What is Conservation Burial?
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Conservation burial is natural burial on land protected forever by a partnership with a conservation organization or land trust. These partnering organizations may or may not be involved with the day-to-day operations of the burial ground.
Conservation burial grounds operate from a true land-first ethic, making decisions based on what is best for the land. They must have a management plan that upholds conservation best practices and protects the land in perpetuity, with a conservation easement or deed restriction.
A conservation burial ground is a site of healing for both the land and the people who gather there. Choosing conservation burial is a powerful way to leave a legacy for future generations. As Billy Campbell, founder of the country’s first conservation burial ground, says, “A fitting monument to a life well lived isn’t an inert headstone devoted to one’s memory, it’s more good earth.”
Learn more about conservation burial at the Conservation Burial Alliance website.
Courtesy of our friends at the Conservation Burial Alliance
Prescribed fire is one strategy used to reduce the spread of invasive species on the prairie. Along with other land management strategies, fire allows native species to re-establish and thrive. Our friends at Foxfield Preserve, a conservation burial area in Wilmot, OH, show us why it’s important to burn prairies..
Banner image at top of page used with kind permission of Foxfield Preserve, Wilmot, OH.