Conserve Nassau Goes Nonprofit

The Conserve Nassau organization has become a nonprofit dedicated to educating and engaging the community on ecosystems and cultural heritage. According to chair Margaret Kirkland, the new non-profit’s scope includes:

• land use and land conservation
• restoration of coastal dunes
• preservation and restoration of our marshes and wetlands
• tree canopy and understory preservation and restoration
• wildlife protection and gardening
• preservation of cultural heritage
• water quality and air quality

One of it its strengths, she said, is the interconnectedness of its  leadership, covering a wide range of expertise including:

• Engineering: coastal, geological, environmental and civil engineering, contracting, development, natural systems management, coastal storm risk management, computer science
• Science & the Environment: botany, zoology, water resources, environmental science, ecological studies, biodiversity, wildlife protection and native gardening, climate change, conservation, process geomorphology, applied ecological modeling, geomatics (e.g., GIS & remote sensing)
• The Economy: business, risk management, strategic fiscal planning, government finance
• Governance: city/regional planning, land use, code development, affordable housing
• Education: curriculum development and implementation, communication

“We offer our services to the community and to city and county governments,” she said, “to help address the complex challenges we face.”

For more information, go to www.ConserveNassau.org