Our Strategic Plan

Stewardship and Conservation

Apply best stewardship practices to protect and enhance the assets of the property in a manner supported by the Foundation’s research and education, while sustaining native biodiversity by:

• Creating a comprehensive, adaptive management plan informed by research and knowledge from practitioners in the field, while also incorporating innovative ideas to attain conservation goals;

• Providing an undisturbed, undeveloped area for scientific research, environmental education, and passive recreation;

• Working within the framework of our conservation restriction to become a leader in sustainable practices and accessibility.

Research

Lead and facilitate ecological research focusing primarily on the Foundation’s property and the adjacent Long Pond by:

• Fostering targeted research that contributes to the stewardship and education mission;

• Expanding research tools and techniques to meet new opportunities for meaningful discoveries in the natural sciences;

• Coordinating LLNF’s research with multi-stakeholder, island-wide efforts;

• Building relationships that include academic affiliations, both on and off island, to foster a research community;

Education

Provide outstanding environmental educational programming focusing primarily on the Foundation’s property and Long Pond as classroom and laboratory by:

• Strengthening current core programming for preschool through high school students;

• Increasing program offerings for adults;

• Developing in-depth, process-based, learning and mentoring experiences for a selected number of high school and college students;

• Being a leader of sustainability education and community climate resiliency, adaptations, and solutions