Corey Himrod

Securing private land conservation using conservation easements can have all sorts of benefits beyond just preserving the land itself.

Private land conservation provides a means for Americans of all backgrounds to save the places they need and love through personal initiative, landowner empowerment and charity — something we’re extremely thankful for this Thanksgiving.

Some incredible environmental and cultural preservation projects are being carried out by land trusts throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

The Land Trust Alliance presented Ebonie Alexander the distinguished Kingsbury Browne Conservation Leadership Award during Rally 2022: The National Land Conservation Conference.

Announced during Rally 2022: The National Land Conservation Conference, the National Land Trust Excellence Award recognized Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust.

Attacks on voluntary private land conservation are nothing new, most recently manifesting around the Biden administration’s commitment to 30x30, falsely portraying its conservation incentives — things like increased funding to help accelerate private land conservation — as a federal land grab that tramples the rights of landowners.

The Big Sur Land Trust and The Nature Conservancy secured the view from one of the most famous sections of California’s scenic coastal Highway 1 and linked 13 parks and preserves with their $37 million purchase in May of the 9,898-acre Palo Corona Ranch.