnership Manager, Columbia Land Trust; Sara Evans-Peters, U.S. Assistant Coordinator, Pacific Birds

  • Growing Land Trust Impact on Both Sides of the Columbia: Opportunities and Challenges
    Location: Thomas 272
    Owen Wozniak    , Land Transactions Program Manager, Land Trust Alliance; Vanessa Kritzer, Executive Director, Washington Association of Land Trusts; Glenn Lamb, Philanthropic Project Manager, Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts; Carlos Garcia, Senior Program Officer for the Environment, Oregon Community Foundation

  • Collaborative Creative Community Conservation
    Location: Kilworth Memorial Lounge (Downstairs)
    Regan Plumb,     Conservation Director, Kaniksu Land Trust; Katie Cox, Executive Director; Kayla Mosher, Outreach Coordinator, Kaniksu Land Trust

  • Climate Adaptation Strategies in Practice
    Location: Thompson 175
    Rowan Braybrook    , Director of Programs, Northwest Natural Resource Group; Joe Kane, General Manager, Nisqually Community Forest; Rolf Gersonde, Forest Ecologist, Seattle Public Utilities; Gustavo Segura Flores, Forester, Northwest Natural Resource Group

5:00pm - 5:15pm - Break

5:15pm - 6:00pm - Cohort Networking | Location: Karlen Quad on campus

6:00pm - 7:30pm - Dinner Reception | Location: Karlen Quad on campus

7:30pm - Land Camp Film Fest | Location: Kilworth Memorial Chapel

8:00pm - Evening Hangout | Location: Trimble Hall Forum