Monday, March 13, 2017
Supported by Doris Duke, Conservation Group Maps Land Protection Strategy in Three States
A conservation group has created maps identifying key landscapes in the Pacific Northwest most likely to sustain native species amid climate change, and is distributing money to protect private lands through use-limiting easements or outright purchases.
The Nature Conservancy says it received $6 million from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation that it’s now distributing among local land trusts in Idaho, Oregon and Washington for easements or acquisitions...