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To Prevent Illegal Dumping, You Have to Know the Scale of the Problem

Center for Community Progress

Involving residents and community groups already involved in vacant land stewardship helps lower costs and strengthens neighborhood engagement. A 2021 pilot study focused on a handful of chronic dumping sites where researchers tested low-cost interventions like boulder barriers, artwork, seating, lighting, and trail cameras.

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What’s the deal with rural land banks? A Q&A with West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation Executive Director Taylor Bennett

Center for Community Progress

We spoke with Taylor Bennett , Executive Director of the West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation (WVLSC). Bennett has served as the Executive Director of WVLSC since 2021. A Q&A with West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation Executive Director Taylor Bennett appeared first on Center for Community Progress.

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Scientists in Parks Internship Program - Natural Resource Stewardship

iGrantWriters

Deadline to Apply October 01, 2021

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State of Land Banking: 2023 Survey Highlights 

Center for Community Progress

The State of Land Banking survey, first conducted in 2021, serves as an opportunity for the land banking field to tell its story with comprehensive data. As was reported in 2021, residents and local institutions are still the most frequent recipients of land bank properties. This post highlights some of the key findings and analysis.

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How to avoid and recover from cyber and ransomware attacks

Open Access Government - Technology News

In 2021 there was a joint advisory from the NCSC and its international partners on this increased global threat. In its 2022 annual review, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) advised that over the past 12 months, businesses and organisations in the UK reported hundreds of cyber incidents, many of which were ransomware attacks.

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Revisiting the Community Land Trust: An Academic Literature Review

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Housing is the highest monthly bill typical Americans face, reaching an average of $1674 a month in 2021. Over 225 CLTs have developed since their inception in the 1960s (Grounded Solutions Network 2021), and fifteen states have some version of a positive law supporting CLT formation and affirming CLT legality in their state (Decker 2018).

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CFP: CJAL Special Issue: Libraries and/as Extraction

A Library Writer's Blog

Nicole has been adjunct faculty with the UArizona iSchool since 2015, and as of 2021 is working toward a PhD in the same program. or, the University of Michigan has a vast Filipino collection due to U.S. She is also the elected ACRL Instruction Section Chair for 2023-24.