Do you believe in the value of open spaces? Are you an excellent team player? Can you help us help 1,000 land trusts? If so, you may be the very person we need. The Land Trust Alliance is filling four open positions.
Growing up, baseball was life. I learned the game as a Pirate but perfected it as a Gator. In between, I saw time as a member of the Cubbies, RiverDogs and Zephyrs.
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Robert Schwartz at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. / Photo by Lauren Walens
The American Midwest holds a special place in my heart. From its roaming prairies to its open lands, the Midwest is truly beautiful. That's why I was so pleased it was the location of my first North American Wetlands Conservation Council retreat and meeting earlier this month.
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Land Trust Alliance Executive Vice President Wendy Jackson shoots traps during the North American Wetlands Conservation Council retreat. / Photo courtesy Wendy Jackson
One of the best ways to protect scenic byways, wildlife habitat, watersheds, farms and forests is to prevent fragmentation. That's why many land trusts prohibit dividing the property.
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The property owned by James and Janis Taylor. / Photo courtesy Three Valley Conservation Trust
As we await the U.S. House of Representatives floor vote later this month on the Farm Bill, the Senate Agriculture Committee has introduced its bipartisan version of the bill.
Indigenous peoples were the Chesapeake Bay region's earliest human residents and among the first in the Western Hemisphere to encounter European explorers and colonists
What does conservation of an Eastern Shore farm have to do with our nation's defense? "Quite a lot," says Jody Couser, director of communications at the Chesapeake Conservancy.
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The farm in the Middle Chesapeake Sentinel Landscape. / Photo by Teena Ruark Gorrow
