What is LandScope America?

LandScope America—a collaborative project of NatureServe and the National Geographic Society—is a new online resource for the land-protection community and the public. By bringing together maps, data, photos, and stories about America’s natural places and open spaces, our goal is to inform and inspire conservation of our lands and waters. 

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LandScope America is a unique collaborative effort of, for, and by the conservation community. Thank you to the hundreds of partners who are already helping. 

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About the Website Beta Version

You’ve arrived at the beta version of our website, released in December 2008. Many more features and functions are coming soon, but we’re ready for you to try it out, comment, and help us improve. Share your thoughts with us! 

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Become a part of the LandScope effort. With your help, together we can sustain America's natural heritage.

Places Worth Saving

The Kennebec Estuary

One of just four shared river deltas in the world, the Kennebec Estuary is home to some of Maine's richest and most significant natural areas, drains nearly one-third of the state, and contains over 20 percent of Maine's tidal marshes. What will it take to preserve the nature of this place?

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Conservation News and Updates

  • CO: It?s now legal to catch a raindrop in Colorado

    Ownership of precipitation was once assigned from the moment it fell in many Western states. Two new laws in Colorado will allow many people to collect rainwater legally.
    New York Times, 28 June 2009

  • WA: King County Council nears vote on protecting 95 green spaces

    Council is debating an amendment to the county charter ? effectively the county?s constitution ? that would create an extra level of protection for 150,000 acres of county-owned lands.
    Sammamish Review, 28 June 2009

  • KS: Contaminated Treece could soon be ghost town

    The century of mining that brought decades of prosperity to a southeast Kansas town is long since over, leaving a legacy of heavy-metal-tainted water and soil and a lunarlike landscape of gray mine waste.
    Wichita Eagle, 28 June 2009

  • WEST: Beetles add new dynamic to forest fire control efforts

    More than seven million acres of U.S. forests have been declared all but dead, victims of tiny bark beetles. Forestry officials admit they do not yet know the impact on fire prediction or assessment.
    New York Times, 27 June 2009

  • CA: Activists hot over senator's stance on oyster farm

    A powerful Senate Democrat is backing an oyster farmer over the National Park Service in a northern California controversy that has environmentalists seething.
    Associated Press, 27 June 2009

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