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1,029 acres of exceptional wildlife habitat, prehistoric rock art and incredible views are protected by Taos Land Trust in New Mexico.
Arizona Open Land Trust Partners to Protect ‘Western Way of Life’
Accelerated development in southern Arizona threatens to stifle the Western way of life, especially ranching, but some landowners are fighting back. Dennis and Deborah Moroney have taken a stand with the permanent protection of 960 acres of their 22,000-acre working ranch.
Island Community Keeps Watmough Wild
Once again, San Juan Preservation Trust members and the island community came together to protect a dramatically beautiful, ecologically sensitive and much loved property. This time it was Watmough Bight on Lopez Island in Washington state.
Big victory, small package
“Sometimes our success comes not in thousands of acres, but in thousands of hearts that are touched.” The conservation of the last 1.8 acres of Burke Park represented a big victory for the community despite its small size.
An Ancient Grove of Trees Stands Tall
At a spot between the Rattlesnake Mountains and the Big Blackfoot river in Montana, there stands a grove of trees centuries older than the United States itself. the oldest ones - some more than 400 years old - are yellow-bark ponderosa pines, which are very tall and very straight, with trunks measuring as many as four-feet in diameter.
Franklin Canyon Protected
The Muir Heritage Land Trust has protected 423 acres once slated for large-scale development projects in Franklin Canyon, CA.
A Big Sur State of Mind
Glen Deven Ranch, an 860-acre mixed use property above Highway 1 in the hills of Big Sur, is a striking example of the beauty, simplicity and raw power of Big Sur.
The Jewel of the Ka’u Coastline
Hawaii Island Land Trust, The Nature Conservancy, and The Trust for Public Land work together to save Honu’apo Bay and its surrounding tidal wetlands.
Patience Key to Using Nevada Act to Protect Land
Thanks to a unique piece of federal legislation, and despite pressure from a growing population, 300 acres in western Nevada will now be preserved by a conservation easement brought about by the American Land Conservancy.
Saving the Old West
Drive down White Hill Road in Carbondale, CO, and look east. You’ll be treated to a beautiful vista, reminiscent of the Old West and uninterrupted by the signs of development that have become common in this part of the state.
Capps Ranch
When Sam Capps of Walsenburg was asked why he wanted to protect his productive and beautiful 28,000-acre ranch at the foot of southern Colorado's Spanish Peaks, he would get a very stern look on his face. "Because I want to know that this place will always look the way that God made it" was his answer.
