Tip O'Neill once said "All politics is local," and we were all told in the 70s to "Think globally, and act locally." Nowhere are those thoughts more true than when it comes to setting aside land for conservation purposes. The Nature Conservancy's Campaign for a Sustainable Planet is designed "to achieve significant, global conservation results in each of the world's major habitat types". It's an enormously ambitious and enormously important project.
But it all started in the Mianus River Gorge on the border between Connecticut and New York in 1955 when the Conservancy provided $7500 to finance purchase of the reserve. The Connecticut Chapter's work over the last 50 years has permanently protected more than 50,000 acres. Among the Chapter's more ambitious projects is in the northwest highlands where it works with the Massachusetts based Berkshire-Taconic Landscape Program
This morning I noticed that Tim Abbott had some good news. His family sold a conservation restriction on nearly 20 acres of land in Wareham, Massachusetts. Congratulations, Tim!1
But it all started in the Mianus River Gorge on the border between Connecticut and New York in 1955 when the Conservancy provided $7500 to finance purchase of the reserve. The Connecticut Chapter's work over the last 50 years has permanently protected more than 50,000 acres. Among the Chapter's more ambitious projects is in the northwest highlands where it works with the Massachusetts based Berkshire-Taconic Landscape Program
[T]o create a model for living gently on the land -- balancing human impact with the needs of ecosystems, sustaining the ability of our lands and waters to provide for communities and supporting a wilderness in which many plants and animals can thrive.Why do I bring all of this up?
This morning I noticed that Tim Abbott had some good news. His family sold a conservation restriction on nearly 20 acres of land in Wareham, Massachusetts. Congratulations, Tim!1
1If you're wondering about the references to northwestern Connecticut and the Berkshires in a post noting a conservation sale on Cape Cod, consider this: Tim's blog is titled "Walking the Berkshires", and he is the "Litchfield Hills Greenprint Program Director with the Trust for Public Land and Housatonic Valley Association" and former Director of the Berkshire-Taconic Landscape Program. Why am I emphasizing the TNC connection rather than the TPL connection? Because I am a Trustee Emeritus for the Connecticut Chapter.
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