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Land trusts across the country are working diligently and creatively to protect water quality, quantity and equitable water access every day. Land trusts working in the Great Lakes basin are no exception, helping to protect one of the largest sources of fresh water on Earth. Covering 21% of the world’s surface fresh water, there’s a lot at stake.

People love gnomes. Or so Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy discovered last summer when the accredited New York land trust hosted a Summer Hike-a-thon Scavenger Hunt. More than 530 Capital Region residents searched the land trust’s 19 preserves for hidden gnomes affixed to trees and other landmarks. Hikers who sent selfies with the gnomes were rewarded with ice cream from event sponsor Stewart’s Shops.

Jessica Neff-Boyd has been in love with Great Oak Farm for decades, long before she owned the 10-acre property in North Coventry Township, Chester County.

Nonprofit work can be exceptionally challenging and stressful, and now it is more important than ever to invest deeply in cultures of care and support — for all staff, board, volunteers and participants — but especially for directors and leaders who often carry the lion’s share of stress.

Ellen Gass is conservation director at the

We typically have strong support for our conservation priorities from both sides of the aisle.