Early Conservation Career Network

Hosted by MACC's Young Professionals Committee (Mass. Assoc. of Conservation Commissions), MLTC's ECCNers (Early Career Conservation Network: people in their first 10 years of their career)  have been invited to this event to network with other early-career professionals in the conservation and environmental fields. Free, no age limit. Come broaden your network and learn what colleagues in Conservation Commissions, consultancies, and other environmental organizations are up to!

After a picnic lunch at the 300 Committee's new headquarters in Falmouth, we'll head to the Coonamessett Greenway Heritage Trail, which loops around a restored cranberry bog - now a wetland habitat - where Betsy Gladfelter, a member of Falmouth’s Conservation Commission, will tell us how the restoration project developed. We'll then make a trip to Woodneck Beach for beach activities, and to learn about the 300 Committee's erosion control efforts from Will Poirier, Director of Stewardship. Both the 300 Committee office and the trails at the Lower Coonamessett Restoration area are accessible for all. Limited to 20 people. Registration is required so we can order lunch in advance.  

Join ECCN and former Mount Auburn Cemetery President/Director of Horticulture Dave
Barnett for a walking tour of the cemetery. The walk will last 1-1.5 hours and will follow
paved roads with moderate hills--participants should be comfortable walking 2-3 miles.
The tour will cover some of the history of the cemetery and its horticultural management
practices. Come learn how the team at Mount Auburn balances aesthetic value and
ecologically-minded property stewardship.

Join ECCN for a fall migration bird walk led by Dartmouth Natural Resources Trust’s Land Manager, Linda Vanderveer, at DNRT’S Smith Farm. The 140-acre Reserve contains a variety of habitats found in Dartmouth – agricultural farmland, meadows, upland forest, freshwater wetland, wetland forest, ponds, streams and salt marsh – and presents the opportunity to observe a variety of birds. Please bring your own binoculars. Afterwards, join us for a bite to eat in the nearby village of Padanaram. 

Abby Hardy-Moss (Vice President of Stewardship, Planning, and Technology) and Becca Smalley (GIS Specialist) from the Essex County Greenbelt Association will help us learn about various data layers that can be used to help identify parcels of interest and gain a better understanding of their conservation values. An overview of Greenbelt’s Conservation Prioritization GIS analysis project will be provided including a case study of how Greenbelt uses the prioritization to identify and prioritize potential land protection projects. This event is being hosted by the Early Career Conservation Network, an interest group of the Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition whose mission is to provide networking and training opportunities for those in their first 10 years of a career in land conservation. Zoom link will be provided in the registration confirmation email.