Avoiding Random Acts of Conservation: Setting Priorities for People and Landscapes

Whether the goal is protecting land for wildlife habitat, working lands, recreation areas, or watersheds, how can you evaluate which land is most important to conserve, protect, or restore? How are demographic changes, market forces, and a changing climate pushing us to do more than commit random acts of conservation? Learn from Ole Amundsen ’90, executive director of Maine Audubon, about a variety of techniques and tools that are effectively being used to move beyond business as usual to set priorities for land and water conservation while attending to community (and regional) planning needs. Sponsored by the Environmental Studies Program.