President Biden signed into law this month the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. And that’s great news for land conservation.
Across the last few years, land trusts have looked toward remote monitoring to increase their efficiencies and fill any gaps in their on-the-ground surveillance activities. The pandemic accelerated that shift to aerial, satellite and remote technologies.
Rally 2021: The National Land Conservation Conference, held virtually and featuring Cleveland, brought together nearly 2,700 conservationists to connect, learn and be inspired.
The California desert is a strange and beautiful place. Working to keep it that way is the Mojave Desert Land Trust, which recently reached a milestone of conserving 100,000 acres since its founding 15 years ago.
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Moon rise over the Chuckwalla Bench, an Area of Critical Environmental Concern. / Photo by Emmalyn Snead
“Underwater and overwhelmed — our new normal?” asks the first installment of Rising to the Challenge, a six-part climate series released by the Potomac Conservancy. The summer series explores how the climate crisis impacts the Potomac River and its communities.
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Washington, D.C. / Photo courtesy of Potomac Conservancy
