Conservation Land Trust

When he and Kris had their fateful meeting in Argentina, Tompkins was still splitting his time between California, where he had just formed the Foundation for Deep Ecology, and Patagonia, where he was in the thick of his first phase of land acquisitions, for which he formed another nonprofit entity, the Conservation Land Trust. 

Figure ISJ. A conceptual illustration of the ecological impacts of acid deposition to protected tireas in the Adirondacks, Cotiservation organizations and the general public have inve.sted millions of dollars for over a ceatur) to conserve these areas. (Coiirte,sy of the Adirondack Nature Conseri tiucy and Adirondack Land Trust -photograph by Sill Brown eoncepteal diagi-am by Jerry Jenkins)...

Land, acquisition can be an important part of a managed retreat plan. Land in the public trust— through federal, state, and local ownership— serves the public well in conservation, recreation, and tourism, providing public access to the shore, preserving aesthetics, and protect-... 

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