Category Archives: Impact Stories

Outdated cesspools and septic systems are a primary source of water pollution in Long Island. Currently, both Suffolk County and the Town of Southampton offer…

Waterkeeper Alliance’s (WKA) Pure Farms, Pure Waters Campaign addresses North Carolina’s failure to regulate pollution from the devastating impact of industrial factory farms. Pure Farms employs…

The Orton Foundation supports Cape Fear River Watch’s (CFRW) effort to ensure a healthy Cape Fear River, which drains 9,100 square miles of the state,…

The Nature Conservancy New Mexico (TNC NM) established the visionary Rio Grande Water Fund (RGWF) in 2014 as a public-private partnership to address overgrown forested…

For two decades, Forest Stewards Guild (FSG) has worked with the New Mexico Youth Conservation Corps (NMYCC), a state funded program, to employ high school-aged youth from disadvantaged communities for the summer.

Southeastern North Carolina is recognized as one of the most ecologically diverse locations on earth, with large, interconnected longleaf forests and wetlands. To support the…

The longleaf pine ecosystem once encompassed more than 90 million acres of North America, from Virginia to Texas. Now, only three percent of the original…

For this land trust partner, a real dialog with local residents and stakeholders is fundamental to achieving a deliberate goal: conserving open, productive and natural…

Over the past 25 years, Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust (CCALT) has protected more than 41,535 acres of the San Luis Valley region’s key agricultural…

A critical stopover for 21,000 Greater Sandhill cranes each year, the San Luis Valley draws thousands of visitors annually to attend the Valley’s Monte Vista…