The Land Trust Alliance Learning Center discussion forums have been very active in the past two months. Here are a few highlights of discussions, as well as posts that could use your ideas and experiences.
No matter where you're working from right now, the discussion forums on the Land Trust Alliance Learning Center can help your land trust explore some of today’s most pressing issues, from the philosophical to the practical.
The State of Hawai'i Legacy Land Conservation Program provides grants to community organizations and government agencies that strive to purchase and protect land that shelters exceptional, unique, threatened and endangered resources. The annual competitive grant cycle —funded by legislative appropriations of revenue from real estate conveyance taxes — includes a rigorous and thorough agency/public review process. Grant awards are subject to final approvals by the Board of Land and Natural Resources and the Governor.
For the past few months, the Land Trust Alliance has collected online statements from land trusts around the country affirming their commitment to end the structural racism that puts Black lives in danger every day.
"This right here is the closest you can get to magic," said Sherman Dean, who was part of a group of diverse people invited to be the first to walk in the newly discovered stand of redwoods that was long-rumored to be nestled in the hills above California's Sonoma Coast.
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Writer and journalist Rahawa Haile saw resilience and regeneration in the forest. "I think there's a lot of hope in that." / Screen capture from Here We Stand
At the Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy in Michigan, we believe that access to nature isn't a luxury; it belongs to all people. Our supporters feel that way as well.
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Members of the Disability Network use one of Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy's universal access trails. / Photo by Art Bukowski
