The Kinsey family bought a stretch of California countryside in 1914 that would eventually become a 6,625-acre working cattle ranch. After more than a century, the family has taken steps to ensure the...
More than 120 acres of historic farmland and nearby woodland in Essex, Massachusetts, have been permanently protected from commercial housing development after a major conservation deal was completed ...
Volunteers at a protected Cape Cod nesting site found a rare diamondback terrapin hatchling with two heads (Image Credit: New England Wildlife Center) A tiny diamondback terrapin has become an unexpec...
In 1995, five years after the actor’s passing, the McCrea family decided to donate around 300 acres of their land to turn it into a public preservation property and to stop the commercial landsc...
After spending most of his life on the same Pennsylvania farm, dairy farmer Jeff Biddle has chosen to protect it from development, even after receiving two lucrative offers from potential buyers. The ...
In 2003, Sean and Melodye Rooney bought Montana land; 23 years later, their 57 acres were protected (Image Credit: Flathead Land Trust) A piece of Montana land that the Rooney family has called home f...
In 1994, Jack Nicholson donated 60 acres of property to conserve the green stretches near Mudholland Drive.Image credit (Instagram) Veteran icon Jack Nicholson, who is best known for his work in ‘The...
The largest remaining intact part of an 1843 Mexican land grant in California’s Cuyama Valley has been permanently protected from future commercial development after a successful grassroots cons...
In 1954, a Maryland family bought 62 acres of tired farmland and chose not to force it back into production. Instead, the property was given time to recover, allowing fields, woods, wetlands and wildl...
Paul Newmen donated 7 acres of his land to Westpoint to build a nature preserve. (Instagram) Over the years, many celebrities have invested their time and funds to support the causes they believe in. ...