The Land Alliance hosts lectures, seminars, panel discussions and workshops featuring leading experts on various timely and relevant topics. Our mission is to promote understanding and appreciation of land use, conservation, water, farming and the value of getting children outdoors.

Past Lectures, Seminars, Workshops and Panel Discussion

May 16, 2024 Long Island Clean Water Symposium: Global Challenges and Local Solutions Conference featuring David Sedlak
April 18, 2024 The Why’s and How To’s of Land Conservation featuring Ellen Fred
March 21, 2024 Tree and Shrub Pruning Workshop with Richard Weir
October 7, 2022 How Can We Help the Bees? featuring Dr. Kathryn Lecroy
October 28, 2019 Food and Climate: The Way Forward Lecture and Panel Discussion
April 9, 2019 NY Lecture Series: Rancher, Farmer, Fisherman featuring Miriam Horn
November 3, 2018 2018 Long Island Food Conference: Food as A Solution featuring Frances Moore Lappe
October 17, 2018 C-Change Lecture featuring Kathleen Biggins, Founder and President of C-Change Conversations
April 5, 2017 NY Lecture Series: Where Do We Go From Here? The Future of the Clean (Green) Economy: Insights from former EPA Administrator, Gina McCarthy 
October 7, 2016 Climate Change and Its Impact on Bird Migration featuring Scott Weidendsaul
May 11, 2016 Recent Updates on Land Conservation & Financial Strategies for Professionals and Landowners featuring Stephen J. Small
October 24, 2015 The Great Healthy Yard Project featuring Diane Lewis
April 25, 2015 2015 Long Island Food Conference featuring Stephen Ritz
April 8, 2015 NY Lecture Series: The New Climate Economy featuring Jeremy Oppenheim
October 7, 2014 Water Quality Symposium for Local Municipal and County Elected Officials
August 27, 2014 Water Blue, Green Solutions documentary
May 15, 2014 Orchids Among Us! featuring Dave Taft –  (Read pg. 22 of our Conservation News)
October 30, 2013 Water: Vital and Vulnerable – The State of Our Drinking Water
April 14, 2012 2012 Small Farm Summit featuring keynote speakers Will Allen and Chef Ann Cooper
April 25, 2012 NY Lecture Series: The Future of Nature Featuring Bill McKibben Cooper
January 25, 2012 A Conversation with Journalist Alex Prud’homme: The Ripple Effect and the Fate of Freshwater in the 21st Century
April 15, 2011 2011 Small Farm Summit: Sustainable Farming featuring keynote speaker Joel Salatin
November 20, 2009 Who’s Looking Out for Long Islands Drinking Water?
November 16, 2009 Protect Our Ponds, Preserve Our Bays
March 12, 2009 No Child Left Inside Conference featuring Richard Louv
March 13, 2008 Cowboys, Spacemen, and Where Do We Go From Here? featuring George Hawkins
May 1, 2007 Keys to Building Community Consensus for Adopting Model Land Use Laws featuring Sean Nolon
November 9, 2006 Building Stronger Local Laws to Protect Your Community featuring Sean Nolan
May 26, 2005 Conservation Subdivision Design featuring Randall Arendt
September 14, 2004 Financial Strategies for Landowners and the Estate and Tax Benefits of Land Conservation
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Highlights from Our Educational Programs

  • Long Island Water Education Program Reaches 15000 students

    Long Island Water Education Program Reaches 15,000 Students

    Posted on December 5, 2025

    Educator Beth Finger helped celebrate a milestone in spring 2025: as of spring semester the Long Island Water Education Program had reached 15,000 students since its inception. The goal of this hands-on program, supported in part through funding from the Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation, is for elementary school students to understand where their drinking water comes from, the values of our ground and surface water resources and how they are threatened, and how land conservation and stewardship can protect them.

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  • Long Island Clean Water Symposium

    Long Island Clean Water Symposium: Global Challenges and Local Solutions Conference

    Posted on June 5, 2024

    On May 16th, with solutions in mind, Citizens Campaign for the Environment, North Shore Land Alliance and The Nature Conservancy co-hosted the Long Island Clean Water Symposium: Global Challenges and Local Solutions conference at Long Island University in Greenvale. The event brought together leaders in the field of water science to discuss water quality and quantity challenges on Long Island

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  • Ellen Fred

    The Why’s and How To’s of Land Conservation Featuring Ellen Fred

    Posted on April 18, 2024

    On Thursday, April 18, 2024,  North Shore Land Alliance hosted two seminars about conservation easements featuring Ellen Fred, a nationally recognized legal expert and Principal with Conservation Partners LLP. She has been a frequent presenter on myriad conservation law topics since 2004, including for the Land Trust Alliance and the California Council of Land Trusts.

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  • Tree and Shrub Pruning Workshop

    Tree and Shrub Pruning Workshop with Horticulturist Richard Weir

    Posted on March 6, 2024

    On March 21, 2024, North Shore Land Alliance hosted a workshop for volunteers and homeowners about how to properly prune trees and shrubs. This workshop was led by Richard Weir III, who prior to retirement was the program manager for horticultural and environmental issues for Cornell Cooperative Extension in Nassau County.

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