The nature of land trusts is interesting in itself– when you are in the depths of nature here, among deciduous forests and gorges, you rarely ever associate what you’re seeing with business. Yet, as we discovered last Wednesday, nature and the land itself is indeed closely tied to business. Andy Zepp told us about the amount of work put into negotiating with land owners and maintaining the land itself in order to preserve the nature around us in Ithaca–a great deal, in fact. So next time you hike the trails and gorges here in Ithaca, don’t just appreciate the beauty of the nature, appreciate the business behind it as well.