Making Open Space Dollars Work for Wildlife

A Roundtable Discussion Hosted by
the Environmental Law Institute

Date:
Tuesday December 11, 2007

Location:
Environmental Law Institute
Main Conference Room
2000 L Street NW, Suite 620
Washington, DC 20036

Sponsored by:
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

• Goals and Objectives
• Agenda
• Participant List
• Presentations
  • Ernest Cook, The Trust for Public Land
    Making Open Space Dollars Work for Wildlife: Chesapeake Bay Watershed Case Study
  • Dave Chadwick, Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
    State Wildlife Action Plans: Working Together to Prevent Wildlife From Becoming Endangered
  • Roxanne Thomas, Environmental Law Institute
    Linking Land Protection and Wildlife
  • Jeff Lerner, Defenders of Wildlife
    State Land Conservation Spending
  • Gene Sturla, Arizona Game and Fish Department
    Arizona Game and Fish Department: Land Acquisition Program & State Wildlife Action Plan
  • Karen Bennett, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control
    Open Spaces, Natural Places: A Vision for Conserving Delaware’s Precious Natural Lands
  • Jeffrey Mapes, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
    Linking New York State’s Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy and Open Space Conservation Plan
• Meeting Results and Recommendations

Other links of interest:

• ELI’s research on linking open space and wildlife protection: http://www2.eli.org/research/openspacereport.cfm
• More information on state wildlife action plans: http://www.wildlifeactionplans.org
• Teaming With Wildlife: http://www.teaming.com/
• ELI’s State Biodiversity Program: http://www2.eli.org/research/statebiodiversity.cfm
• ELI’s Sustainable Use of Land Program: http://www2.eli.org/research/landbio_land.cfm
• Open Space Institute: http://www.osiny.org/home.asp
• Trust for Public Land: http://www.tpl.org/
• Land Trust Alliance: http://www.lta.org/
• The Biodiversity Partnership: http://www.biodiversitypartners.org/
• NatureServe’s Biodiversity Insights: http://www.natureserve.org/consIssues/bioInsights.jsp
• The Conservation Fund: http://www.conservationfund.org

** ELI’s research on open space for biodiversity is generously supported **
** by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. **