A land donation of 3,200 acres, nearly five square miles, is saving a wilderness refuge in Wisconsin from being developed. This is the largest conservation easement donation ever to a Wisconsin land trust. According to the story “Libertyville couple donates $4.5 million of land in Wisconsin“, Ken Aldridge has loved the Northwoods of Wisconsin ever since [...]
Billionaire media mogul John Malone plans to buy more than 900,000 acres of forestland in Maine and New Hampshire in what is thought to be largest land deal in Maine in more than six years, according to the article, “Media mogul John Malone to buy 900K acres in Maine“. “My interest in land conservation is [...]
The Nature Conservancy has reached an agreement to buy 1,270 acres along the Willamette River that could have been developed for sand and gravel mining. In the article “The Nature Conservancy to buy 1,270 acres along Willamette River from Eugene family“, the Wildish family agreed to a purchase price of $23.4 million for the property. “There [...]
A coalition of land trusts and other groups are working to preserve forests in New England and stave off development by identifying parcels to protect with the help of private funders. They are striving to protect 30 million acres of the region’s 33 million acres of forest by 2050, according to the article “New England Groups Plot [...]
The North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro is now our nation’s largest. The zoo expanded to more than 2,000 acres with the acquisition of 322 acres of Randolph County forestland. “The zoo is excited to protect this biologically significant land for educational and trail purposes and thanks the N.C. Natural Heritage Trust Fund, PLC and the Wards [...]
