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North Shore Land Alliance Re-accredited by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission
We are proud to announce that the Land Alliance has been awarded renewed accreditation by the Land Trust Accreditation Commission! Board Chair Hoyle Jones explained that “the multi-year process was rigorous and thorough in reviewing all project transactions, policies and financials since the first accreditation approval in 2015.”
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Community Conservation
Land conservation can take several forms. They range from an outright gift of land to the purchase of land to the donation of a permanent, voluntary deed restriction on land called a conservation easement. The parties can include individual landowners, estates (in the case of a post-mortem conservation easement), corporations and partnerships.
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Land Alliance to Acquire 4.52 acres From the Pulling Family to Expand Red Cote Preserve
We are pleased to announce that the Land Alliance has successfully signed a one-year option agreement to acquire 4.52 acres from the Pulling family. This $1.5 million acquisition will expand the Nassau County-owned Red Cote Preserve on Yellow Cote Road in Oyster Bay Cove.
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Aquifer Study Released and the News is Not Good
The U.S. is facing a groundwater crisis and Long Island, where our sole source aquifer stores all our water needs in underground reserves, is no exception. In an investigation last year, The New York Times examined data for tens of thousands of wells around the country. In almost half those sites, the amount of groundwater had declined significantly over the past 40 years.
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2024 Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Award
The Land Alliance and its community partners have protected over 1,400 acres of land since 2003. But the noble act of conserving and stewarding land for future generations began long before us. Our community is the beautiful place it is today because of the vision of forward-thinking people who both valued land and understood its important role in a healthy future for us all.
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