#landtrust — Public Fediverse posts

A photo I took a few years ago of what is now the #BrandyBrowForest and #BeaverDam!

#SolarPunkSunday #LandConservation #LandTrust #ConservedLand #Massachusetts #SpendTimeInNature #SpendTimeOutdoors

So, I spent a LOT of my childhood playing in a "swamp" -- wetlands and woods near my childhood home, which included a #BeaverDam. Part of the area was an abandoned quarry and sandpit owned by Brock Industries. Once the quarry was posted, the area was able to return to its wild state. I was pleased to find out that the area was sold to a #LandTrust, and the old entrance to the sandpit is now the trailhead for the #BrandyBrowForest! I'm hoping something similar can happen with a local sandpit near conservation lands here in Southern Maine. I'm working on it!

Let’s Hike Haverhill - Brandy Brow Forest - Myron's Road Trailhead

"Using funds from the Drinking Water Supply Protection Program, in 2025 the city purchased and protected 41-acres as part of the larger 600-acre Brandy Brow Forest. Shortly after the purchase, the Myron's Rd Trailhead was created.

City of Haverhill DPW Director Bob Ward will guide us through this vast area where the trails are mostly flat. We'll visit a 5-foot tall beaver dam along the way! "

Opening day was this past May, 2026!
https://www.ecga.org/event/lets-hike-haverhill-brandy-brow-forest-myrons-road-trailhead

FMI [still in-progress]:
https://www.haverhillma.gov/parks-recreation-culture/parks-trails-and-conservation-areas/conservation-areas/brandy-brow-forest/

#SolarPunkSunday #ConservedLand #Massachusetts #NorthShoreMassachusetts #BeaverDams #ConserveNature #LandConservation #LandTrust #SpendTimeInNature #SpendTimeOutdoors

#OgunquitME - #Stewardship #Workday: #BeachPlumFarm

Wednesday, May 6, 2026
9:00 am

Beach Plum Farm
610 Main St, Ogunquit, ME 03907

"Beach Plum Farm is the last remaining #SaltWaterFarm in Ogunquit, home to #CommunityGardens, and the office of Great Works Regional #LandTrust.

Join #GWRLT for a Stewardship Workday on Wednesday, May 6th, 9am to noon at Beach Plum Farm, Ogunquit. We will be removing invasive species and a spring cleanup. Let us know if you can help out by registering below."

FMI and to register:
https://gwrlt.org/event/stewardship-2/

#SolarPunkSunday #MaineEvents #InvasivePlants #SpringCleanup #EnvironmentalStewardship #LandTrusts #GreatWorksRegionalLandTrust

‘The environmental movement needs many hands’: saving Australia’s biodiversity is getting personal

Powered by individual donations and bequests, the country now has one of the world’s largest networks of privately protected and managed land

by James Norman, Fri 17 Apr 2026

Excerpt: "Over three decades later, #BushHeritage today owns and protects 45 bought or gifted bush reserves around #Australia – covering more than 1.4m hectares of land and providing habitat for over 9,000 native species. Working with #FirstNations communities and farmers, it supports the management of an additional 20.5m hectares beyond what it owns directly.

" 'Some of Australia’s most threatened and fragile #ecosystems and #wildlife sit outside of the national reserve system,' says Rachel Lowry, Bush Heritage Australia’s chief executive officer.

" 'They’re found on private land or pastoral country, and they may have deep cultural and ecological values, but they’re not protected from threats such as #LandClearing, #mining or #InvasiveSpecies.'

"The organisation reports a rise in the number of personal bequests, from 2,500 in 2022 to more than 4,600 bequests last year. Lowry puts the increase down to a personal desire to have a meaningful impact on the worsening global climate and #biodiversity crisis.

"Bush Heritage’s model has inspired other groups around Australia to acquire and conserve lands and forests of significant ecological value. One such example is the #NorthEastTasmania #LandTrust (#NETLT), which secretary Dr Christine Hosking describes as 'a microcosm of Bush Heritage'.

"Formed in 2009, the organisation manages donated land through weed control and regeneration of the native environment.

" 'Currently, we have 10 acres [4 hectares] of endangered eucalyptus forest in #BinalongBay that adjoins the #BayOfFires #Conservation Area, and a smaller patch of coastal habitat for the endangered swift parrot,' she says."

#SolarPunkSunday #LandConservation #EndangeredSpecies #ClimateCrisis #ProtectTheForest #ProtectTheForests #Regeneration #PreserveNature #Conservationists #IndigenousAustralians #TraditionalLandManagement

#Lahaina Community Land Trust

Land protection & land justice

"Keeping Lahaina Lands in Lahaina Hands. We are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization committed to protect and perpetuate Lahaina, by empowering the Lahaina community to live, engage and prosper while protecting, restoring and caring for its ‘āina and ea."

https://lahainacommunitylandtrust.org/

#NativeHawaiians #LandTrust #LandBack #AffordableHousing #Hawaii #JohnOliver #SolarPunkSunday