The best way we can accomplish our mission is with your help!  All successful endeavors have the support of a concerned community...  Living in this beautiful environment, we can’t help but have a great appreciation for the outdoors already.  Think of the boating trips you may take with family and friends down the Severn, or picnics on the shoreline, or bird watching from your back porch. In so many ways we revert back to nature for enjoyment.  All these activities are dependent on the amount of green space in your area.  It is important for many key reasons you may not realize. 

A study by the University of Illinois College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Team shows that more trees encourage people come outside.  The increased interaction between neighbors enables stronger, better relationships to be forged, children to be nurtured, and a sense of community to develop (find out more at http://www.treesatlanta.org/health.html).  Another finding by a Cornell University researcher suggests houses surrounded by nature boost children’s attention capabilities. 

“When children’s cognitive functioning was compared before and after they moved from poor-to-better-quality housing that had more green spaces around, profound differences emerged in their attention capacities even when the effects of the improved housing were taken into account.”    

(Read more at http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/02/1.24.02/green_space.html)

Green space is also pivotal to the success of floral and faunal communities and helps to keep the environment clean and healthy.  Studies by reputable sources have proven again and again that water and air quality improves with greater tree cover.  Animal and plant communities thrive when given space to feed, grow, reproduce, even move!  See our links for more information…

With this compelling evidence, what can you do to ensure your undeveloped land stays green?  Consider preserving it with a conservation easement!