Conservation Group Fills in a Missing Link of the 550-Mile Bay Area Trail
The Conservation Fund will turn over 3,654-acre Richmond Ranch to local government and plans to add miles of hiking trails to the parcel.
Source: backpacker.com
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Agency surpasses 70,000 acres of permanent land protection in South Mountains
MORGANTON — On Dec. 29, 2023, Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina (FCNC) acquired 1,460 acres in the Pinnacle Mountains, a section of the South Mountains in McDowell and Rutherford counties.
Source: mcdowellnews.com
Foothills Conservancy of NC surpasses 70,000 acres of permanent land protection; More land acquired in Rutherford, McDowell counties
MORGANTON — On Dec. 29, 2023, Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina (FCNC) acquired 1,460 acres in the Pinnacle Mountains, a section of the South Mountains in Rutherford and McDowell counties.
Source: thedigitalcourier.com
Editorial: Lowell acts to preserve quality of life
Lowell’s long-sought quest for an outdoor recreational resource has finally been signed, sealed, and delivered. With the purchase by Mass Audubon now completed, Rollie’s Christmas Tree Farm will now remain Lowell’s largest parcel of open space, in perpetuity.
Source: sentinelandenterprise.com
Explore the Tom Paul Trail in Westford
Eager to get outside in the relatively mild winter weather, we found a new trail to try in nearby Westford. Actually, the trail is not new at all, having been
United States Boston Railroad Westford Conservation Paul Trail Westford Conservation Trust Main Street
Source: homenewshere.com
Group to turn Lowell Christmas tree farm into nature sanctuary
The area will be restored to a forest with trails and will also have a sustainable vegetable farm, an educational center and a community garden.
Source: wbur.org
Mass Audubon completes purchase of Rollie's Farm
LOWELL — After the purchase of the land by Mass Audubon was finalized just after Christmas, Rollie's Christmas Tree Farm will now serve as a wildlife sanctuary, a community farm and a new network of trails as the largest piece of open space remaining in Lowell.
Source: lowellsun.com
Indian seminar celebrates 20 years of saving tigers
2024 marks an extraordinary 20-year milestone for the Satpuda Landscape Tiger Partnership (SLTP), a collective of organisations founded by Born Free, working to protect the tigers of India’s Satpuda Landscape.
Madhya Pradesh India General Yashvardhan Dalmia Network For Conserving Central India Nature Conservation Society Amravati Tiger Research Conservation
Source: bornfree.org.uk
County commissioners discuss 2024 budget, employee retention/hiring, wage increases | The Herald Times | Serving Meeker, Rangely, Dinosaur & Northwest Colorado
Lisa Hemann addressed commissioners' concerns about revenues exceeding expenditures and reviewed general proposed numbers for the 2024 budget. She explained that expenditures exceeding revenues in county fund balances is part of a normal budgeting process. Commissioners allocate excess revenues into certain funds over time to cover items like ongoing maintenance and capital improvement projects. The
Lisa Hemann Eric Jaquez Doug Overton Discretionary Grant Fund County Capital Improvement Funds Use Tax
Source: theheraldtimes.com
Ringing out the Year of the Trail: A highlight reel of trail news in 2023
Declared to be the Year of the Trail  more than a year before it even began, 2023 had a lot to live up to. But over the last 12 months of land pr...
Source: smokymountainnews.com