RFP: Professional Conservation Planning and Facilitation Services for The Columbia Land Conservancy
/The Columbia Land Conservancy (CLC) seeks the services of a planning consultant with strong facilitation and writing skills. The consultant will design and facilitate a collaborative strategic conservation planning process involving representatives of multiple local communities and work with CLC staff to develop and produce a Countywide Conservation Plan (“Plan”) for Columbia County, New York. The plan will identify, inventory, and analyze both ecological as well as cultural resources present in Columbia County, with public input, to determine the lands and spaces most critical to protect through conservation actions.
Contact Person Sam Calhoun, Conservation Programs Manager sam.calhoun@columbialand.org
Budget Not to exceed $45,000
Timeline September 2024 – September 2025
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Chapter President-Elect Sarah Gatti and others have been elected to lead the APA New York Upstate Chapter in 2027-2028 in the recent consolidated election with the American Planning Association. New officers start the new term on January 1, 2027 for two years. The full election results are available here.