Dairy farmers conserving their land, family heritage
The next generation steps upDan Huntley’s family has worked the same land for 200 years. The iconic 720-acre farm, located in the town of Pierrepont, in St. Lawrence County,…
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Farm Credit East
More Than a Financial Business
A commitment to the next generationIf you are a farmer in the Tug Hill region you are probably familiar with Farm Credit East. Serving agricultural efforts and rural communities throughout…
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Report Sheds Light on Role of Land Trusts in Climate Change
The Land Trust Alliance sees land conservancies as key to implementing renewables. At first blush, putting “open space” and “land conservancies” and “renewable energy” in…
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Learn How To Save Your ASH
Learn how to conserve ash and manage emerald ash borer (EAB) – the future of ash is in your hands!The MaMA program of the Ecological Research Institute (www.MonitoringAsh.org) provides constructive actions to take at each stage of Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) invasion, including even…
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Jennifer VanAmber
When Farmland Matters
Local family considers national security, family, and community“This land is part of our family, our community. It becomes part of who you are.” – Ed Siebels Across the country, and here in…
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Michael Parker
A Farm Rises from Ashes
Terry Jones worked on his farm in Trenton for 50 years. It was passed down from his grandfather and is his home, his livelihood, his…
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Key to community vitality and wildlife health
Core Forest one of the most special places in NYSAs you walk one of the old logging roads, deep in the woods, the smell of moss, decaying leaves, and balsam wafts around you. There’s…
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Because it’s part of who we are…
Looking out from the hilltop, over the barns and pastures as the sun rises and the warm glow creeps across the sky, you’d think you…
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When conservation connects, close to home
Making conservation last the test of timeFor land conservation to withstand the test of time, future generations have to care about it and the land trusts who conserve it. Yet new…
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Spoon Dairy Farm
Dairy Farm Grant Opportunity
Calling all dairy farmers interested in participatingThe Dairy Transitions Farmland Protection Initiative is focused on dairy farms that are either looking to diversify their operation, or transfer to the next generation…
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