The historic Sidney Yates Building, current home of the USFS

USFS staff meeting with the assembled land trust representatives from across the US

@gwlandtrust.bsky.social w NEFF & Kestrel LT @ US Forest Service HQ @ Sidney Yates Building in Washington DC w:
Deputy Chief John Crockett, State, Private, & Tribal Forestry; Chris French Deputy Chief; Greg Smith Director of Lands & Realty
As part of the Land Trust Alliance #advocacydays #Land4All

Greater Worcester Land Trust Sheffield Land Trust Kestrel Land Trust North County Land Trust w/ legislative staffer Mr. Sheffield

Thank you so much to Senator Edward J. Markey staff for meeting with the Massachusetts land conservation delegation to discuss the impacts of federal policy on local conservation!
#Land4All #advocacydays
Part of the coordinated efforts of the Land Trust Alliance

Sheffield Land Trust New England Forestry Foundation Greater Worcester Land Trust Kestrel Land Trust North County Land Trust w Legislative staffer Hannah Franco

Thank you to Congresswoman Lori Trahan and her legislative staff for meeting with the Massachusetts land conservation delegation to talk about federal policy impacting local conservation.
#Land4All #advocacydays
Part of the coordinated efforts of the Land Trust Alliance

Greater Worcester Land Trust Berkshire Natural Resources Council North County Land Trust Sheffield Land Trust Kestrel Land Trust With Representative James P McGovern outside the Capitol

Thank you so much to Congressman Jim McGovern for meeting with the Massachusetts Land conservation delegation to discuss policy critical to our area. Thank you to legislative expert staffer John Swords for all the thoughtful feedback.
Part of Land Trust Alliance coordination.
#Land4All #advocacydays

Greater Worcester Land Trust, Sheffield Land Trust, North County Land Trust, Kestrel Land Trust, Rep. Staffer Joe Valente, & Berkshire Natural Resources Council

Thanks so much to the Representative Rep. Jake Auchincloss staff for meeting with the Massachusetts Land Trusts who are in Washington DC advocating for local conservation policies as part of the Land Trust Alliance #advocacydays #Land4All

Aubrey J.D. Bettencourt, Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

At Russell Senate Building as part of the Land Trust Alliance #advocacydays #Land4All Aubrey J.D. Bettencourt, Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), the primary private lands conservation agency at USDA, speaks to the critical importance of farmland conservation nationally.

House Majority Agricultural Committee staff meeting with: Land Trust Alliance, and members of the Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition (Kestrel Land Trust, North County Land Trust, New England Forestry Foundation, Sheffield Land Trust, Greater Worcester Land Trust, & Berkshire Natural Resources Council)

Meeting with the House Majority Agricultural Committee staff in the Longworth House Office Building to discuss conservation policy as it relates to agriculture. #advocacydays #Land4All @gwlandtrust.bsky.social

New England Forestry Foundation; Berkshire Natural Resources Council; Sheffield Land Trust; North County Land; Trust Kestrel Land Trust; & Greater Worcester Land Trust w/ legislation staffers Benjamin Lee & Reilly Wohl

Thanks so much to the Congressman Richard Neal staff for meeting with the Massachusetts Land Trusts advocating for local conservation policy as part of the Land Trust Alliance #advocacydays #Land4All NEFF, BNRC, NCLT, SheffieldLT, KestrelLT, & @gwlandtrust.bsky.social

Land Trust Alliance CEO Ashley Demosthenes

Acting Associate Chief of USFS Chris French

Deputy Chief USDA NRCS Karen Wood Rich

This morning at part of the Land Trust Alliance #advocacydays we heard from LTA CEO Ashley Demosthenes, Acting Associate Chief of USFS Chris French, & Deputy Chief USDA NRCS Karen Wood Rich, as we discussed federal programs & priorities #land4all

Community-led Nature-based Solutions (NbS) practices can contribute to food & water security & drive sustainable development.💪🌿

At UNCCD #COP16Riyadh, our Deputy Director joins an expert panel exploring how NbS can help address these issues within rangelands & agro-pastoral systems.

#Land4All