We are so proud to share the good news that we’ve concluded our 59th land protection agreement, safeguarding another 136.53 acres of land in this unique and important Cacapon watershed. Our landowner partners Hope and Bev Yankey are overjoyed, as…
The Cacapon and Lost Rivers Land Trust is proud to announce Hope and Bev Yankey of Wilding Woolly Farm as the 2025 Cacapon Conservation Champions, honoring their 45-year commitment to exemplary land stewardship, watershed protection, and community leadership in the…
Shortly after Ralph Spaid inherited a beautiful, secluded farm known as “Little Egypt” from his Uncle Winifred Orndorff, he made a trip into town to meet with the lawyer. Ralph says he knew something was up when the fellow addressed him as Mister Spaid.
Farm owner Hope Yankey is surrounded by one-and-a-half year old trees, protected by white tree tubes, in this “re-wilding” area on Wilding Woolly Farm. Areas of the farm are being reforested to help protect water quality in the Lost River…
My family came in here two hundred years ago, and I grew up here. My daddy used to take me up here on the hill and point out which pieces of property that my ancestors had gotten their hands on…
