Dead Branch Brook in Massachusetts, thrives with freshwater life. Brook trout and Atlantic salmon, turtles and salamanders forage and travel in and alongside the streambed.

Stretching for miles across two countries, the Northern Appalachian/Acadian ecoregion provides habitat for hundreds of species and jobs for the communities that depend on its forests.

OSI leads the way in completing the first transaction using funds from the Clean Water and Open Space Protection Bond Act that New Paltz, NY voters approved three years ago.