A CULTURE OF CONSERVATION
By Theresa Kerchner
VOICED, SAVING LAND, SPRING 2011
If Aldo Leopold were alive today, he would certainly be celebrating the geographical reach of the land trust movement, as we hold high the banners he carried. Today’s land trusts are advocates for a personal land ethic, for stewardship of the earth’s finite natural resources, and for preservation of wild places in the midst of a civilized landscape. In my home state of Maine alone, 100 land trusts have a presence in communities from Kittery on the southern coast to Van Buren on the northern border. With our collective influence, we have the capacity to champion the ethical relationships that Leopold espouse
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