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Granite Staters face big and small emergencies of many kinds, from floods, blizzards, ice storms, tornadoes, lengthy power outages, and house fires, to public health emergencies such as Lyme Disease and pandemic influenza.

Preparation reduces fear, increases resiliency
Studies suggest that getting accurate, real-time information about the nature of a threat and making plans to deal with it reduces people's fear and increases their resiliency during and after an emergency.

Well-prepared individuals and families in turn lessen the burden on emergency responders, medical workers, utility crews, and many others whose work involves providing direct services in times of crisis.

New Web pages
Our new Web section, Preparing for Emergencies, offers New Hampshire residents information to help prepare and respond to a wide array of emergency situations.

We've drawn our online disaster-information resources from a variety of organizations, including federal and state agencies, the American Red Cross, the World Health Organization, and the Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN). In the coming months, we'll expand and update it regularly. If you note gaps or outdated information in the resources we've listed, please let us know.

Saving Special Places, New Hampshire's largest annual conservation conference will be held on Saturday, April 4, 2009 at Gilford High School in Gilford.

Whether you're new to conservation and want to learn from the people who do it every day, or you're an old hand wanting to network with colleagues, you won't want to miss Saving Special Places.

Co-sponsored by UNH Cooperative Extension and the Society for the Protection of NH Forests, the conference features three sessions, each offering 11 tracks of workshops (for a total of 33 workshops) for beginners through experienced levels.

Learn about Basic Conservation Options, Wind Power and Conservation, Funding and Conservation, Integrating Biodiversity Considerations into Working Forest Easements, and more, or attend a Round Table discussion for more advanced levels.

Lisa Vernagaard, Director of Planning and Stewardship at The Trustees of Reservations in Massachusetts will give the keynote address, sharing many examples of how land trusts and other conservation organizations are beginning to take meaningful action toward climate change. She will direct our attention to the many challenges we face including determining future land conservation projects, evolving our land management, reducing our organizational carbon footprints and building public support.

Rand Wentworth, President of the national Land Trust Alliance, will provide a brief overview of the national land conservation movement and its emerging trends, opportunities and challenges during the morning plenary welcome session. He will also be leading and participating in workshops throughout the day.

Conference brochure
Workshop descriptions
Conference registration form