SCHEDULE
View our 2026 Program here.
Tuesday, June 23
12:00pm - 3:00pm - Field Trips
3:30pm - 7:00pm - Registration Open
5:00pm - 7:00 pm - Land Camp Happy Hour at Bridgeport Market, 75 Harbor St. Unit 100
Wednesday, June 24
7:00am - Bird Watching (meet at venue)
7:30am -Registration opens
7:30am - 9:00am - BREAKFAST
9:00am - 9:30am - Conference Introductions - COLT & WALT
9:30am - 10:15am - Keynote Speaker Chief Doug Barrett
10:15am - 10:30am - Break
10:30am - 12:00pm -WORKSHOPS - SESSION #1
Board Basics & Beyond - Jenn Clemo - Room 1
Wellness and the Outdoors - Ayla Medina Ulloa - Room 2
Narrative Labs for Land Trusts: Telling the Truth About Conservation, Community, and Change - Jamie Rasmussen and India Phoenix - Room 3
The Funder's Perspective - Erin Borla, Kim Newman, Carlos Garcia, and David Vernier - Room 4
Can your forest take the heat? Evaluating Climate Vulnerability on Conservation Lands - Kirk Hanson - Room 5
The strength of weaving together Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Western Conservation - Victor Vasquez-Ibarra, Chi Magallanes, Mariah Jiang, and Katherine Noble - Auditorium
12:00pm - 1:30pm - LUNCH
12:10pm - 1:25pm - Special Session: Oregon Lands and People Project - Glenn Lamb, Joe Buttafuoco, Josh Alpert, and Carlos Garcia - Room 1
1:30pm - 3:00pm - WORKSHOPS - SESSION #2 |
Building the Leadership Muscles of Your Board - Marc Smiley - Room 1
Operations: Mission Behind the Mission - Jeff Barrett, Jenn Clemo, Paige Morris, and Patty Lyons - Room 2
Beyond the Newsletter: Building Digital Community and Reaching New Generations Through Diverse Storytelling - Monique Trevett and Melissa Gonzalez - Room 3
Adaptive Management in Diverse Landscapes: What it Really Takes - Makaila Wood, Herman Flamenco, Amber Parmenter, and David Morgan - Room 4
Land rich but cash poor: Overcoming barriers to prospective gifts of forestland and working forest conservation easements - Seth Zuckerman - Auditorium
People and Beavers: Restoring & Protecting Watersheds with Conservation Easements - Kate Miller and Alexa Whipple - Room 5 (virtual)
3:00pm - 3:30pm - Break
3:00pm - 6:00pm - Sponsor Exhibition
3:30pm - 5:00pm - WORKSHOPS - SESSION #3 |
Building Boards for Today and Tomorrow - Daniel Student and Kate Godman - Room 2
Community-Centered Conservation: An Investment in Your Land Trust’s Future - Tara Laidlaw, Myco Schroeder, Shea Fuller, and Annika Bratton - Auditorium
Creating Connections for Happier, Healthier Private Grant Seeking - Claire Honsinger - Room 3
Trail Tales - Connecting Our Community to Conserved Lands - Molly Jennings, Hanne Bosket, Sam Jordan, and Mickey Flemming - Room 4
Lessons Learned: Challenges of Shrub Steppe Management and Restoration - Katherine Fitch and David Morgan - Room 5
Protecting Oregon’s Drinking Water Sources with Land Conservation - Laura Johnson, Michelle Smith, Margaret Treadwell, Morgan deMoll - Room 1
5:00pm - 5:15pm - Group Photo
5:00pm - 6:30pm - Hosted drink service open (beer, wine, NA)
5:15pm - 6:15pm - Cohort Networking
6:00pm - 7:30pm - DINNER
6:15pm - 7:30pm - Special Session: What Makes a Conservation Project Successful - Konrad Liegel - Room 2
7:30pm - 9:00pm - Hosted drink service open
7:30pm - 9:00pm Land Camp Film Fest and Q&A with Chad Brown
Thursday, June 25
7:30am - Registration opens
7:30am - 9:15am - BREAKFAST
7:45am-9:00am - Special Session: Policy Breakfast - Room 3
9:15am - 9:30am - Conference Welcome Back - COLT & WALT
9:30am - 10:15am - Keynote Speaker Chad Brown
10:15am - 10:30am - Break
10:30am - 12:00pm -WORKSHOPS - SESSION #4
Equity Tools that Work - Rika Ayotte, Alexis Braly James, and Paul Tabron - Room 1
Using Search Engine Optimization and Accessibility to Engage a Broader Audience - Samantha Hale and Mitch Sloan - Room 2
Diversified Giving - The ABCs of QCDs, RMDs, DAFs and more - Dale Miller and Jaime Jovanovich-Walker - Room 3
Strategies for Implementing Prescribed Fire on Land Trust Properties - Carolyn Menke, Steve Wise, Joe Scott, Brent Ross, Peter Cooper, Kristi Mergenthaler, and Lyndia Hammer - Room 4
Title Review: Tools, Tips, and Legal Insights for Conservation - Karen Neorr and Andrew Miller - Room 5
Meaningful Relationship Building in Indian Country - Kathleen Ackley, Althea Walker, DelRae Kipp, and Aaron Miles, Sr. - Auditorium
12:00pm - 1:30pm - LUNCH
1:30pm - 3:00pm - WORKSHOPS - SESSION #5
Care for Ourselves, Care for the Earth: An exploration of lessons learned at the intersection of well-being, capacity building and conservation - Jasmine Sudarkasa - Room 1
Disability Inclusion and Accessibility Through Equitable Partnership - Forrest King-Cortes and Syren Nagakyrie - Room 2
Demystifying Planned Giving: From Simple to Complex Programs - Jessica McDonald, David Gant, and Liz Lawrence - Auditorium
Improving Stewardship through ITEK Partnerships - Megan Garvey, Matt McLean, and Dawn Lowe - Room 5
Community Land Trusts: A Lasting Solution for Affordable Farmland Access - Addie Candib, Rachel Friedman, Sandy Bishop, and Chris Elder - Room 4
Agency Partnerships Using the Land and Water Conservation Fund - Madison Kenney and Kristin Kovalik - Room 3
3:00pm - 3:30pm - Break
3:00pm - 6:00pm - Sponsor Exhibition
3:30pm - 5:00pm - WORKSHOPS - SESSION #6
Red Alerts and Red Herrings: Strategies to Prevent Flare-Ups from Becoming Full-Blown Dumpster Fires - Patrick Williams and Brandon Hayes - Room 1
Connecting the dots: linking the benefits of land conservation to community priorities - Owen Wozniak, Eric Steen, Miranda Everitt, and Josh Alpert - Room 2
Tales from the Trenches: Fundraising Tactics that Work - Kristi Schneider and Charlie Quinn - Room 3
The Glen Tana Story: Bridging the Gap - Carol Corbin, Mike Crabtree, and David Allen - Room 5
Land Back in Action - Max Beeken, Anna-Liza Victory, Jerome Viles, Althea Walker, and Kristin Kovalik - Auditorium
Starting the Conversation: Land Trusts, Houselessness, and Community Connection - Mariah Acton, Eric Owen, Patty Lyons, Amanda Eichman, Garrison Nelson - Room 4
5:00pm - 5:30pm - Break
5:00pm - 6:30pm - Hosted drink service open
5:30pm - 7:00pm - DINNER
7:30pm - 9:30pm - Evening Social at ICM Restaurant, 1498 Bay St.
Friday, June 26
8:00am - Registration
8:00am - 10:00am - CLOSING BREAKFAST
10:00am - NW Land Camp Done