by Tracy Stanton | Oct 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
Puget Sound counties continue to chalk up some of the fastest growth rates in the country. No matter how you slice it, when it comes to the conservation of agricultural land, the core question is: are we protecting the most valuable farmland? According to American...
by Tracy Stanton | Jun 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Washington Farmland Trust released their 2020 Annual Report, which details milestones and achievements for Washington farmland conservation. In addition to a new DEI plan to guide their organizational transformation, the WFT concluded their 5-year long “Our Farms,...
by Tracy Stanton | Jun 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
Our friends at Confluence West have produced several blog posts and curated other resources focused on the mounting costs of western wildfires as well as the pathway forward. This year’s wildfire season is creating early concern for western forest/watershed managers....
by Tracy Stanton | Dec 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Fall 2020 journal, Issues in Ecology, included an article about conservation finance titled: Innovative Finance for Conservation: Roles for Ecologists and Practitioners.Here is a blurb from the summary:“Global efforts to conserve biodiversity and maintain...
by Tracy Stanton | Dec 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
From our colleagues at the Highstead Foundation, three new case studies from New England show how open space opens new economic pathways for local communities in both urban and rural contexts.Read the underlying study about the connection between conservation and...
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