Maybe you’re an avid environmentalist with an eye to the conservation of native habitats. Maybe you’re chemical conscious and can’t imagine contributing to the 827,060 gallons of carcinogenic fluids ...
It’s a sunny February day as Cathie Murray walks up a trail in Fayette, Maine, snow crunching beneath her boots. She comes upon a grove of tall cathedral pines and oak trees. It’s silent except for ...
A blue cardboard casket sits in the sun, balancing on three wooden slats above its final resting place. Pink rose petals and tufts of golden prairie grass lay on top, gently fluttering in the breeze, ...
The top of Baldwin Hill in Fayette looks like hundreds, probably thousands, of similar hills across Maine. Ancient stone walls crisscross through second-growth stands of trees, the thick forest ...
Thirty-five students and professionals from around the Hawaiian Islands and the Pacific Rim gathered June 1 at Kalaupapa National Historical Park to learn the art of cemetery preservation. This 10-day ...
Aug. 21—The Manchester Conservation Commission will hold its second "Conservation Walk" at Valley Cemetery in downtown Manchester on August 26 from 10 a.m. to noon. Bounded by Willow, Valley, Pine and ...
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – The Norfolk Society for Cemetery Conservation is hosting their “From Here to Eternity” 5k Race is this weekend. It’s designed to help raise money for the Norfolk Society for ...
SCANDIA, Minn. — Minnesota's first memorial forest has been quietly gaining popularity as an anti-cemetery for more than a year now. Instead of buying a burial plot, the forest sells trees that come ...
DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — A Dauphin County cemetery is getting cleaned up as young adults learn new skills. Members of the Pennsylvania Conservation Corps began restoration work at a cemetery in ...