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6G, <br />Page 8 <br />farmland preservation report <br />Continued from page 7 <br />Heritage Conservancy (PA), Resource Protection <br />Specialist- Heritage Conservancy is seeking a Resource <br />Protection Specialist. Candidate will be responsible for <br />promoting and marketing conservation programs which <br />preserve natural and historic resources. The essential <br />functions of this position include: identifying and evaluating <br />projects which will result in protection /acquisition of critical <br />resources; negotiating with landowners'and designing <br />strategies for creative facilitation with public and private <br />markets. Education requirements include BA /BS in land <br />planning, landscape architecture, environmental science, <br />government policy or business with an environmental <br />science minor. A minimum of five years experience in land <br />planning or real estate is necessary. Starting salary around <br />$40,000 +/- with excellent benefits. Forward cover letter, <br />resume and salary history and requirements to Heritage <br />Conservancy, Attn: HR, 85 Old Dublin Pike, Doylestown PA <br />18901 or syoung@heritageconservancy.org. (posted 51231 <br />2003) <br />CONFERENCES <br />Sept. 11 -14, Atlanta, GA: Rail- Volution: Building Livable . <br />Communities with Transit, multiple sponsors. Fifty work- <br />shops, 14 mobile workshops focusing on building commu- <br />nity participation, finding money and creative design in a <br />movement to save America's cities and curb sprawl. Cost: <br />$350 by Aug. 14. See www.railvolution.com. <br />Sept. 30 - Oct. 5, Denver, CO: New Frontiers in Preserva- <br />tion, national conference of the National Trust for Historic <br />Preservation. Focus areas include: rural and landscape <br />preservation, downtown revitalization in the age of sprawl; <br />preservation of post -war resources; diversifying the preser- <br />vation movement; preservation, planning and real estate. <br />Cost: $295 by July 31. Register online or see brochure at <br />www.nthpconference.org. <br />Oct. 16 -19, Sacramento, CA: Land Trust Alliance Rally <br />2003. Fee: $300 by Aug. 18. See LTA.org. <br />Nov. 11 -13, Thompsonville, MI: Seeds of Prosperity: Food, <br />Farms and Michigan's Economic Future, presented by the <br />Michigan Land Use Institute. Entrepreneurial agriculture is <br />focus. Keynote speakers include: Jay Healy, former Massa- <br />chusetts Agriculture Commissioner, Neil Hamilton, Drake <br />University Agricultural Law Center. Cost: $195 by Sept. 15. <br />See www.miui.org or call 231- 882 -4723 x 18. <br />July - Aug. 2003 <br />COPYRIGHT NOTICE <br />It is unlawful to reproduce <br />this publication and distrib- <br />ute it to other locations or <br />agencies. If you have a spe- <br />cial need, please contact the <br />publisher. <br />Faster, Friendlier, Smarter! <br />Can't find it on the web? Need <br />a quick answer for an update? <br />Want to get smart for that up- <br />coming presentation? Call or <br />email us. We're faster, friend- <br />lier and smarter than the webl <br />When you have news — or <br />views •- give us a call. We're <br />always eager to hear from you <br />and to provide additional in- <br />formation to help you get up <br />to speed with the nation's <br />best- informed farmland <br />preservation professionals ... <br />FPR subscribers! Welcome! . <br />Phone <br />410 692 -2708 <br />- Fax <br />410 692 -9741 <br />E -Mail <br />bowerspub @hotmail.com <br />-- Address — <br />Bowers Publishing, Inc. <br />900 LaGrange Rd. <br />Street, MD 21154 <br />