I was fortunate to join the staff of the Land Trust Alliance (then the Land Trust Exchange) for the first time in the summer of 1987. I was 27 — a millennial, in today's terms — young and eager to make my mark.

It's official: Last month was the Earth's hottest month on record.

Certain projects really resonate, demonstrating how our work encompasses just about every value I hold dear: environmental and wildlife habitat preservation and restoration, family land and open space conservation, and some days, even social justice.

A new United Nations’ report demonstrates how critical land conservation and sustainable land management is to protecting the world’s food supply from the ravages of climate change. Land trusts and the Land Trust Alliance are ready to meet this challenge.