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Recounts some of the major triumphs of the Nature Conservancy and its members since its founding in 1951 by a group of scientists and conservationists. Protection of millions of acres throughout the United States, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean; Land management techniques which include buying and re-selling to non-developers.

The article states that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's Forest Rangers and Environmental Conservation Officers (ECOs) are at the forefront of implementing the department's mission to protect wildlife and conserve natural resources. Forest Rangers and ECOs provide the first line of defense in safeguarding our environment and assisting people in the outdoors.

Focuses on the assistance given by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to land managers in the management and surveys of seabeach amaranth in Long Island, New York during the 2003 growing season. Instruction on survey protocol; Participation in data collection; Installation of fencing to mark the plants.

Reports on the organization of two workshops about the bog turtle by the New York Field Office and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in May and June 2003. Aim to increase coordination among state and federal agencies within the New York range of the species; Presentation of bog turtle biology and recovery.

Reports that the Service's Long Island, New York, Field Office worked with a number of partners to protect approximately 40 miles of coastal habitat along the north and south shores of Long Island for breeding piping plovers and their chicks. Inclusion of federal, state, and local governmental agencies as well as non-governmental organization in the partnership; Support by the service of a number of the New York-New Jersey recovery population program of the species; List of efforts taken to protect piping plovers.