MLTN Infoline – September 12, 2024
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Regional Meeting Details are Coming Together
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Wow, fall has really taken off with a bang and our plans for regional meetings are coming together. Dates, times, and locations have been set for the following meetings and it’s time to RSVP :
To RSVP for these meetings, email us at and be sure to include which meeting you want to attend! Visit our website for information on all six regional meetings as it becomes available. These meetings are a great way to connect more with other land trusts in your area, discuss issues of common interest, and share ideas and opportunities!
We look forward to seeing folks in person this fall!
Angela, Jeff, and Donna
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Maine Won’t Wait Listening Sessions
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The Maine Climate Council is working to deliver an update to Maine Won’t Wait, the state’s four-year climate action plan, by Dec. 1, 2024. On June 18, 2024, the Council was presented with draft climate strategies compiled by its expert working groups and task forces for potential inclusion in the update. Input and feedback on the draft recommendations are encouraged, to help the Council develop its update to Maine Won’t Wait. Public meetings about the climate plan have now been scheduled. A few have already taken place but there are still meetings coming up in Portland, Bangor, Ellsworth, and Biddeford. Learn more and register for these public meetings online. They want to hear what’s important to you!
If you cannot make it to one of the remaining meetings, they are still taking comments via their online survey. Visit their website to read working group recommendations, view their video presentations, and take the survey to share your viewpoint.
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DIY Trail User and Visitor Research Guide and Trainings
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Maine Coast Heritage Trust is partnering with Harbinger Consultancy to bring two webinars and a new DIY Trail User and Visitor Research Guide to land conservation groups in Maine! Have you ever wanted to learn more about who visits your trails and preserves, when they visit, where they come from, and what that means for the area where you live? Visitor research doesn’t have to be expensive or complicated, and Michele Archie and her colleagues at Harbinger have developed a new guide to provide help and guidance to organizations looking to learn more about visitors to their lands and trails. Very soon, we’ll have the guide to share with you, but we’ve also asked Michele to do a couple of webinars to walk us through how organizations can conduct research using the new guide, and then how to use the findings that result.
Registration is required for these webinars but they are absolutely free, and Michele is a great resource and always willing to talk to folks about their research projects. Sign up now!
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DEI Outdoors Practitioner Certification Course
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Wednesday evenings or Friday mornings, beginning September 18, 2024
Cost is variable. Please see their website for details.
Become a catalyst for change in outdoor organizations with the DEI Outdoors Practitioner Certification. Elevate your expertise in diversity, equity, and inclusion as you explore strategies to foster social justice, facilitate impactful discussions, and drive meaningful transformation in outdoor education and recreation. By the end of this course, participants will be well-prepared to lead transformative journeys that make outdoor spaces more inclusive, accessible, and welcoming for all.
In this course, participants will learn different skills and tools for creating inclusive outdoor spaces through a blend of readings, assignments, projects, and interactive sessions. Participants should expect to dedicate 4 to 8 hours per week to successfully complete the course.
This course is for folks with some basic understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) concepts. Live sessions are focused on action, strategy, and practical skill development, with some educational content and resources to supplement learning. You do not need to be actively involved in DEI initiatives or employed in DEI to enroll in this course. This course is catered to help individuals build on their professional development skills to apply DEI concepts to their personal and professional lives. We welcome folks with all kinds of educational backgrounds. Learn more at the DEI Outdoors website.
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Last Call: Deadline to Express Interest in First Light Learning Journey Cohort 3 is September 30
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Many organizations have begun their learning journey with First Light and have found it transformative. If your land trust or conservation organization has been thinking about the work of land return – or is already actively working on it – this cohort may be for you. Meetings begin this November and continue for a year. The cohort meets twice a month, mostly on Zoom with some in-person opportunities. The deadline to express your interest in participation has been extended to September 30th. To learn more about the program, look through the living FAQs, and more, visit the First Light website. If you find you have questions not answered there, feel free to reach out and request a one-on-one conversation.
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Elevate Your Nonprofit’s Success with Innovative Workforce Solutions
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Tuesday, September 17, 2024
2:00-3:00pm Cost: FREE
UST Workforce Solutions has partnered with leading nonprofit associations across the country since 1990 to provide members a wide variety of cost-saving HR, unemployment and workforce solutions designed to meet the unique needs of nonprofit organizations.
This interactive session will also explore the different unemployment funding options available to 501(c)(3) nonprofits that can help them to take better control of their finances—a timely topic as several states have recently been impacted by increases in their unemployment tax rate. Register to learn about:
Visit MANP’s website for more information and to register.
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Fraud Risk: Protect Your Nonprofit’s Mission
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Wednesday, September 18, 2024
2:00-2:30pm Cost: FREE
This free, 30-minute webinar is offered in partnership with Nonprofit Risk Management Center
Trust goes to the heart of nonprofit missions. But misplaced trust could leave your nonprofit a fraud victim. Learn key safeguards that will help you protect your nonprofit’s mission and lessen the risk that a fraud will play out undetected at your organization.
Visit MANP’s website for more information and to register.
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What’s Pay Got to Do With It – A Holistic Approach to Determining Compensation to Attract and Retain Staff
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Tuesday, September 24, 2024
1:00-2:30pm Cost: $35
This event is possible thanks to a partnership between Maine Association of Nonprofits and Common Good Vermont
With unprecedented labor shortages, inflation and competition for skilled staff it has never been more crucial to apply best practices when deciding to hire staff or contract out, and how to set equitable and realistic staff salaries, benefits and pay raise structures.
