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Follow hot topics in conservation. Read the latest articles from the Alliance’s magazine, Saving Land, or our newsletter for board members, Field Guide — plus other articles by the Alliance and our partners. You can also access the latest findings on conservation trends and issues through our research reports.

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Rebecca Miles and her daughter at the spring gathering. / Photo by Sarah Kleinhanzl

A blessing on both sides: The transformative power of partnerships between land trusts and tribal groups

Source: 
Saving Land magazine, Fall 2021
Author: 
Marina Schauffler

On a snowy weekend this spring, Rebecca Miles traveled with her mother and toddler daughter 100 miles from her home on the Nez Perce reservation in Lapwai, Idaho, to Wallowa Valley in Oregon, ances

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Engaging People with Disabilities to Improve Access to the Health Benefits of Nature Workshop

Source: 
Rally 2020 Workshop Recording
Author: 
Ray Bloomer, Peter Doehring, Bonnie Lewkowicz, Karena Mahung, MaryKay O’Donnell

This is a recording of a session held at Rally 2020.

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Photo by DJ Glisson, II / Firefly Imageworks

Land can bring peace

Source: 
Saving Land magazine, Fall 2021
Author: 
Ramona Peters

I am a member of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. We are first contact people; our home territory is where the Mayflower landed.

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Resources for Disability Inclusion

This list of resources was created by the Advisory Council on Inclusive Health and Disability to accompany the guide Open to All: A Disability Inclusion Guide for Land Trusts. These resources can help your land trust learn how to adopt inclusive practices that benefit people with disabilities.

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The view of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains from The Piedmont Environmental Council’s Piedmont Memorial Overlook. / Photo credit: Hugh Kenny

The fight against conservation challenges

Source: 
Saving Land magazine, Summer 2021
Author: 
Madeline Bodin

  Across the country, land trusts are banding together to stop state legislation that would limit private land conservation.  

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Eagle Mountain Wilderness Preserve near Essex, New York, protected in 2019 by the Northeast Wilderness Trust / Photo credit: Brendan Wiltse

30x30: Putting private land conservation on the map

Source: 
Saving Land magazine, Summer 2021
Author: 
Tom Springer

On January 27, just days into his new administration, President Joe Biden issued an executive order focused on “tackling the climate crisis at home and abroad.”

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