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The total purchase price of the former ski hill in East Missoula is $3.8 million.

MARQUETTE — The public now has a better way to access Lake Superior via a new trail that leads from County Road 550 by Eagles Nest Road to the lake. Citizen

MARQUETTE — The public now has a better way to access Lake Superior via a new trail that leads from County Road 550 by Eagles Nest Road to the lake. Citizen

INDIANA - Please see below for information about the next opportunity to apply for a Community Forest and Open Space Conservation grant. For clarity, this is separate from the Community & Urban Forestry Program. The Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program is for projects that es ...

The city and county are expected to hold a joint meeting in the coming months to consider applying Open Space Bond funding toward the purchase of Marshall Mountain.

From increases in severe storms to warming average temperatures, the climate crisis presents pressing challenges to environmental and social conditions around the world. Forests have been recognized as a key to mitigating the impacts of global climate change, with an emphasis on their intake and storage of carbon. Additionally, urban forests and built green infrastructure […]

With the final purchase of 2,500 acres, Five Valleys Land Trust has not only preserved the majority of Mount Dean Stone for future generations, but it also created only the fourth community forest in the state.

The area, located on former industrial timber lands, was once home to a local party spot illuminated by pallet fires. These days the party is more often on two wheels or feet, as mountain bikers and trail runners whiz by on the new and popular House of Sky trail.

A game of cribbage calms a submarine crew.

BURKE, Vt – Trust for Public Land, the Town of Burke, the New England Forestry Foundation, and Vermont Housing and Conservation Board announced the protection of 283-acres to become the Willey Woods Community Forest. The importance of protecting forestland and open space has been a focus for the Burke community for decades, with the creation of a new community forest at the forefront of the Burke Conservation Commission’s work. Under the ownership of the Town and management by the Conservati...