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Rinta Family Cranberry Farm receives 2020 Leopold Conservation Award

Dec. 11, 2020

PLYMOUTH — Cape Cod Cranberry Growers’ Association member Linda Rinta and the Rinta Family Farm of West Wareham have been selected by the Sand County Foundation as the recipient of the 2020…

Courier-Sentinal

Cape Cod Cranberry Growers’ Assoc. member Linda Rinta wins conservation award

Dec. 11, 2020

WAREHAM – Cape Cod Cranberry Growers’ Association member Linda Rinta and the Rinta Family Farm of West Wareham have been selected by the Sand County Foundation as the recipient of the 2020…

The Washington Post

The Energy 202: Two GOP senators back tree planting as answer to climate change

Dec. 9, 2020

Planting more trees. This is officially the hot new solution to climate change that Republicans are rallying around. Indiana’s two Republican senators, Mike Braun and Todd Young, are both backing…

Reuters

Big carbon? Oil majors turn to nature to help plug revenue gap

Dec. 9, 2020

LONDON (Reuters) – Oil companies such as BP and Shell are nurturing nature as a future revenue stream, betting on an expected rise in carbon credit prices as their fossil fuel profits ebb. BP…

The Real Estate Bar Association for Massachusetts

The Pooled Timber Income Fund: A New Conservation and Estate Planning Tool

Dec. 2, 2020

The New England Forestry Foundation has created a new vehicle for land conservation called the Pooled Timber Income Fund (PTIF).  The PTIF offers landowners the opportunity to permanently protect…

Bisnow Boston

With ‘Really Remarkable’ Speed, Mass Timber Construction Has Caught On In Boston

Nov. 24, 2020

Developers in Boston are vying for their projects to be the city’s premier showcase of mass timber construction, an increasingly popular building style that eschews steel for highly compacted…

Courier-Sentinal

Wareham’s Linda Rinta receives New England Leopold Conservation Award

Nov. 20, 2020

WAREHAM – Linda Rinta and the Rinta Family Farm of West Wareham have been selected as the recipient of the 2020 New England Leopold Conservation Award®. Given in honor of renowned…

Press Release

Linda Rinta and Rinta Family Farm Receive New England Leopold Conservation Award

Nov. 20, 2020

WEST WAREHAM, Mass. – Linda Rinta and the Rinta Family Farm of West Wareham, Massachusetts have been selected as the recipient of the 2020 New England Leopold Conservation Award®. Given in honor…

The Ellsworth American

Wind developer donates forestland for songbirds

Nov. 8, 2020

ELLSWORTH — Two Downeast forestland properties totaling 5,700 acres have been added to the New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF) network of free and public community forests. NEFF’s 2,690-acre…

Press Release

NEFF Protects 5,700 Downeast Maine Acres For Wildlife, Timber and Public Use

Oct. 29, 2020

Two forestlands will join New England Forestry Foundation’s network of 150 Community Forests Two Downeast Maine forestland properties totaling 5,700 acres have been added to the New England…

The Lincoln County News

On the Trail in Lincoln County

Sep. 23, 2020

The West Woods Trails are part of the Wiscasset Community Trails system. West Woods Trails start in the 83-acre Sortwell Memorial Forest, which is owned by the New England Forestry Foundation. The…

Wicked Local Kingston

Wildlands Trust has the region covered

Sep. 4, 2020

While doors closed and gates shut during the height of COVID-19’s sweep across the state, one nonprofit remained opened for the duration, quietly ushering the weary into the woodlands and open…