The 2024 workshop sessions are listed below.
NHACC presented 24 breakout sessions after the annual meeting. The 8 session tracks include Fundamentals, Protecting Water Resources, Wildlife, Forestry, Climate, and Land Protection. The full workshop schedule is shown below. We look forward to seeing everyone on November 2!
To learn more about each session, click the descriptions below:
Session A Descriptions | Session B Descriptions | Session C Descriptions
The week following the conference you will be able to download program slides and handouts from the workshops by clicking on the links listed in the schedule below.
2024 NHACC Annual Meeting Sessions
Session A - 10:15 - 11:30 AM
A1: CONSERVATION COMMISSIONS FUNDAMENTALS
Zack Boyajian and Larry Spencer, NHACC Board of Directors
A2: DES Wetlands Rules and CC's Role in Permit Process
Emma Berger, NHDES staff
A3: Private Land Power; Habitat for Pollinators and Turtles
Kelly Boland NRCS
A4: Forestry on Town Lands; Presentation
Greg Jordan County Forester
A5: NHDES Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Update
Jennifer Galbraith and Kurt Yuengling
A6: Wildlife Action Plan Update;
Mickayla Johnston NH F&G
A7: Enhancing Your Outreach with Marketing: RoundTable Discussion
Workbook
Jennifer Beck and Vicki Brown
A8: Land Conservation Options and Commission's Role
Leah Hart and Stacie Hernandez, Forest Society
12:45- 2:00 PM- Session B
B1: Know Your Natural Resources; Use Your NRI!
Jeffry Littleton, Moosewood Ecological LLC
B2: Environmental Review Process
Kevin Sullivan, NH Fish & Game
B3: Habitat Restoration and Management
Heidi Holman, NH NH Fish & Game
B4: Timber Harvest Laws
Steven Roberge, UNH Extension
B5: Climate and Land Management
Lisa Doner, Plymouth University
B6: An Intro to GIS-Enabled Trail Mapping using Avenza and QGIS
Jim Wilkinson, Hampstead CC
B7: Keeping Your Commission Alive, Well & Relevant
Steve Wingate, Tuftonboro CC & NHACC Board
B8: Legal Considerations of CE Monitoring & Violations
Amy Manzelli, BCM Environmental & Land Law
2:15-3:30 PM Session C
C1: Natural Resource Inventory Field Trip
Jeffry Littleton, Moosewood Ecological LLC
C2: Basics of Wetlands Assessments
Mary Ann Tilton NH DES
C3: Conserving Plant Diversity in New England
Amy Lamb, NH NHB
C4: Good Forestry in the Granite State
Karen Bennet, UNH Cooperative Extension Forester, Emeritus
C5: Conservation, Climate and Health
Dr. Deborah Gerson & Cynthia Nichols, MS, BSN, RN; NHHCW
C6: Co-occurrence Mapping for Dummies – a non-GIS approach
Paul Wainwright, NHACC Board and Atkinson CC
C7: Eastern Coyote; Is It a Wolf and Why It Matters
Chris Schadler, Project Coyote
C8: Survey Scavenger Hunt
Emma Tutien and Charlotte Thompson, UNH Extension
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Conference Sponsors
BCM Environmental & Land Law
FB Environmental
Marc Jacobs, CWS
Merrimack County Savings Bank
Moosewood Ecological
NH Audubon
NH Land and Community Heritage Investment Program
Normandeau Associates
Northeast Conservation Services
Northern Woodlands
Ransmeier & Spellman, PC
Resilience Planning & Design, LLC
ReVision Energy
Society for Protection of NH Forests
The American Chestnut Foundation
The Nature Conservancy
Voices of Wildlife