This 90-minute training will help you identify the important factors to consider when developing a compensation structure which reflects your organization’s values and positions you to get the work done with a fairly paid staff.
Visit MANP’s website for more information and to register.
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Resolving Conflicts with Roadside Beaver
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Wednesday, September 25, 2024 9:30am-4:00pm
Location: Former Quimby Elementary School, 263 Main Street, Bingham
Cost: The program is free but pre-registration is required
Beavers enhance wetland ecosystems for many species of invertebrates, reptiles, amphibians, birds, mammals, and fish. But they can also compromise road culverts and small bridges.
In this workshop, presenters will share cost-effective, time-tested methods and devices to co-exist with beavers residing along Maine’s roads. The program consists of an indoor morning session, followed with the construction and installation of a beaver exclosure and water-leveling device at an active beaver conflict site on a management road culvert that can influence nearby state Route 16.
This workshop is tailored for municipal and state highway personnel, certified animal damage control agents, foresters, and wildlife biologists responsible for resolving roadside conflicts with beaver.
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Insurance 101: Liability, Conserve-A-Nation & Terrafirma
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Tuesday, October 22, 2024 4:00-5:15pm
Cost: FREE
Do you know what kind of insurance policies your land trust needs? Do you know if your current policies adequately protect against your biggest risks? Do you know what the difference in coverage for general liability, property, title and Terrafirma insurances is?
Land trusts in the Alliance’s New England region are invited to join Meghan Mullee, first vice president of Alliant Insurance Services, and Tom Kester, Secretary of Alliance Risk Management Services LLC, for a crash course on the basics of insurance coverage, including policy must-haves and coverage considerations. The session will include ample Q&A time, so you can ask about your land trust’s most pressing concerns. Visit the Land Trust Alliance website to learn more and register. You’ll need to create an account if you don’t have one yet.
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Climate Adaptation Short Course for Land Trusts
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October 23, 30, and November 13 at 2:00pm, with a self-guided field session and assignments via Zoom
Cost: $35 for LTA members, $45 for non-members This online course is designed for land trusts actively working on stewardship projects in forests, suburban and urban forests, forested watersheds and wetland systems.
This course will be held over four weeks requiring 4.5 hours of virtual live classes, a self-guided field session and assignments. Instructors will provide guidance, weekly check-ins and coaching. Course goals include:
Visit LTA’s website to learn more and register.
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Jobs in the Conservation Sector
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Whether you are looking for a job in land stewardship, land protection, programming, or as an executive leader, we’ve got postings for you to check out. See the full list on our website. Director of Conservation – Friends of Cobbossee Watershed
VP of Communications and Marketing – Friends of Acadia
VP of Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer – Friends of Acadia
Southern Maine Land Protection Project Manager – Maine Coast Heritage Trust
1200-HR Field Team Leader/Roving Leader – Maine Conservation Corps
Facilities Manager – Maine Audubon
Land Steward – Island Heritage Trust
1700-HR Environmental Steward – Maine Conservation Corps
1700-HR Community Tree Steward – Maine Conservation Corps
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Maine Land Protection Grant from Maine Community Foundation
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Applications Due: September 16, by 11:59pm
The Maine Land Protection grant program provides grants for land acquisition or land conservation easement projects that build strong connections between people in Maine/ Wabanaki territory and its land and water. Grant awards will range in size up to a maximum of $50,000 for the purchase of land or conservation easements.
The proposed project must:
For full details, visit Maine Community Foundation’s website.
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L.L.Bean Maine Land Trust Grant Program
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Applications Due: September 27, 2024 by 11:59pm L.L.Bean has teamed up with Maine Coast Heritage Trust to provide grant support to Maine’s land trust community. Together, L.L.Bean and MCHT work to enhance the capacity of Maine’s land trusts in support of their land conservation activities and the protection of Maine’s outdoor heritage and natural landscapes.
In 2024, L.L.Bean has matched the increased funding through this program they began in 2023. The total amount available to Maine land trusts this year is $65,000, with a maximum grant request of $10,000.
This year there has been one change to the eligibility requirements: Organizations who receive funding through the program are no longer required to wait a year before applying again.
Learn more and download the application on the MLTN website.
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Davis Conservation Foundation Grants
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Applications Due: October 1, 2024 The Davis Conservation Foundation is a public charitable foundation established in 1989 by Phyllis C. Davis and H. Halsey Davis of Falmouth, Maine following Mr. Davis’ retirement as President and Chairman of Shaw’s Supermarkets, Inc. It provides grants to charitable organizations primarily in northern New England in support of projects related to wildlife, wildlife habitat, environmental protection and outdoor recreation. Projects of particular interest include those that impact Gulf of Maine or Northern Forest, relate to climate change mitigation or environmental climate change resilience, and/or strengthen community involvement within environmental and conservation areas.
Proposals are accepted with no minimum ask, and have ranged from $10,000 to $50,000 or more, depending on cycle competitiveness, alignment of proposals with giving strategies, and need presented in the proposal. Applications are accepted twice a year through a transparent and brief application accessible through davisfoundations.org/dcf.
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