Pembroke, NH (Saturday, November 1) The New Hampshire Association of Conservation Commissions (NHACC), a nonprofit organization that provides education and assistance to New Hampshire’s local conservation commissions, is pleased to host their 55th Annual Meeting and Conference.
The NHACC Annual Meeting and Conference is the only statewide conference dedicated to municipal conservation commission members. This conference is open to the public and offers a great day of learning, networking, and fun with fellow conservation commission members and offers dozens of workshops on natural resource conservation, climate change, and wildlife. See NHACC.org.
Keynote Program; “How to Love a Forest”
Ethan Tapper, a forester, bestselling author and digital storyteller from Vermont, will draw from his work as a forester and his book How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World to discuss what it means to care for forests and other ecosystems at this moment in time. How do we respond to the harmful legacies of the past? How do we use our species’ incredible power to heal rather than to harm, reaching toward a better future? In a time in which many believe that “protecting” ecosystems means protecting them from ourselves, Ethan argues that humans must take action to help ecosystems heal and to move into a more abundant future, and that to do so is an act of care and of love.
Ethan’s message is at once compassionate and pragmatic, clear-eyed and hopeful, sobering and inspiring – a powerful new vision for how we can build a world that works for all of its ecosystems and all of its people.
NHACC is proud of the work of the 217 conservation commissions in New Hampshire. These commissions provide our state with more than 1,500 committed conservation volunteers. The NHACC Conference is the state’s largest gathering of conservation commissions members. The conference offers workshops on the fundamentals of conservation commissions as well as more advanced sessions, such as: Wetlands Identification Field Trip; Conservation Strategies for Wildlife; The Case for Investing in Wildlands & Woodland and many more!
Conservation commissions are working harder than ever to protect what’s important to New Hampshire! NHACC is there to help achieve community conservation goals. NHACC provides education and assistance to municipal conservation commissions in New Hampshire. Commissioners contact the NHACC office with numerous questions ranging from best practices for trail building, to assistance with warrant articles and conservation easement language. Throughout it’s long history, NHACC has collaborated with, and contributed to major conservation projects with organizations including, University of NH Cooperative Extension, Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests and NH Department of Environmental Services.
NHACC publishes educational materials including the Handbook for New Hampshire’s Municipal Conservation Commissions, and NH Municipal Conservation Fund Guidebook. The organization offers professional training opportunities and hosts roundtables and field training workshops. More information about the NHACC Conference can be found at www.nhacc.org.