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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#050505">The Ecological Landscape Alliance's exceptional annual conference, usually held at UMass Amherst, is
<b>virtual this year</b>! For landscape professionals, land managers, home gardeners, and anyone who wants to expand their knowledge about the intersection of our managed landscapes and nature. Check out the agenda
<a href="https://www.ecolandscaping.org/27th-ela-conference-virtual-eco-marketplace/">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#050505">Wednesday sessions will probe landscapes bracing for climate change</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#050505">.
How will a changing climate affect our landscapes and our practices, and what can we do to prepare? Learn the latest research and find new information to help you prepare your landscapes for the future.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#050505">Thursday, explore the connection between designs that introduce beauty and landscapes that restore natural systems, provide valuable habitat,
and offer climate relief.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#050505"> The Focus on Practice track shares insights into innovative large-scale landscape management; delves into smaller-scale landscape projects that incorporate
dry stone walls; and offers a soil update relevant to landscapes of any scale. This year’s Idea Exchanges track explores a wide range of thought provoking topics from rewilding landscapes and reconsidering the concept of Native to the intersection of the landscape
profession and the issues of diversity, inclusion, and social justice.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">"ELA Conference always cures my 'winter blues' by re-energizing for the new season, but it also inspires my creative thinking. Opening myself up to inspirational thought can lead to new ideas."
Lori S</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#403F42"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Association to Preserve Cape Cod
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Gadugi",sans-serif"><a href="https://apcc.org/">APCC.org</a> 508-619-3185 ext 7<span style="color:#2E74B5"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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