Strategic Planning

Megan Gallagher provides strategic planning services to a variety of conservation groups and serves as a conservation-minded facilitator for public and private sector public outreach initiatives. Some examples:

Shenandoah Valley Network

Megan built a fledgling advisory group into the regional strategic leader for land use and transportation issues in the northern Shenandoah Valley, with citizen-led member groups in six counties and a variety of successful advocacy campaigns. Megan continues to support the Network.
SVN website

Virginia Eastern Shore Land Trust

Megan provided all planning and staff services to create this effective local land trust, which protected more than 12,000 acres and 60 miles of waterfront in its first six years. Megan continues to advise the Land Trust.
VES Land Trust website

Essex County Countryside Alliance

Megan worked with the ECCA board to develop conservation targets, a focused land protection program and sustained landowner outreach for this easement advocacy group, which secured tax exempt status in 2007. Megan continues to support the Alliance.
ECCA website

Montgomery Countryside Alliance

Megan facilitated strategic planning and organizational development for this Montgomery County, MD conservation group as it took stock after its first five years..
MCA website

Middle Peninsula Planning District Economic Development Plan

Megan designed and facilitated stakeholder meetings to create a plan for economic development that meets local needs and preserves natural resources in six counties in tidewater Virginia.

Pathways: Building a Local Initiative for Compatible Economic Development

Megan wrote and edited this handbook, then tested it in eight rural counties for The Nature Conservancy’s Center for Compatible Economic Development. Pathways allows citizen leaders to plan in a way that will meet the needs of the community, economy and the environment.