Saving Land, Summer 2024 (Vol. 43 No. 3)

The Winter 2024 issue of Saving Land discusses why land trusts are pivotal to natural climate solutions, highlights how land trusts and Indigenous peoples can be in better relationship with each other and introduces the new Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Framework and Resources for Change.

The winter 2025 edition of Saving Land spotlights people as the answer to critical challenges, including how land trusts have been integral to the ongoing recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene, and highlights from Rally 2024.

Balancing the many demands on coastal areas while protecting natural spaces and the benefits they provide, such as wildlife habitat and clean water, is an ever-present and complex challenge, especially in light of climate change. Local land trusts are on the front lines of this challenge.

If your land trust has discussed or begun to explore the goal of “diversifying your audience,” climate change communication is a smart approach to building relevance and authenticity with non-traditional conservation enthusiasts who may not have otherwise engaged with your land trust.

We all benefit from nature. But nature’s economic worth can also be quantified. Research shows that land conservation adds an impressive economic value by boosting local economies, saving money on health care, filtering drinking water, providing natural disaster mitigation, and more.