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Annual Meeting
Remember, the Association of Vermont Conservation Commissions is
hosting our annual Conservation Summit on Oct 22nd at Lake Morey
Resort on beautiful Lake Morey in Fairlee.
This year the theme is Celebrating PLACE.$BA We’ll be exploring
different aspects of this idea in presentations and discussions throughout the day.
Our keynote speaker, Walter Poleman has 25 years of experience
engaging communities in explorations of their town’s natural and
cultural history, through education and celebration. The PLACE program
has offered communities in-depth explorations of how their local
cultural and natural histories merge into the landscape we see today.
For concurrent sessions, we have a diverse array of exciting
opportunities, from ANR’s basic training$BA on Vermont’s Ecology and
Environment, to Perspectives on Effective Conservation Commission
leadership, as well as Partnering with Land Trusts and Starting a
Conservation Fund and several more!
See the conference website to register and learn more
Saturday, October 22: WRP Annual Meeting & 20th Anniversary Celebration
SAVE THE DATE for the WRP’s Annual Meeting & 20th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday, October 22 from 5:00 – 7:30 pm at the Royalton Academy Building. RSVP today!
A Free Public Forum for Information Sharing, Collaboration and Solutions
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
5:30 pm – Registration and a light dinner will be provided
6:00 pm – 8:30 pm – Forum
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH Auditorium E; Enter
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH Auditorium E
Please join us for a community conversation about
climate change and building climate resilient
communities in the Upper Valley. This workshop is
designed for all Upper Valley residents including
community volunteer boards, municipal staff and
committee members, health care professionals,
community organizations, business owners and
interested citizens.
The workshop is FREE, but space is limited. Please
register by October 20 at https://tinyurl.com/UVAWFirstForum.
Contact Meghan Butts at mbutts@uvlsrpc.
org or (603) 448-1680 with questions.
The meeting will be keynoted by Gary Margolis of Social Sentinel who will speak about the dynamics of partnerships in driver safety, one of the most important issues facing highway safety in Vermont. The day-long program will also feature several speakers discussing the benefits of relationships between public and private organizations designed to reinforce driver safety activities in Vermont, as well as reporting on current research in highway safety. A special Lifesaver’s Luncheon will honor law enforcement personnel who are on the front line of highway safety in Vermont. Vendor displays (free) are welcome: [email protected]
For a copy of the agenda, please click here: trorc-board-meeting-agenda-10-26-16
Please click here for a meeting agenda: executive-committee-agenda-11-9-16
Thursday, 11/10/16, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
Join us to learn how to create a series of maps from one QGIS project, each map’s extent being a portion of the whole map. This webinar will take participants through the steps to create an “Atlas” defined by one of the data layers included in the project.
Please register at:
https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5580855319061232899
TRORC will conduct an information and training session to discuss Act 174, An Act Relating to Improving the Siting of Energy Projects. TRORC will review the voluntary enhanced energy planning standards and recommendations for regional and municipal plans. Please visit the VT Department of Public Service website to reference the standards: https://publicservice.vermont.gov/content/act-174-recommendations-and-determination-standards
On Thursday, November 10, the Woodstock Emergency Operations Committee and members of the Woodstock Irene team invite you to an evening of how to be prepared for the next weather event. “Why, What and Where” will remind people of why storms like Irene will be only more frequent, what we can do to be prepared, what to do when storms hit and where to go. Climatoligist Cath Geiger will give an explanation of the sceince behind the more frequent storms. Speakers from the Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission and the Community Emergency Response Team will give us the steps that we can take now to help us during a disaster. Representatives from the American Red Cross and Vermont Alert will be available to explain their services. Members of the Woodstock Irene Team will remind is how important it is to be prepared as a community, building on lessons that we learned during Irene.
For more information, call Phil Swanson at 457-3456.
Location: Billings Farm and Museum Theater
Time: 7:00 p.m.