Natural Bridge State Park

The Trust for Public Land (TPL) recently completed the transfer of Natural Bridge State Park to the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Department of Conservation and Recreation. Although it had been managed as a Virginia State Park since 2016, the 1,500 acre property was...

Mifflin House

Susquehanna National Heritage Area (SNHA) will soon be protecting the Mifflin historic farm property in York County, Pennsylvania. The 80+acre property was saved in collaboration with The Conservation Fund (TCF) and Preservation Pennsylvania. It marks an incredible...

Great Cypress Swamp

Delaware Wild Lands has protected and restored a nearly 200-acre tract of land found in their much larger Great Cypress Swamp (GCS). Overall efforts in the swamp have protected 10,000 acres on the Delmarva Peninsula already, and current efforts have restored the land...

Somerset and Wicomico Easements

The Lower Shore Land Trust recently placed easements on 2 properties on the eastern shore of Maryland. In Somerset County, LSLT protected ~65 acres in the Dividing Creek Rural Legacy Area. The area has historically been used for both agriculture and forestry,...

Campbell’s Bridge Mills

The Capital Region Land Conservancy (CRLC) recently acquired the Campbell’s Bridge Mills site and additional acres on the Appomattox River in the southern part of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. The main acquisition was completed in 2022, and efforts are ongoing to...