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SUMMARY:Conservation Conversation - September 2020
DESCRIPTION:As fall approaches\, we’re looking to re-start our Conservat
 ion Conversations series\, while being responsible about gathering. We’r
 e going to try a new idea: one Conservation Conversation meeting a month\
 , in which we lead a moderated discussion on topical articles that inspire
 \, intrigue\, and challenge us to grow as conservation leaders.\n\nFor Sep
 tember’s conversation\, we have chosen the article “Modern Land Stewar
 dship Requires a Modern Philosophy" by Marcela Maldonado. In this Op-Ed\,
  she challenges us to explore and deconstruct how we\, the environmental m
 ovement and land management organizations\, both protect and provide acces
 s to land. She critically examines the long-held belief that “sound\, lo
 ng-term preservation and stewardship of natural areas requires limiting ac
 cess by the public.” She does this through the lens of defining “acces
 s” and which communities get to enjoy the benefits of nature. If you are
  unclear of how to go about engaging new and diverse users on your conserv
 ation land and trails while still soundly managing your land\, this will s
 urely be an article of interest to you.\n\n\n\nMarcela has graciously agre
 ed to join us for this conversation. We encourage you to follow this link 
 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/modern-land-stewardship-requires-philosophy
 -marcela-maldonado/?trackingId=NGSsgCsWWF6%2FoNu7fkDwFw%3D%3D\, read the a
 rticle\, and submit questions you might have for the author to us (awilki
 ns@northcountylandtrust.org) by Sept 7. We’ll summarize these and pass t
 hem along to her ahead of the meeting so we can have an impactful discussi
 on. Live questions will be considered as well\, as time permits. Please p
 re-register HERE for this Zoom discussion\, to be held on Thursday\, Septe
 mber 17 from 5:00-6:30pm. \n\nIn addition to this scheduled Conservation 
 Conversation\, we are calling on you for upcoming discussion ideas. What r
 ecent articles or topics have you come across that you’d like to shar
 e and discuss with the group? Submit to us your ideas and articles\, and 
 we may choose one for an upcoming virtual conversation. We thank you in ad
 vance for your participation.\n\nThis Conservation Conversation is possibl
 e thanks to a grant from the Community Foundation of North Central Massach
 usetts.\n\nAbout the author:\nMarcela Maldonado is a land steward for the 
 Nature Conservancy in New York. She majored in biology and graduated from 
 Mount Holyoke College in 2011. Since graduation her career has taken her f
 rom habitat restoration in California to land trust stewardship in Massach
 usetts and finally preserve management in New York. She is a member of the
  Appalachian Trail Conservancy’s Next Generation Advisory Council and fo
 unding board member of TerraCorps\, an AmeriCorps program based in Lowell 
 MA\, where she serves as chair. She will start graduate school this fall a
 t the CUNY Graduate Center Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences pro
 gram. When not busy at work\, school\, or volunteering\, Marcela hosts the
  Woke in the Woods podcast discussing the outdoor and environmental field 
 from a womxn and POC perspective. She also enjoys painting and going on hi
 kes. Born in Pasaje\, Ecuador\, she grew up in NYC and lives in Westcheste
 r County\, NY with her husband Ben.
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