Conservation easements with willing private landowners account for most of the land conserved

Two Nature Conservancy preserves were named as wonders in the 8 Wonders of Kansas Contest.

The Eastern Shore Land Conservancy, The Nature Conservancy, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, have worked with the owners of Good Luck Farm to conserve 1,435 acres of forest and agricultural land next to Little Blackwater River, near Cambridge in Dorchester County just north of the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge.

The Nature Conservancy and the Department of Natural Resources announced today that they have completed an agreement that conserves the Clair A. Nelson Memorial Forest located north of Silver Bay in Lake County.

Penn State Cooperative Extension, in cooperation with Penn State School of Forest Resources, the DCNR Bureau of Forestry, the Woodland Owners of Centre County, the North Central Forest Landowners Association, and the Clearfield/Jefferson Counties Forest Stewardship Committee are providing an educational conference specifically for forest landowners and managers to learn and discuss forest and wildlife management on private forest lands.