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Painter’s Folly: Protecting a Chadds Ford Landmark for Generations to Come

authored by NALT President Steven Carter Along Baltimore Pike in the heart of Chadds Ford sits a property that tells several chapters of the Brandywine...

Grassland meadow and forest with yellow and white flowers

Stewardship on the Road: Caring for Conserved Lands, One Visit at a Time

authored by Wyatt Moyer At North American Land Trust (NALT), conservation doesn’t end when a Conservation Easement is recorded. Rather, that moment marks the beginning...

Monarch Blitz a Success at Brinton Run Preserve, Two Years in a Row.

authored by Chloe Wolfe, NALT Preserve Staff The North American Land Trust partnered with the Monarch Joint Venture to collect and submit data for the...

Learning beyond the classroom: outdoor Education Soars at Coastal High School

In 2023, Coastal High School, a small charter school in Myrtle Beach, set out to find a new home. The school identified four acres suitable...

From One Brick Grows a Legacy: Introducing 1755 Preserve

authored by Laura Sylvester In the spring of 2025, North American Land Trust (NALT) acquired sixteen acres of land located in the heart of Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania with the...

There’s Still One Undeveloped Spot Left in the Myrtle Beach Coastline — And It’s Protected by NALT

Myrtle Beach is a beloved coastal destination, drawing families from across the country for its high energy beach offerings. The “Grand Strand” is defined by...

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 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...

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...

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...

Conserving Land for Cranes

Another Landmark Conservation Success at the Texas Coast We are thrilled to announce that 2,230-acres of land, protected by North American Land Trust (NALT) in...

NALT’s Copano Cove Preserve, Protecting Vital Ecosystems along the Texas Coast, opens to the Public

ROCKPORT, TEXAS – Every spring, millions of raptors, songbirds and shore birds congregate along the Gulf Coast of Texas during their migration journeys from South...