The PA Land Trust Association will hold a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access on Recreational Trails online Workshop on September 22 from 10:00 a.m. to Noon.  Registration will be opening soon.

Panelists for this special event include--

-- Tykee James, Government Affairs Coordinator, National Audubon Society (co-organizer of the first #BlackBirdersWeek)

-- Larry Knutson, Principal of PennTrails, Inc and author of Universal Access and Shared Use Paths

-- Taiji Nelson, Senior Program Manager, Climate in Rural Systems Partnership at Carnegie Museum of Natural History, and recipient of the 2018 30 under 30: Game Changers for the Planet given by the North American Association for Environmental Education

-- Virginia Rose, Travis Audubon board member, and creator of the Birdability project which later inspired the Birdability mapping project.

Visit PALTA’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Justice webpage for more resources on these topics.

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Save the Date: PA Land Conservation Conference March 24-26 in Gettysburg.

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[Posted: August 18, 2020]

8/24/2020