/r/landconservation
Current news, information, and discussion focused on the conservation and protection of land.
This subreddit is a repository for any current news, information, and discussion focused on the conservation and protection of land. Along with CO2 emissions and general pollution, habitat destruction is one of the most environmentally destructive activities undertaken by humanity. By preserving space for wildlife and allowing ecosystems to stabilize and thrive, we protect the health of our planet, and our own civilization.
A couple of guidelines about posting:
- This subreddit is about official permanent land conservation. Whether it's as small as a park or as large as an entire ecoregion, post it. While it's incredibly commendable and helpful that you might be planting a polyculture garden or replacing your lawn with native seed, unless you're placing an accredited conservation easement on your land, please post about it on another subreddit.
- Private, public, and non-profit conservation all have parts to play, and each method is relevant to posting on this subreddit. The politics and ethics of land ownership itself is not considered on topic for this subreddit.
- PLEASE flair your submissions!
- Ecosystem restoration projects are considered on topic for this subreddit.
- Marine conservation projects (including riparian and lacustrine projects) are also considered on topic for this sub.
- This is NOT a general environmental or wildlife subreddit. Tons of those already exist, and are excellent in scope and management. Please post on one of those if your post does not specifically relate to large scale preservation of land for habitats and ecosystems.
- Following subscriber feedback, wildlife corridor/crossing projects ARE considered on topic, since they deal with reconnecting and preserving land and ecosystems.
- This is NOT a vague subreddit. Do not post news about general policy or public sentiment, unless it relates in a tangible way to specific land conservation projects.
- This is a generally positive subreddit. Please don't post doom and gloom about the status of conservation in general. Not only does that fall under the category of vague, there are other subreddits for that.
- That being said, if you have bad news or contentious discussion about a specific conservation project, then that is an exception to being generally positive. Raising awareness for a specific conservation project or piece of land is how we get positive news later.
And as is boilerplate across all of Reddit:
- Please follow all of Reddit's sitewide rules, and generally be courteous to one another.
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/r/landconservation
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Does anyone know of organizations that purchase land to conserve it?
I am selling land in West Virginia. Any suggestions on organizations that purchase land to conserve it? I am open to any outside of the box ideas as well. It would be great to sell to someone who has intention to conserve it or even just use it recreationally with respect for the land. Thank you!
05:22 UTC
Anyone looking to buy land just to conserve it?
This is a strange approach, I know. But who knows if someone out there happens to be aligned.
So I'm landowner, currently selling my property. It's heavily forested, vast farmland in the US. I have been looking into organizations that purchase land to conserve it.
When researching, I came across a few threads where people said things like --- "I have the finances to invest. I want to help conserve nature. Who do I donate to, etc." And I thought... why not outright purchase property and protect it directly.
It is my dream to sell the property to someone who has the intention to conserve the land. Of course, perhaps build a house etc, but with the overall desire to respect the land. Please message me if you would like more information.
05:15 UTC
SE MI USA land trust?
Hello all, over by me (NW suburbs of Detroit MI) there’s still some densely forested land with ponds that are a magnet for birds of all kinds, and other critters & plants. These parcels have for-sale signs and are gradually getting sold off to developers. The town where this is happening has never met a developer it didn’t like, a total building craze over the past 20 years - ugly sprawl, paving over everything. Yet another wooded parcel is getting an auto dealership built on it, ughh. So my question is, are there trusts or non-profits that I can talk who may be interested in acquiring some of this land? Thanks!
I’m also wondering whether anyone has ever organized an ad-hoc crowdfunding campaign to buy land for conservation purposes?
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Commentary: A Chorus for Conservation
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Question About Equipment and Grants
I work for a large land trust with roughly 15,000 acres spread throughout twenty one Ohio counties. Much of our work is focused on the removal of of invasive species with the goal of returning these environments to their historically natural states. Treatment strategies follow the recommendations typical of the species we're trying to remove. These efforts are carried out by a tem of six Stewardship Technicians thought the year. In particular, work to remove woody brush like Autumn Olive, Honeysuckle and Chinese Privet is often slow and strenuous. Even with brush saws, work can still be quite tedious. I think our organization would be well served by a skid steer with a forestry mulcher attachment. Does anyone have experience working with larger equipment to tackle woody invasives? If so, do you have any recommendations on specific types of equipment? Money is also a factor and I'm looking for any suggestions on where grant funding or other financial resources can be found. Thanks!
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