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2025 Conference Schedule-at-a-Glance

This page shows all events, meetings and workshops that will take place over the two days of Conference. More detailed descriptions of workshops will be available soon. 

This schedule is now final.

Tuesday, April 29 – 7:30-8:30 am

Early Morning Bird Walk along the trails at Viles Arboretum in Augusta

  • FREE
  • Limited to 25 participants; must pre-register
  • Meet at Park and Ride lot near the corner of Capital Street (Route 9) and the Piggery Road in Augusta no later than 7:25am.

Tuesday, April 29 – 9:00-4:00 pm

  • Augusta Civic Center, 76 Community Drive, Augusta
  • $35 per person, includes box lunch
  • Register for evening social separately 

9:00am – Workshop Registration and coffee 

9:30am-12:30pm – Working with Municipalities for a Climate Resilient Future 

10:00am-12:00pm – Wabanaki Leadership in Land Return: Building Partnerships for Land Rematriation

12:30-2:00pm – Lunch 

2:00-4:00pm – Topical Cohort Gatherings

Choose a topic and join your peers for discussion, problem solving, and community connection! Cohorts include:

  • Executive Directors – limited to land trust executive directors or those serving in a comparative role, such as Board Presidents of all-volunteer organizations
  • Building Connections Between Land Trusts and Housing Trusts
  • Regional Conservation Partnerships
  • Giving Outdoor Learning a Place to LAND! (Environmental Education) 
  • BIPOC Conservationists – NOTE: This gathering is specifically for BIPOC people in conservation.
  • Hearing From Wabanaki Perspectives: Shifting Understandings from Land as a Resource to Land as Kin

Tuesday, April 29 – 4:00-7:00 pm

Gather with friends old and new for our fun and festive social gathering. This is a popular part of our annual event, so grab your tickets early!

  • Augusta Civic Center, 76 Community Drive, Augusta
  • $25 per ticket includes taco bar
  • Cash bar  
  • Climate&Me artwork will be showcased and some of the artists will be attending to share the inspiration behind their artwork!

Wednesday April 30 – 7:30-4:30 pm

  • Augusta Civic Center, 76 Community Drive, Augusta
  • $100 per person includes breakfast, lunch, snacks, and registration for the plenary session, workshops, and closing session
  • Land Fair tables available for addition cost to those who wish to exhibit. Contact Katia for more information.

7:30-8:30am – Registration, breakfast, and Land Fair in the gymnasium 

8:30-10:00am – Plenary session in the North Wing

  • Welcome & Land Acknowledgement
  • This year our plenary session will feature an overview of the updated state climate action plan Maine Won’t Wait, released last December, by Director of the Governor’s Office on Policy, Innovation, and the Future Hannah Pingree, followed by a facilitated conversation with a panel of experts posing questions about how Maine will reach the ambitious goals laid out in the plan.
  • Presentation of the 2025 Espy Land Heritage Award 

10:00-10:30am – Break, Land Fair 

10:30am-12:00pm – Workshop Session A, 7 concurrent topical workshops

12:00-1:30pm – Lunch 

1:30-3:00pm – Workshop Session B, 7 concurrent topical workshops

3:00-3:30pm – Break, coffee, snacks

3:30-4:30pm – Closing panel, all return to the North Wing

  • Youth Climate Action: Voices of Today to Inform Tomorrow  

We will all return to the large room in the North Wing for a facilitated conversation between youth involved in climate action efforts around the state. 

4:30pm – Adjourn