Conservation Leaders Summit

Shaping the future of conservation

in Pennsylvania

June 17 - June 18th 

National Christian Conference Center, Valley Forge

_________________________________________________________

Agenda  |  Video  |  Materials |  Recap

Michaux Lecture: "Pennsylvania Conservation - Standing on the Shoulders of Giants"

Larry Schweiger

National Wildlife Federation

Keynote Address 

The Honorable John Quigley

Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources

Sponsored by

A century and a quarter ago was a dismal time for conservation. Several million acres of Pennsylvania forest had been or soon would be cut and left desolate with no measures taken to foster regeneration. Yet out of this devastation, Dr. Joseph Rothrock led the push to establish State Forest Reservations, setting in motion the efforts that endow us today with a sustainably managed 2.1 million-acre state forest system, 1.4 million acres of gameland, 117 state parks, and a host of locally and privately conserved forests, farms, and parklands.

Today, Pennsylvania’s landscapes and resources face huge new challenges and present new opportunities. How can conservation organizations and government leaders respond to the challenges? What are the opportunities and how can they be pursued? At the Conservation Leaders Summit, Pennsylvania’s conservation leaders will study the past and look at where trends are taking us. Armed with an understanding of what has come before, leaders will seek to identify what needs to be done to shape the next century of conservation for the best.