Why Conserve

The Long Green Land Trust is celebrating its 26th year. As neighbors in the Long Green Valley, we live here because we value farms, open space, wildlife habitats, and a life-style that supports these things. We are a mixture of farmers, horsemen, shepherds, vineyard growers, tree nursery growers, outdoor enthusiasts, artists, small businessmen, birders, and other who like the views of open skies over rolling fields and clear water in local springs. There is an awareness of the seasonal rhythms; a thrill on the first day of tilling in the spring, the long hours of baling hay in the summer and the harvests in the fall, often rushing to beat the first hard frost. The LGLT works with like-minded others to preserve this way of life by putting land in conservation. This maintains what we have and allows us to pass on the land to the next generation.