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Record Attendance at the 2013 Texas Land Conservation Conference 

Held February 27 – March 1, 2013, Austin, Texas

Austin, TX – March 4, 2013. The Texas Land Trust Council is proud to announce a hugely successful 2013 Texas Land Conservation Conference. This year’s extensive conference program consisted of sessions highlighting recent updates in land conservation including: the state water plan, conservation & mitigation banking, policy & farm bill issues, board development , and the challenges, defense and stewardship of conservation easements.  

Over 50 key industry leaders and experts presented at this three-day event. Conference sessions provided an insightful approach to crucial topics currently affecting land conservation.  To streamline the expansive agenda, the conference was broken into three tracks allowing attendees to choose what information most interests them.

The following KEYNOTE SPEAKERS spoke at the 2013 conference:

Senator Ken Armbrister, Director of Legislative Affairs, Office of Governor Rick Perry
Senator Glenn Hegar, Texas Senate
Dr. Roel Lopez, Interim Director and Professor, TAMU Institute of Renewable Natural Resources, TWRI
Dr. Robert E. Mace, Deputy Executive Administrator, Water Science and Conservation, TWDB
Dr. John Neilsen-Gammon, Regents Professor and Texas State Climatologist, TAMU

For more information on speakers, please visit:

www.texaslandconservationconference.org