2022 Schedule – Central Time

Immerse yourself in New Orleans music, history and culture on your stroll through the French Quarter. Learn about the lifestyles and history of New Orleans’ unique melting pot of cultures that influence music, cuisine, art, commerce, architecture and more!

Come grab a drink with Conservationists of Color! Join us for an informal happy hour and evening of connecting and sharing stories to build community. Come meet, network and celebrate with fellow conservationists of color and allies from across the country. All are welcome to attend. We hope to see you there! Please RSVP via this link >> About Conservationists of Color Conservationists of Color is an affinity group for people of color who believe in protecting the air we breathe, the water we drink and the land we love while creating healthy, thriving communities. This group puts the voices of those who are often relegated to the margins at the forefront, while offering safe and brave spaces for conservationists of color. Members are encouraged to network with one another and engage in dialogue about how to take action against racism, oppression within the conservation movement and the communities in which we work. We will also advocate and implement best practices for self-care and self-advocacy within conservation spaces. This group is relatively new and welcomes people of color and allies to join and support this work.

It's been too long since we've all been together! Come and meet colleagues from your region for an evening of socializing and networking at the always-popular regional receptions.

Join your friends and colleagues for dinner as we kickoff the 35th Rally with the Welcoming Dinner and the Alliance Awards. Additional Fee Required.

Join the Land Trust Alliance for a cocktail reception at Crescent City Brewery honoring you and your fellow advocacy Ambassadors for your commitment to support land conservation nationwide. Ambassadors is a network of land trust supporters who pledge to cultivate strong relationships with their members of Congress and advance pro-conservation policies at the federal level. Anybody who takes the Ambassador pledge is welcome to attend.

Join us for an overview of the Land Trust Alliance’s current policy agenda with an in-depth discussion of our efforts to halt conservation easement tax shelters, gearing up for the 2023 Farm Bill and a few other things on the horizon. This is an opportunity to learn how to advance our policy agenda, ask questions and help us think forward to 2023. All current Alliance members are invited to attend.

Hosted by the International Land Conservation Network:   Join colleagues advancing land conservation around the globe at the annual international breakfast at Rally. The International Land Conservation Network will showcase their recent Policy Focus Report on how land trusts and conservancies are tackling climate change by providing land-based climate solutions on multiple continents. We will be joined by the Network for Landscape Conservation, which will share results of its recent survey on the readiness of landscape collaboratives to address climate change produced in partnership with the ILCN. For more information, please contact Chandni Navalkha >>

The breakfast and stewardship roundtables at Rally are really great ways to connect with others like you who spend their time and energy actively stewarding conservation. You get special time to share your stories about conservation management and learn from your peers. These exclusive opportunities for stewardship volunteers and staff to exchange ideas are always one of the best reasons to attend Rally! When else do you get the chance to talk with others from around the country facing the challenge of forever? RSVPs will be collected later this summer.

Heard about REPI and how land trusts can partner with military installations on conservation, but don't know where to start? If so, join REPI and Alliance staff for breakfast and discussion on how to we can partner to achieve great things for conservation. Please RSVP to osd.repi@mail.mil.

Private land conservation has and can play a larger role in more inclusive land conservation outcomes. Join us as a panel of experienced conservation professionals discuss the diversity of experience and history of people and the land. Learn how land trusts, as allies, can support innovative strategies that increase the impact of their land conservation work and its benefits to the community.

All LGBTQ+ Rally attendees are cordially invited to a networking reception. Come meet your LGBTQ+ conservation colleagues and share in food, drinks and fun conversation.  Hosted by Brandon Hayes (Bold Bison LLC) and the Land Trust Alliance.

Come mix, mingle and relax over hors d’oeuvres and drinks at Crescent City Brewhouse. This premiere networking opportunity provides time to talk with peers and colleagues from across the United States about the opportunities to address climate change in our work.   Coastal communities are often at the epicenter of climate issues, where dynamic changes on the landscape collide with extreme weather events.  At the Land and Climate Reception we will hear remarks from Vance Crain, Executive Director of the Partnership for Gulf Coast Land Conservation, about how climate change is impacting his work, his community and the land trusts of the Partnership who are dedicated to the permanent protection of land and water resources along the Gulf Coast.   Limited space available, please follow this link to RSVP if you plan to attend.

Begin your day with an hour of stretching the mind, body and spirit with Magnolia Yoga Studio. Prepare yourself to experience a busy day more fully focused. All levels are welcome and mats will be provided. Additional Fee Required.

Grab a coffee and head to one of our pre-plenary morning conversations. Join a discussion with Upstream Tech and our advisors Peter Stein and Rand Wentworth on how remote data can be leveraged to support reforestation, forest restoration, and carbon projects. With satellite and aerial data, you can monitor projects easily and affordably — quantifying tree plantings, aboveground carbon, and forest structure without complex sampling or field time. Learning from our work with over 150 organizations currently managing projects with Lens, we will provide a space to share experiences and solutions for making advanced tools accessible for conservation. Bring your ideas, thoughts, and questions, and we’ll bring the beignets!

Join us for keynote remarks from Colette Pichon Battle. As founder and executive director of the Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy (GCCLP), she develops programming focused on equitable disaster recovery, global migration, community economic development, climate justice and energy democracy. Read more >>

Please join your fellow K-12 and youth programming practitioners for a lunch roundtable. We will circle up briefly to connect, catch-up and explore the exciting kids and land work we share, before heading out for a quick collective bite to eat nearby.