2019 National Land Conservation Conference

Every year the Land Trust Alliance holds its annual Land Conservation Conference “Rally.” This year in Raleigh, North Carolina, Shasta Land Trust staff joined over one thousand others from around the country for four days of intensive education and networking. Rally gives its attendees an opportunity to expand their knowledge and share ideas with others working in the same field. Whether it be stewardship, finance, fundraising or management, Rally is a place where those in the conservation world can gain new insight and information to apply directly to the important conservation work they do.

Themes take hold at every Rally conference. This year was no different. With discussions surrounding climate change, community conservation, and fundraising in an ever changing economy, there was new and exciting knowledge to be learned.

Additionally, the Land Trust Alliance makes it a point each year to recognize those land trusts across the country that have received their first accreditation and those that had just recently been re-accredited. Accreditation is awarded to land trusts that demonstrate the ethical and technical guidelines for the responsible operation of a land trust. Shasta Land Trust was re-accredited in 2016 and continues to inspire excellence in conservation along with many other organizations across the country.

The time spent at Rally will equate to an incalculable benefit to Shasta Land Trust. The staff has come back from this conference inspired and eager to apply their new knowledge to the important work they do for our beautiful local lands.