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[Guest Story] Watching the Backyard
A backyard habitat member shares his joy of restoring habitat as a retired ecologist struggling with a recent illness, and the power gardens can have on young minds.
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Planting Zen Volunteer Day
Roll up your sleeves alongside the Land Trust's Emerging Leaders Council at NE Portland's Dharma Rain Zen Center for a day of backyard habitat restoration.
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Backyard Continued
The Backyard Habitat Certification Program announces its expansion into more area of Clackamas County.
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An Earth Day Interview with Author Florence Williams
In honor of Earth Day 2018, we caught up with the author of "The Nature Fix" to talk about how the outdoors can improve our mental health and make us better people.
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Backyard Confidential
Notes from inside the backyard habitat certification process
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Fieldbook Crawls Out for Spring
Our first edition of our 2018 Fieldbook magazine is now out!
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Hear the Cranes Come
A farming experiment is benefiting endangered sandhill cranes and could establish new research for crane conservation in the Northwest.
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Weathering the Storm
Climate resilience guides the Land Trust’s conservation agenda.
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