2024 Conservation Summit Presentations
Morning
The Kentucky Wetland and Stream (In-Lieu Fee) Mitigation Program
Tom Van Arsdall, Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources
Kentucky's 319 Grant Program for Watersheds
Michaela Lambert, Kentucky Division of Water
Agricultural Land Easements
Kathy Terry, Natural Resource Conservation Service
Regional Conservation Partnership Program in Kentucky
Steve Beam, Assistant State Conservationist - Partnerships, Natural Resource Conservation Service
The Kentucky Farmland Transition Initiative: Working to Keep Farmland in Production
Aleta Botts, Kentucky Farm Bureau
Regional and National Updates and Trends
Ben Miles, Land Trust Alliance
Afternoon
Making the Case to Fund Conservation in Kentucky
Heather Jeffs, The Nature Conservancy
Resilient and Connected Appalachians Grant Program
Dian Osbourne, The Nature Conservancy
The Imperiled Bat Conservation Fund
Lee Andrews, US Fish & Wildlife Service
Family Forest Carbon Program
Chris Garland, The Nature Conservancy