In places like upstate New York where most land is in private hands, protecting the environment will take the efforts of many. View overlooking Fourth Lake in the Adirondack Mountains, July 2013.

Conservation Florida coordinated an effort to purchase development rights on Eagle Haven Ranch in eastern Polk County for $9 million.

One of the most unique and expensive properties ever offered in Texas-the sprawling, private Lake Monticello-is still up for ...

It’s rare for a house to be more memorable from the back than from the front, but for Timothy Gooding’s property on Brooksdale Road in Mentor, the home that went on sale was best known to those ...

PORTAGE, MI — Local governments can take private land for public use under the power of eminent domain as long as it fairly compensates the owner. Portage is doing that, said Alan Ackerman, an ...