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Longcliff Preserve Pollinator Meadow Project Officially Underway 

On Friday, March 27, 2026, the Longcliff Preserve pollinator meadow project officially kicked off.  The three-and-a-half-acre site, centrally located within Longcliff Preserve, was initially cleared in fall 2025 for use as a septic field. Recognizing an opportunity to create additional conservation value, the developer of the Villages at Longcliff, in partnership with the North American Land Trust (NALT), re-envisioned the area as a native […]

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A Quiet Addition to a Lasting Legacy: Sand Hill Loop at Palmetto Bluff

In December 2025, NALT quietly recorded a conservation easement on 12 acres known as the Sand Hill Loop at Palmetto Bluff in Bluffton. Although modest in size, this tract represents a much larger conservation story—one rooted in a progressive development vision and a 25-year commitment to protecting the natural character of the Lowcountry. From the outset, NALT has

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Last undeveloped woods, “Whitman Woods,” permanently conserved as Laurel Lake Preserve

A long and winding conservation effort has been realized. On January 16, 2026, South Jersey Land & Water Trust finalized the permanent preservation of the woodland along Laurel Lake where Walt Whitman once found inspiration, and where generations of local families have spent time exploring the timeworn trails and shoreline. Protecting the Laurel Springs, New

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Small Acreage at Shy’s Hill has large impact for Conservation in Tennessee

Authored by Laura Sylvester  Conversations around land conservation often, inevitably, wander their way into statistics at some point, with total conserved acreage usually at the top of the statistics pile.  The numbers can be dizzying at times, making it easy to equate impact with total acres.    North American Land Trust (NALT) knows all too well that sometimes, small projects with fewer acres can hold incredible historic and natural

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Two individuals walking Colonial Trail at Brinton Run Preserve with an open meadow in the distance

North American Land Trust Announces New Pet Policy at Brinton Run Preserve

Leashed Dogs Now Welcome on Preserve Trails Chadds Ford, PA — December 18, 2025 — North American Land Trust (NALT) is pleased to announce a significant and long-awaited update to its public use policies at Brinton Run Preserve: beginning this month, leashed dogs will now be permitted on all preserve trails. This marks the first

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North American Land Trust acquires historic Joseph Davis Tract protecting it as a new public preserve

CHADDS FORD, PA – North American Land Trust (NALT) today announced that it has finalized its acquisition of the 16-acre historic Joseph Davis Tract, a property of exceptional historic and cultural significance located in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. Situated within the Brandywine Battlefield National Historic Landmark, the property once was the home and art studio of renowned

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