ANTH 316 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Land Trust Alliance, American Farmland Trust, Genesee River
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All about protecting a certain kind or kinds of land. Private/publicly supported charity, not a governmental organization but affected by federal laws naturally. Initial inquiry (someone died, left land to a larger group, which decided it was worth conserving but small so gave to regional group, offered it up basically) 87 land trusts in new york state. Land trust alliance between them all, an umbrella group which supports them all across the country. New york service center, like lta but statewide rather than national. State lobby efforts that smaller groups can"t do within the state. Used to be all volunteer based and focused on geneseo when founded. Now 17,000 acres across the region with five official staff members looking at. Significant natural areas (ones with endangered or rare combos of species or species alone) Undisturbed natural areas (areas that are intact and maybe not with rare species but still should remain undisturbed, may have cultural value)
