Stories
Working farmland often carries several responsibilities at once: producing food, supporting families, protecting waterways and providing habitat. A…
Walk through a forest and the tallest trees usually command attention. Yet close to the ground, lichens and mosses are quietly shaping moisture, soil chemistry…
Protected properties offer a rare chance to observe wildlife where habitat, water and forest have been safeguarded for the long term. For visitors from…
Conservation easements are voluntary legal agreements that protect land while allowing it to remain in private ownership. A landowner may continue farming,…
A streamside buffer is a strip of vegetation, soil and natural debris beside a creek or river. It may include mature trees, shrubs, grasses, wetland plants and…
The East Fork Bull River project shows how lasting conservation can begin with a single willing landowner, a working property and a shared understanding of…
Land conservation is often described through acres, habitats and legal agreements. Its social value is just as significant: protecting working landscapes can…
Carbon sequestration is the process of capturing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing the carbon in trees, roots, soils, dead wood and living…
Standing in a grove of old-growth ponderosa pines feels like stepping into a slow cathedral. These trees, some of them alive for three centuries or more, rise…
Protected land depends on careful observation as well as legal agreements. A damaged fence, unauthorised clearing, polluted creek or new track may be…