Our Land, Our Heritage, Our Future
Land conservation successes and challenges in the Chesapeake watershed present an international example of how communities can use innovative science, partnerships, and finance to achieve ambitious conservation goals.
The importance of connecting isolated blocks of habitat -- or conserving existing connectivity -- has been a core tenet of land conservation for a number of years. Scientists have now completed one of the largest scale, long-term...
So who among us has seen historical markers along highways? Most of us! But how many have seen markers celebrating a moment in conservation history? Well, now you can. Last month a new marker was placed by the Virginia Department...
Some readers may remember a Lightning Update from June on "signs of hope" and the annual spring migration of songbirds. By its nature, the spectacle of bird migration is inherently hopeful and inspiring. But ... many of you may...
It's always worth considering whether we have faced similar situations before and, if so, how we handled them. The climate crisis of today is unprecedented in scale. But it is not the first enormous environmental crisis conservationists have faced. Nor are some of the...
Is crowd-funding a viable strategy for raising funds to protect land? Canadians seem to make the case that it can be. The BC Parks Foundation just completed a $3 million dollar crowd-fundraising campaign to...
“LAND. It’s as important as air but we often take it for granted. Land grows our food, cleans our water, and sometimes even takes our breath away with its beauty. Land anchors life.” This is how our new report--Marking...
