Northwest Washington State
Bellingham, WA
Given humanity’s penchant for exploiting the environment, Mother Nature needs a hand to protect it from further human encroachment and give its wounds a chance to heal. (Now there is an understatement!)
One mechanism to help our dear Mother is through local land trusts that secure plots of land so as to reclaim, nurture, maintain and protect them from further human incursion. There are many types of land trusts, some centered on making affordable urban housing available and others on maintaining and preserving farm lands, forests, watersheds and natural habitats. The land trust that I work with is the latter type - Whatcom Land Trust. Its stated mission is to:
To preserve and protect wildlife habitat, scenic, agricultural and open space lands in Whatcom County for future generations by securing interests in land and promoting land stewardship.