This year’s speaker is Elizabeth Wroblicka from The Trustees of Reservations, who will give the keynote address titled Recent Land Conservation Wins in the Connecticut River Watershed. The Trustees just launched a new strategic plan focusing on land conservation, climate resiliency, and connecting people to the land.  The July 2025 acquisition of the 260-acre Beaver Brook golf course in Williamsburg and Northampton by The Trustees of Reservations has generated a lot of excitement in the local conservation community.  Elizabeth was the project lead on that acquisition and will give us an overview of the Trustees’ new Beaver Brook Reservation including wildlife habitat, climate resiliency, and plans for public recreational access.   In addition to Beaver Brook, the Trustees are in the process of saving large blocks of forest land throughout the Connecticut River Watershed.  This past April, Elizabeth also assisted Bob Vollinger in protecting his family farm on N. Farms Road with an agricultural preservation restriction held by Kestrel Land Trust.  Elizabeth is an expert in the tools and techniques that made these projects possible and can answer your questions about how they could be applied to enhance the Fitzgerald Lake Greenway.

Elizabeth Wroblicka is senior land protection specialist for The Trustees of Reservations where she focuses on protecting critical forest and farmland. She formerly practiced law specializing in land conservation, environmental justice, real estate, land use, estate planning, and litigation. Elizabeth has worked as a staff member of the Land Trust Alliance, Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust, the Napa Valley Land Trust, and the Pacific Forest Watershed Lands Stewardship Council and served as Chief of Wildlife Lands for the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife. She currently sits on the board of The Norcross Wildlife Foundation and LTA’s Conservation Defense Advisory Council. Prior board service includes Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture and the Northampton Zoning Board of Appeals and Conservation Commission.