What is the effect on land preservation of the recession and the difficulty towns are having balancing their budgets? One answer can be found in Harrison, where the town wants to sell 14 undeveloped acres it owns to raise cash.

Bernards, New Jersey, has voted to buy a conservation easement that includes public access for $5 million.

The Regional Plan Association released a report yesterday with recommendations for ways to make six communities in Westchester County and Connecticut more livable.

We're big turtle fans here at Westchester Land Trust -- we have spotted, box, wood, musk, painted and snapping on land we've protected, and we spent weeks a few years ago trying to find bog turtles in a fen we thought a likely spot.