Is Private Land Conservation More Important Than Saving Our Parks?
Private property makes up about 60 percent of the total land base across the United States, and landowners are starting to do their part to protect the environment there.
Private property makes up about 60 percent of the total land base across the United States, and landowners are starting to do their part to protect the environment there.
A land trust is an organization that works with landowners to conserve their land, either by buying it from them or obtaining it as a donation.
This Place on Earth: From Connecticut to California, land trusts are growing, keeping precious resources out of developers" hands, and profiting land owners.