Track Four
Land Conservation
Moody Hall, Boardroom (2nd floor)

Wednesday, 11 April

Session B - Technology for Stewardship & Management
10:15 am – 11:30 am 
Moderator: Bill Gill, Smithfield Foods, Inc.

• National Easement Remote Monitoring Tools and Processes – Greg Kidd, NRCS
• LandScope and the National Conservation Easement Database – Kyle Copas, NatureServe
• GIS Resources for Land Conservation – Jeff Matthews, Virginia Outdoors Foundation

Session C - Innovative and Promising Land Conservation Initiatives
11:45 am – 1:00 pm
Moderator: Bob Carter, Department of Historic Resources

• Regional Initiative: Conserving the Landscapes of Captain John Smith’s Era – Jonathan Doherty, Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail, National Park Service
• Regional Initiative: Preserving the Valley’s Battlefields and Natural Heritage – John Hutchinson, Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation
• Grass Roots: The Clinch River State Park Initiative – Enhancing Recreational, Economic, and Conservation Opportunities in the Clinch River Valley of Southwest Virginia – Steve Lindeman, The Nature Conservancy, Clinch Valley Program

Session D (1:00 pm – 2:15 pm) Lunch – Marshall Hall

Session E - Conservation as an Economic Driver
2:30 pm – 3:45 pm
Moderator: Blaine Delaney, NRCS

• Conservation Capitalism: A Case Study in Carbon Mitigation – Megan Garry*, Norfolk Southern Corporation; and Chandler Van Voorhis*, C2I, LLC
• Transformation of Southern Virginia – Douglas Corrigan, Riverstone Energy Center
• Greening of Virginia's Capitol – Christopher Sonne, Civil and Environmental Services, LLC

Thursday, 12 April

Session F - Financing Land Conservation in Lean Times
9:45 am – 10:45 am
Moderator: Taylor Cole, Conservation Partners

• Putting the Pieces Together for Success – Alison Teetor, Clarke County Conservation Easement Authority
• How to Make Farm and Ranchland Protection Program Funding Work for Your Project – Jeremy Stone, NRCS
• Land and Water Conservation Fund – Joe Elton, DCR

Session G - Farms, Food, and Fun
11:00 am – 12:00 pm 
Moderator: Nathan Lott, Virginia Conservation Network

• Virginia Farm to Table Plan: Healthy Farms and Healthy Food for the Commonwealth – Eric Bendfeldt*, Virginia Cooperative Extension; Kim Niewolny* & Matt Benson, Virginia Tech; and Tanya Denckla Cobb, UVA
• Recipe for Success: Virginia NRCS Innovative Collaboration on the Ground – Galon Hall, NRCS
• Results from the 2011 Virginia Outdoors Survey – Jim Ellis, University of Virginia