As we have done for 35 proud years, the Land Trust Alliance continually considers its impact on land trusts and the nation — and ways in which we can work together to save the places that people need and love.
Habitat restoration is a goal of many land trusts, including Three Valley Conservation Trust in Oxford, Ohio.
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High school students attend a briefing on pollinators at a Three Valley Conservation Trust habitat restoration partner's site before they begin planting milkweed and nectar plants. / Photo by Dirk Morgan
Southeast Oregon's vast Harney Basin is a mosaic of productive ranchlands and wetland habitats, with Malheur National Wildlife Refuge at its center.
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A greater sandhill crane and chick in the Harney Basin. This species breeds in large emergent marsh-meadow wetlands at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Burns, Oregon. / Photo by Kay Scheurer Steele
The Potomac River, the source of drinking water for over 5 million residents in the Washington, D.C. area, earned its highest health grade ever in Potomac Conservancy's 10th State of the Nation's River report.
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The Potomac River, which flows through Washington, D.C., is roaring back to life following cleanup efforts. / Photo by Melissa Diemand