Talking Stones
Keep up with the work of NLC with our blog posts on efforts to conserve, preserve and restore land.
great blue neighbors
As I rounded the corner beyond the condos, I found myself in a section of the river where there was no sign of the modern world. No cars or houses, docks or boats, and I imagine this is the world my ancestors would have seen. Pristine wilderness, the water lapping softly at the side of my canoe and the cattail, bulrush, and phragmite bending, gently in the breeze.
Tall Turtle
The discovery of an ancient network of stones aligned to lunar cycles including a large monument resembling a turtle led a Western Massachusetts woman to rescue the land to preserve the remarkable work done by the original people of the land.
“They were placed there with intention, with deliberation, wisdom, pragmatism, prayer and ceremony that is beyond my comprehension and experience,” she said Sarah Kohler who gifted the 7 acre parcel to the Native Land Conservancy.
Tribal friends visit dennis conservation lands
In May a group of NLC tribal friends toured some of the 440 acres of property held by the Dennis Conservation Land Trust. The Native Land Conservancy holds Cultural Respect Easements on all of the DCLT lands.
Cape cod as it once was…
The toddler Jacki Rivero leaning into the cranberry box in Simpkins Bog. Granddaddy Jerome DiTiberio looks down on her smiling.
Iconic Aquinnah Cliffs land and restaurant rescued
When the Aquinnah Shop Restaurant went on the market in June for $3.5 million hearts in the Aquinnah Wampanoag community sank fearing they could never raise enough money to save the sacred land on the crest of the iconic Gay Head Cliffs.
Annual meeting celebrates growth
The atmosphere in the Camp Hayward dining hall was undeniably indigenous last October 20th prompting one guest to remark, “I have never experienced an annual meeting quite like this before,” saying it was certainly not your typical land conservation assembly.
Maskoke partnership sparks a national outlook
Why does conservation matter and what can we do about it? NLC speaks to people who care about the preservation of our environment for all living things and investigates the issues that will help advance efforts to protect and restore the earth.
Easements Renew the Spirit of the Land
For the Dennis Conservation Land Trust (DCLT), it was not enough to simply preserve more than 440 acres of land, it was also important to renew the spirit of the land by welcoming the original inhabitants there for cultural practices.
Restoring the land to her original caretakers as an ultimate gift
Two Cape Cod men made the generous decision to donate their property including homes to NLC. Both had one thing in common, the idea that the land their homes were built upon was never really theirs to begin with.
Strengthened through community
The Native Land Conservancy (NLC) has been increasingly fortunate to grow in donations, land holdings but also in human resources that have widened our circle and enabled us to make sound decisions about our future.