by admin | Aug 14, 2023 | Lightning Update
Ellis Mine Track: Historic canal locks on the Ellis mine track. 1,219 acres of working forest conserved in the Upper Rappahannock River Valley, VA in 2015.Photo credit: Jamie Craig Written by Katie Brownson, USFS Liaison to the Chesapeake Bay Program, US Forest...
by admin | Aug 11, 2023 | Success Stories
The Trust for Public Land (TPL) recently completed the transfer of Natural Bridge State Park to the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Department of Conservation and Recreation. Although it had been managed as a Virginia State Park since 2016, the 1,500 acre property was...
by admin | Aug 11, 2023 | Success Stories
Susquehanna National Heritage Area (SNHA) will soon be protecting the Mifflin historic farm property in York County, Pennsylvania. The 80+acre property was saved in collaboration with The Conservation Fund (TCF) and Preservation Pennsylvania. It marks an incredible...
by admin | Aug 11, 2023 | Success Stories
Delaware Wild Lands has protected and restored a nearly 200-acre tract of land found in their much larger Great Cypress Swamp (GCS). Overall efforts in the swamp have protected 10,000 acres on the Delmarva Peninsula already, and current efforts have restored the land...
by admin | Aug 11, 2023 | Success Stories
The Lower Shore Land Trust recently placed easements on 2 properties on the eastern shore of Maryland. In Somerset County, LSLT protected ~65 acres in the Dividing Creek Rural Legacy Area. The area has historically been used for both agriculture and forestry,...
