Mrs. Florio began applying her legal real estate skills to land conservation during the late 1980s while on staff with the Massachusetts Division of Fish and Wildlife. From there, she became the land protection attorney for Ducks Unlimited, Inc., where she was on staff for 6 years. She is now a member of the Land Trust Alliance’s Land Conservation Leadership Program Faculty, speaks annually at the LTA National Rally, conducts seminars and training sessions for the LTA and other entities, as well as acts as a consultant to LTA, land trusts, landowners, governmental and other non-profit organizations around the country. She has written several articles on conservation easements for different publications such as the LTA quarterly Exchange and the publication of the Mississippi Forestry Association, Tree Talk.