Potomac Forum V

"Conserve Land to Conserve Water - concepts and strategies to preserve farms, forests and open space; protecting Virginia's waters for generations to come"

The Potomac Forum V was held on August 10 at the George Mason University Campus in Manassas. The program was an interesting and insightful event featuring several high level speakers discussing the importance and benefits of land conservation, and public and private strategies for conserving land.

NOTE! Some presentations are very large and will take a long time to download. File sizes are noted next to file names.

Click Here to view the Agenda with links to the Forum's presentations.

Below are links directly to the presentations:

VIRGINIA’S LAND CONSERVATION (4MB)
Preston Bryant, Virginia Secretary of Natural Resources, Commonwealth of Virginia

UPDATE OF JOINT SUBCOMMITTEE STUDYING OPEN SPACE AND FARMLAND PRESERVATION (<1MB)
Honorable Patsy Ticer, 30th District, Virginia Senate

THE VIRGINIA LAND CONSERVATION FOUNDATION (21MB)
Joe Maroon, Director, Department of Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation

INCORPORATING LAND CONSERVATION INTO LOCAL POLICY AND PROCESSES (112MB)
Noel Kaplan, Senior Environmental Planner, Fairfax County

TOOLS FOR OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION—A STATE PERSPECTIVE (9MB)
Sarah Richardson, Land Conservation Officer, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation

CONSERVATION EASEMENTS IN VIRGINIA & THE POTOMAC BASIN (<1MB)
Bob Lee, Executive Director, Virginia Outdoors Foundation

PURCHASE OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS: OVERVIEW OF STATE-WIDE PROGRAMS (1MB)
Kevin Schmidt, Coordinator, Office of Farmland Preservation, Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

PDRs IN FAUQUIER COUNTY (8MB)
Honorable Harry Atherson, Chairman, Fauquier County Board of Supervisors and 2nd Vice Chair, Potomac Watershed Roundtable

LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT (LID) PRIVATE INDUSTRY INITIATIVES (53MB)
Mike Rolband, President, Wetland Studies and Solutions, Inc.

PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS (41MB)
Jeanette Stewart, President, Lands and Waters

DCR STUDY OF AN URBAN BMP COST SHARE AND TAX CREDIT PROGRAM (4MB)
Honorable David Bulova, 37th District, Virginia House of Delegates

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