Educator Rob Wade has worked closely with Skagit Land Trust's Conservation Classroom program to achieve the goals of having outdoor learning spaces close to schools and supporting teachers who already have lessons in place. Pictured are Lyman Elementary kindergarteners having fun learning observation skills. / Photo by Lisa Miller
This thrilling achievement would not have been possible without land trust people investing deeply in building relationships with state and local officials — whether or not they were asking for anything — through the years.
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Photo by Alston Jenkins [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], from Wikimedia Commons
Over 80 percent of the U.S. population lives under skies so polluted by man-made lights that celestial objects like the Milky Way are almost invisible.
As editor of Saving Land I receive emails from across the country from people who have written books and would like the Land Trust Alliance to share the news.
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.
