Building connections and relationships has always been crucial to social causes. Its importance continues to grow as the bonds linking society fray and rupture.
In its efforts to undertake conservation projects in southwest Washington, which I previously blogged about here, Conservation Northwest is taking steps to ensure such connections and relationships have strong roots.
On July 20-22, the nonprofit organization will co-host the Southwest and Coastal Washington Connectivity Summit. The summit will bring together nonprofits, tribes, government agencies, land owners, and businesses to lay the groundwork for future efforts to ensure habitat connectivity and address ecological issues like global warming. This will be the first summit on these issues in southwest Washington, but the plan is to continue holding them every two years.
This year's event is in Ridgefield, Washington. However, it can also be attended virtually.
I'm very excited to see the potential of the relationships that come out of these summits.
