Every land trust’s success makes our whole movement stronger. So lets celebrate! See how land trusts across America are overcoming obstacles and inventing new ways to save special places. Their stories may inspire your own.
Right next door to the second largest city in the U.S. lies the 1,400-acre Palos Verdes Nature Preserve, where Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy is connecting at-risk youth in nearby Los Angeles to nature.
2013 Annual Report
“We need to reach out to the whole community,” says Melanie Allen. “We don’t get the full story if everyone isn’t around the table.”
These days whenever Kathleen Foley thinks about perpetuity, she also thinks about climate change.
“If you want to talk about conserving a beautiful place like this, you need to engage the people who live here.”
Land Trust Alliance
The highest court in Maine was asked to decide whether land conservation constitutes a charitable purpose. The court answered with a ringing endorsement of the many public benefits of land conservation, including environmental, recreational, economic and health benefits.
