Open Space Institute saw the value in a national standard that helps land trusts of all sizes uphold the highest standards and practices.

Want to know how much people are walking and biking in your state or city? Check out the new benchmarks report from the Alliance for Biking and Walking.

The Mojave Desert Land Trust in California acquires land to buffer already protected land.

The natural world has always been my comfort zone.

The Land Trust Alliance sees the new IRS interpretation of the federal conservation gift law enacted in 1980 as deeply flawed.

For more than 10 years, the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy has hosted year-round hikes for its members and the public to experience beautiful places protected by the land trust.

Among its many roles, the Land Trust Alliance works with land trusts to address threats to our community. It is my belief we are facing a serious and urgent threat we all need to work to thwart: promoters using hyper-inflated conservation donations as a tool for selling tax deductions to wealthy investors.

An easement from 1980 was put to the test in a recent conservation defense case in Connecticut.

When an uproar arose over the development of a forest with public hiking trails in Pennsylvania, the cry was, “Wasn’t that land protected?” The answer was “nope.”