Stories from the Field

In 2022, by advocating for and protecting key forests alongside streams for conservation, OSI continued to safeguard the drinking water resources for countless communities along the eastern seaboard.

For OSI, 2022 was a year of record-breaking deals for land protection and transformative improvements around public access to nature. And in every project this year, OSI’s expertise and dogged determination were absolutely critical to success.

OSI's purchase of the Slater property in Jasper County represents the largest conservation investments in South Carolina history, a critical step in protecting the headwaters of the Port Royal Sound.

In 2021, the protection of 12,000 acres in western Maine was very big news. The project highlighted an unusual collaboration among conservation groups, dynamic landowners, and a water utility, and set the stage for similar deals down the line.

New research from OSI and its Delaware River Watershed Initiative partners aims to quantify just how much forest protection is needed to ensure clean water.

Organizations along the eastern seaboard are developing innovative approaches to climate-informed forest stewardship and planning for strategic land protection, thanks in part to grant support from the Land and Climate Grant Program.

Seeing an immense opportunity in Maine for harnessing natural climate solutions, OSI staff are providing one-on-one technical assistance to Land for Maine’s Future, the state’s primary land protection funding program.

In 2022, OSI’s influence could again be felt along the eastern seaboard, touching lives and livelihoods for the better.

In 2022, OSI continued to amass an impressive suite of wins for climate and habitat connectivity in the face of the subdivisions, strip malls, and industrial sites that threaten natural areas in South Carolina and beyond.

For OSI, 2022 was a year of record-breaking deals for land protection and transformative improvements around public access to nature. And in every project this year, OSI’s expertise and dogged determination were absolutely critical to success.

For OSI, 2022 was a year of record-breaking deals for land protection and transformative improvements around public access to nature. And in every project this year, OSI’s expertise and dogged determination were absolutely critical to success.

OSI's purchase of the Slater property in Jasper County represents the largest conservation investments in South Carolina history, a critical step in protecting the headwaters of the Port Royal Sound.

Across the East Coast, OSI uses strategic land protection and conservation planning to protecting and connecting green corridors in some of the region's most densely populated areas.

In 2021, across the east OSI’s efforts to protect land made a real difference to the sensitive, threatened, and endangered species that call these landscapes home.

In 2020, the Land and Water Conservation Fund received a permanent annual $900 million allocation, thanks to the hard work of OSI and its partners.

For OSI, 2022 was a year of record-breaking deals for land protection and transformative improvements around public access to nature. And in every project this year, OSI’s expertise and dogged determination were absolutely critical to success.

For more than ten years, Black Urban Growers (BUGs) has been one the Open Space Institute’s (OSI) most active participants in its Citizen Action program—providing a range of programming to support Black agrarianism in both urban and rural communities

Earlier this month, more than 1,000 representatives from the conservation community gathered in New Orleans for the National Land Conservation Conference, the Land Trust Alliance’s (LTA) annual event.

OSI's purchase of the Slater property in Jasper County represents the largest conservation investments in South Carolina history, a critical step in protecting the headwaters of the Port Royal Sound.

With OSI's instrumental support, a historic greenway in northern New Jersey is one step closer to changing the way that millions live, recreate, commute, and experience the outdoors.

In 2022, OSI expanded on a half-century legacy of helping people of all backgrounds enjoy and access parks and protected lands. This year, the lands we conveyed to state and federal agencies totaled more than 11,000 acres.

For OSI, 2022 was a year of record-breaking deals for land protection and transformative improvements around public access to nature. And in every project this year, OSI’s expertise and dogged determination were absolutely critical to success.

With OSI's instrumental support, a historic greenway in northern New Jersey is one step closer to changing the way that millions live, recreate, commute, and experience the outdoors.

Across the East Coast, OSI uses strategic land protection and conservation planning to protecting and connecting green corridors in some of the region's most densely populated areas.

Before year’s end, OSI anticipates the addition of more than 25,000 acres to state and national parks and forests in Georgia, South Carolina, and New York.