The Oak Ridges Moraine Land Trust (ORMLT) is a Canadian charitable non-profit organization founded in 1999. Its mandate is to acquire land on the Oak Ridges Moraine to protect it from development, typically through land donations or conservation easements. As of November 2008, it has secured over 3000 acres (12.2 km²) of land.
Famous quotes containing the words oak, land and/or trust:
“Where he swings in the wind and rain,
In the sun and in the snow,
Without pleasure, without pain,
On the dead oak tree bough.”
—Edward Thomas (1878–1917)
“The land of joy, the lovely glades of the fortunate woods and the home of the blest.”
—Virgil [Publius Vergilius Maro] (70–19 B.C.)
“We are all selfish & I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)