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  • A move to make land trusts more accountable

    The Land Trust Alliance hopes its new accreditation program for land trusts will forestall the passage of federal legislation designed to end the abuse of conservation easements

    by Jennie Lay, Oct 31, 2005

  • Toothy nuisance moves north

    Nutria, destructive beaver-like mammals from South America, are moving into the Skagit River Valley of northwestern Washington, and some believe a warming climate is to blame

    by Emma Brown, Oct 31, 2005
  • Saying good-bye to the ranch

    Saying good-bye to the ranch

    Four families cooperate on conservation easements in order to save a huge ranch in Colorado from development.

    by Kerry Brophy Lloyd, Mar 13, 2012
  • Nonprofits reap the profits

    Nonprofits reap the profits

    Christine MacDonald takes on the unscrupulous executives who run big environmental groups in Green, Inc.: An Environmental Insider Reveals How a Good Cause Has Gone Bad.

    by Brian Park, Apr 14, 2009

  • Crash of the cottonwoods

    Across the West, cottonwoods are dying, and no one is sure how to save these iconic trees.

    by Gisela Telis, Aug 13, 2008

  • Dear friends

    Dave Foreman on "Nature’s Crisis" and what HCN is doing wrong; kids these days; visitors; clarifications

    by Greg Hanscom, Apr 18, 2005

  • Private landowners become lords of the public estate

    A landowner locks a gate on a road into Arizona’s Aravaipa Canyon, highlighting an increasingly bitter debate over access to public lands in the West

    by Renee H. Guillory, Jun 27, 2005

  • Island's pig problem pits animal-rights activists againstconservationists

    A plan to eradicate thousands of feral pigs from Southern California’s Santa Cruz Island has animal rights activists up in arms

    by Tony Barboza, Aug 22, 2005
  • Stitching habitat together across public and private lands

    Stitching habitat together across public and private lands

    Migrating animals can't read "no trespassing" signs, so it’s up to human beings to try to find ways to connect wildlife corridors that crisscross public and privately owned lands.

    by Cally Carswell, Dec 25, 2011

  • Saving open land — a taxing problem

    In Missoula, Mont., and other Western communities, activists search for the winning formula to pass new open-space bonds in November

    by Brianna Randall, Jul 24, 2006
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