Landcare
America
                 
Communities         Partnerships  

Projects

        
                                                             
Welcome to the temporary site for Landcare America.

The purpose of this website is to share information about the landcare efforts and practices that are emerging in North America.  The scope of this particular site is rather limited at this point, but will be expanded as the movement develops further.  For a more complete description of landcare, visit www.landcarecentral.org

          
                                                             

Community Landcare Groups
                                     

Community landcare is the locally-led and place-based efforts taking place on the ground to improve communities, economies, and the environment. Through cooperation and coordination, landcare communities advance their interests more effectively than if neighbors and community members act independently.  Landcare communities are grassroots, locally led efforts. They generally have an interest in democratic participation and promoting social justice, ensuring that economic and environmental opportunities are fair and equitable.

          
                                                             
       

Canada
                                                   
                                                             
                                                     
         

Land Care Niagra
Niagra, Ontario

                                  
                                                     
                                                             
       

United States
                                               
                                                             
     

               

Grayson LandCare
Grayson County, Virginia

Montreat Landcare
Montreat, North Carolina
     

Catawba Landcare
Catawba Valley, Virginia

        

Philadelphia Green
Community LandCare

  
                                                             

Landcare Partnerships
                                       

Landcare partnerships form to include landowners, NGOs, businesses, government agencies, community leaders, and other interested stakeholders. Landcare is successful when it is locally-led and state supported.

          
 

Landcare partners in the United States

  National Agencies:

  State Agencies:

  • Virginia Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries

  • VA Dept. of Conservation and Recreation

  • VA Dept. of Environmental Quality

  • VA Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services

  • VA Outdoors Foundation

  • VA Tourism Corporation

  • VA Cooperative Extension Services

  • Virginia Tech

  Local Agencies:

  • Soil and Water Conservation District offices

  • Virginia Farm Bureau

  • New River District Planning Commission

  • Land-of-Sky Regional Council

  NGO

 
 

Landcare partners in Canada

  National Agencies:

  • Environment Canada Habitat Stewardship Program

  • Katimavik

  State Agencies: 

  • Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources – Canada Ontario Agreement and the Community Fish and Wildlife Improvement Program; Species at Risk Stewardship program

  • Niagara Parks Commission

  Regional/ Local Agencies:

  • Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority

  • Regional Municipality of Niagara

  • City of Welland

  • Windmill Point Park

  • Niagara Regional Police

  NGO:

  • Ontario Tree Foundation

  • Ontario Trillium Foundaiton

  • TD Canada Trust - Friends of the Environment

  • Haldimand and Area Woodlot Owners Association

  Business/ Private:

  • Ontario Power Generation

  • St. Johns Center

  • Robert Land Academy

  • Meridian Credit Union

 
           
                                                             

Landcare Projects
                                           
  To find out what different landcare projects are going on, you can contact any of the groups through their website, or you can visit the Landcare America PlaceStories project to hear and share Landcare stories from your community and around the world.

 

 

Join the conversation about landcare in your community and around the world by joining the online Landcare Central Network .