Education & Training Opportunities
At NHACC we offer guidance and training to our conservation commissioners on a variety of issues including conservation funding, developing natural resource inventory, and many other topics. We help educate our members with programs like the on-line Lunch & Learn presentations, Regional Roundtables and our electronic newsletter, NHACC Enews.
Fall Lunch & Learn Online Programs
Natural Burial & Conservation Lands;
What Conservation Commissions Need to Know
Wednesday, September 16, at 12 noon on Zoom
If you've got an ear to the ground, you probably know there is growing public interest in finding final resting places in natural burial grounds that nurture the environment while protecting land. As municipal cemeteries trustees and independent nonprofits search for land suitable for natural burial in your communities, conservation commissions may be asked to participate in the search and, ultimately, in protection of the land involved. Join us for an introductory workshop/lunch-and-learn to see what goes into creating natural burial opportunities, what responsibilities characterize the web of relationships involved, and what
Our speakers Steve Whitman and Lee Webster are members of the Board Directors of Natural Burial New Hampshire (NBNH) a statewide nonprofit focused on education and fundraising related to increasing natural burial opportunities in NH.
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Handbooks and Guidance Documents
We publish the Handbook for New Hampshire’s Municipal Conservation Commissions, and the NH Municipal Conservation Fund Guidebook. We keep our members up-to-date with monthly E-newsletter with a current list of training opportunities. We provide wetlands guidance documents and sample templates for policies and procedures. Contact the NHACC office if you are looking for examples from other conservation commissions.