Join us for the 2024 Land Conservation & Greenways Conference! Registration is open
Schedule at a Glance, four conference tracks:
- Trails: Let’s Think Linear
- Let’s Get Outside
- The Push & Pull of Climate, Energy, and Mitigation
- Land Trust Fundamentals
Choose from one of nine field trips. Field trips are held simultaneously, pick only one!
- Bike tour of Fredericksburg Trails and Greenways (full)
- Kayak Clean Up on the Rappahannock (full)
- Boat Tour to Fones Cliff (full)
- Hike Crow’s Nest Natural Area
- Walk, Talk, and Volunteer with Downtown Greens
- Walk and Talk at Lake Caledon
- Tour of Crow’s Nest Research Center
- Walnut Hill Farm Walk and Talk
- Visit and Volunteer Patawomeck Museum & Cultural Center
- Walnut Hill Farm Walk and Talk
Networking: Exhibitors, Poster Sessions, Student Session, Welcome Social Hour, Reception at the Woolen Mill, and State Trails Advisory Committee and Virginia’s United Land Trusts Business Meetings.
Register by Monday, May 6:
- The room blocks are closed.
- Registration includes field trips, all sessions and speakers, and Wednesday and Thursday breakfast and lunch. Registration is $250/$275 for members/nonmembers.
- Thanks to a Virginia Department of Forestry Urban and Community Forestry Grant we are excited to offer 15 Land Conservation & Greenways Conference scholarships. This does not cover travel or hotel expenses but the full registration fee. Submit a 2024 conference scholarship form. Deadline: There is a rolling deadline for a limited number of remaining scholarships.
Sponsors: Thank you to our sponsors! If you are interested in being a 2024 conference, please click on the Sponsorship Form at the bottom of the page or contact Ellen Shepard, eshepard@vaunitedlandtrusts.org.
Student Participation Form: Interested in pursuing a career in conservation, learning more about what jobs are out there, or showcasing a research project? Student registration is free, but complete this form to let us know you are interested.