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June 2021
Webinar #1: The Power of eBird: Using information on birds to amplify conservation, stewardship, and community outreach
New eBird Training Available for Conservation Leaders Looking for new ways to engage your community? Join Highstead, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and the Northeast Bird Habitat Conservation Initiative for two webinars focused on how Cornell’s eBird tool can help conservation organizations engage with their stakeholders, community, and landowners. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology eBird and Cornell Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative staff will present an interactive workshop demonstrating the power of eBird, an online bird checklist program, and eBird…
Find out more »Webinar #2: Conservation applications of eBird data and products
New eBird Training Available for Conservation Leaders Looking for new ways to engage your community? Join Highstead, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and the Northeast Bird Habitat Conservation Initiative for two webinars focused on how Cornell’s eBird tool can help conservation organizations engage with their stakeholders, community, and landowners. The Cornell Lab of Ornithology eBird and Cornell Land Trust Bird Conservation Initiative staff will present an interactive workshop demonstrating the power of eBird, an online bird checklist program, and eBird…
Find out more »October 2021
In-Person All Partner Meeting
Dear Partners, We are very glad to be hosting our first in-person All Partner Meeting this year! The meeting will take place on October 14th from 4:00 - 6:00 pm at the Green Chimneys pavilion in Brewster, NY, rain or shine. Please refer here for instructions on how to get to Green Chimney's Brewster campus. To ensure the safety of all participants, this event will be limited to attendees who have been vaccinated. Also, due to the ongoing pandemic, we will not be serving food or having a potluck but…
Find out more »New York State to Hold Free, Virtual Conference on the Environment
October 21-24 The NYS Association of Conservation Commissions, along with the NYS-DEC and Westchester County has organized a free, virtual, statewide Conference on the Environment. Several H2H Partner groups will also participate as presenters, panelists, and moderators. The conference will run from Thursday, October 21st through Sunday, October 24th. The conference sessions will cover four themes: Environmental Justice, Land & Water Issues, Greening Our Energy, and Waste–with workshops emphasizing action items that participants can put to use right away. Featured speakers will include experts and activists…
Find out more »January 2022
Virtual All-Partner Meeting
Featuring Ed Faison, Senior Ecologist at Highstead. Ed will give a talk entitled “Lessons from long-term forest monitoring: forest growth, invasive species, and deer browsing."
Find out more »March 2022
All-Partner Networking Opportunity and Hike
All-Partner networking opportunity and hike at the Woodcock Nature Center in Wilton, CT. The event is hosted by the Norwalk River Watershed Association.
Find out more »May 2022
Restoration Project Tour
More details to follow. Hosted by the Westchester Land Trust.
Find out more »August 2022
Potential In-person All-Partner meeting – Date TBD
This meeting will take place in August or September. More details to follow.
Find out more »September 2022
H2H All Partner Meeting – Virtual
REGISTER HERE! Featured Speaker: Tony Hiss Tony Hiss is the author of 15 books. He was a staff writer for The New Yorker for 30 years, a visiting scholar at New York University for 25 years, and one rainy afternoon helped brainstorm the idea for the Hudson to Housatonic Regional Conservation Partnership, a group he greatly admires. Title of his talk: “Reconnecting a Planet and a Region” It’s time to accelerate everything we do to protect nature and what it does…
Find out more »November 2022
Conservation and Community Mapping
Join fellow partners at two upcoming meetings as H2H considers our shared conservation and community goals at the regional scale and explores how mapping can help inform our process. Please bring your ideas and knowledge about conservation and/or community corridor and connecting projects you're interested in and/or part of. Meeting #2- November 29, 11 am-1 pm - register here.
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