This annual, day-long training and networking event provides land trust board members and staff, parks administrators and advocates, colleagues from federal, state and local government agencies, students, land owners, philanthropists and others an opportunity to participate in a full day of workshops and discussions that focus on fostering healthy communities in MA through land conservation. Join your colleagues in land conservation and acquire the information, skills, and connections you need to be most effective.

This year's Keynote Speaker is Dr. Eric Chivian, Nobel Laureate, founder of Harvard Medical School's Center for Health and the Global Environment, Director of The Program for Preserving the Natural World, and he operates Pairidaeza Farm, a small heirloom fruit orchard in central Mass.