Summit 2009
With over 130 participants, an address from the Lieutenant Governor, a keynote address by G. Tracy Mehan III, and presentations by over 20 speakers, this year's Sumit was a swimming success!
November 10, 2009
What: Heart of the Lakes Fifth Annual Summit
Where: The Lansing Center
Concurrent Session Resources
Conservation Legal Defense
Legal Defense, IRS Challenges and Conservation Defense InsuranceWind Energy: Issues for Michigan's Land Conservancies (Panel)
Conservation Impacts of Wind Energy DevelopmentWind in Michigan: Emerging Issues
Conservation Easements and Wind Energy
Best Practices: Strategic Conservation Planning
State-of-the-Art Planning for Conservation - Leelanau ConservancyPartnerships in Water Quality Protection
Land Protection and the Huron River in Washtenaw County (part 1)Land Protection and the Huron River in Washtenaw County (part 2)
Critical Lands Mapping Project
New Initiatives in Farmland Preservation
Protecting Michigan's Agricultural FutureA Model for Farmland Protection: Leelanau's FarmAbility Program
Comprehensive Farmland Protection
Land Transaction
Land Transaction Record Keeping - For Keeps!
Summit Resources
Heart of the Lakes thanks our sponsors for their generous support:
Lead Sponsor- The Nature Conservancy
Sponsors- Public Sector Consultants, Consumers Energy, Land Policy Institute, Center for Applied Environmental Research at University of Michigan-Flint
Supporters- Meijer, Inc., Public Policy Associates, Williams & Associates, Inc., Yankee Appraisal Associates, Treemore Ecology and Land Services
