In 1985, Harrison Ford invested millions in an 800-acre ranch to escape Hollywood life since he…
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After more than six generations of family ownership, a Massachusetts nonprofit raised over $4.9 million to buy 5.23-acre Holly Hill Farm and permanently protect the centuries-old piece of farmland
For generations, Holly Hill Farm belonged to the same family. Now, after more than six generations…
A North Carolina land trust has saved the first 200 acres around Tuckertown Reservoir after 1,400 donors joined the campaign; another 3,800 privately owned acres remain at risk of sale and development
Representative Image (AI-generated) A conservation campaign in North Carolina has secured the first 200 acres of…
A Minnesota science museum began trying to protect land around its river research station after it opened in 1989; 37 years later, the final 130 acres are protected, completing a 300-acre conservation goal
Minnesota science museum protects final 130 acres after 37 years, completing a 300-acre conservation goal (Image…
In 1930, former Maine governor Percival Baxter bought nearly 6,000 acres around Mount Katahdin; 32 years later, his final acquisition brought his gifted parkland to 201,018 acres, now part of a 209,644-acre park
A former governor of Maine built one of North America’s largest state parks piece by piece…
King County wants to spend $100 million on 57 land projects covering about 1,500 acres, from saving part of a city park to turning other sites into salmon habitat and stormwater space
King County proposes $100M for 57 land projects covering 1,500 acres. (Photo: King County DNRP Field…
Virginia teacher and her husband feared their farms could become subdivisions or data centres; then he died, but she protected 215 acres with limits that bind future owners
Becky Shelton could have cashed in, just like many other landowners in her neighbourhood. But she…
A 674-acre Colorado ranch was listed for $5.9 million as a development site; conservationists bought it instead, permanently protecting land that links to more than 100,000 acres of public space
The ranch is near the proposed Ring the Peak trail system. A 674-acre ranch on the…
In 2024, a 192,560 sq ft industrial project won approval on 22 acres beside New Jersey’s Monmouth battlefield; two years later the state paid $15 million to preserve the former strawberry farm as part of the park
In 2024, Monmouth County officials approved a massive 192,560-square-foot industrial development on 22 acres of farmland…
In 1862, heirs sold Colorado’s Baca land for 30 cents an acre; 140 years later its 97,000-acre ranch sold for $31.28 million and helped create a national park nearly four times the monument’s original size
Photo: Baca Ranch House (clicked in 1920)Photo credit: Denver Public Library Collection via NPS A piece…