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The two conservation land organizations negotiated with the resident that he would hold onto 178 acres of the land and sell it to the organizations at a bargain price of $267,000.
Environmental and conservation organizations in the United States have been formed to help protect the environment, habitats, flora, and fauna on federally owned land, on private land, within coastal limits, in-state conservation areas, in-state parks and in locally governed municipalities.
Grazing Land Conservation Initiative (GLCI) The Grazing Land Conservation Initiative (GLCI) is set up to help improve grazing land that is privately owned. This program targets landowners and promotes the maintenance of private grazing land in order to produce higher quality grass than previously found in a specific location.
In addition to owning and managing preserves, Natural Lands preserves land by working with private land owners to establish and enforce conservation easements. A conservation easement is a voluntary but legally binding agreement that permanently limits a property's use. To date, the organization holds easements on more than 22,000 acres.
An environmental organization is an organization coming out of the conservation or environmental movements that seeks to protect, analyse or monitor the environment against misuse or degradation from human forces. In this sense the environment may refer to the biophysical environment or the natural environment.
The Nature Conservancy was incorporated in the United States as a non-profit organization on October 22, 1951. [7] As the organization grew, the organization focused largely on buying as much land as possible in the name of conservation with little scientific research conducted on land before being purchased. [6]
Open Space Institute (OSI) is a conservation organization that protects land for clean drinking water, public recreation, healthy communities, wildlife habitat, and climate protection. [1] Established in 1974, OSI achieves its goals through land acquisition, [ 2 ] fiscal sponsorship, [ 1 ] regional loan and grant programs, [ 3 ] park and trail ...
Point Blue Conservation Science - advancing conservation through bird and ecosystem research; Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) - converted 13,150 miles (21,160 km) of former rail lines to trails; Santa Lucia Conservancy - land trust and conservation community protecting 18,000 acres in California