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Farmland worth saving (photo essay)

June 24, 2009

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

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agriculture, conservation, farmland, maryland, openspace, preservation, smartgrowth

  These wonderful photographs of Frederick County, Maryland, are all by my friend Kai Hagen, writer, photographer, conservationist, entrepeneur, and County Commissioner.  Kai is concerned that development is sprawling out onto prime soils even while there are ample sites within...continued

Conservation did well on election day, too

November 13, 2008

Posted by Kaid Benfield in Living Sustainably , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , U.S. Law and Policy

Tags:
ballotinitiative, cityparks, landconservation, openspace, referendum

  Earlier in the week, I reported on the success of various transit measures in referenda around the country on November 4.  According to our friends on the Trust for Public Land's excellent City Parks Blog, it was also a...continued

Kaid Benfield
Kaid Benfield
Director, Smart Growth Program
Washington, DC
Co-founder, LEED for Neighborhood Development rating system; co-founder, Smart Growth America coalition; author, Once There...
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