The Pennsylvania Environmental Council is pleased to announce the launch of Sharing Stewardship, a website designed to help land conservation organizations assess the effectiveness of the land protection efforts.

There is a growing awareness in the land conservation community that permanence of land conservation rests, not with acquisition of lands, but with what follows acquisition: the dedication of organizations to maintain long-term stewardship of protected lands.

Over the past five years, the Pennsylvania Environmental Council has been working with land trusts in Western Pennsylvania to promote community-driven conservation, ensure better stewardship strategies, and support sustained protection of natural resources.

Through these partnerships, PEC has created a set of assessment tools and documents which have become the basis of the Sharing Stewardship website.

In addition to making the tools available, there is also an interactive Forum on the website that allows for discussion of related issues.

Visit the Sharing Stewardship website for more information.

1/27/2006