About Our Blog

The Dirt is a place to discuss issues related to land trusts and land conservation. It features voices and perspectives from inside and outside the Land Trust Alliance, a national land conservation organization working to save the places people need and love.

In general, The Dirt discusses land trusts and land conservation as it relates to people, education, lifestyle and government. While we accept guest blog submissions, such submissions must conform to established standards. Guest blog submissions (1) must be useful and relevant to The Dirt’s audience, (2) must not include marketing-related links and must not be self-promotional in nature and (3) must include the author’s bio and a current headshot. The Dirt works collaboratively with authors to finalize posts, but reserves the right to edit submissions at any time for spelling, grammar and content. The Dirt also reserves the right to decline to publish any post or to remove any post after it has been published. Similarly, The Dirt reserves the right to reject, edit or remove comments so as to facilitate a moderated discussion. Examples of comments that may be subject to moderator intervention include, but are not limited to, comments that are not timely or germane to land conservation; comments that are not clear; comments that do not accurately reflect the comment writer’s legal name; and comments that disparage an individual or institution.

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