In June 2010, The Trust for Public Land purchased a large section of land on the edge of Crested Butte that had been owned by the local family since 1905. The conservation transaction was the largest in the town's history.
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For generations, the private timberlands of Minnesota's Northwoods have supported jobs, provided wildlife habitat and clean water, offered recreation to local residents, and attracted millions of visitors each year. But as rising land values make land more valuable as real estate than timberland, land is being broken up and sold for second-home development.
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La Salle Lake is Minnesota's second-deepest lake. In October 2011, The Trust for Public Land helped conserve 1,000 acres surrounding the lake, creating connections between existing public lands.
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TPL worked with the state and local partners to secure funding that ensures the permanent protection of Lester Lake in Minnesota's North Woods.
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The serenity of this pristine mountain lake captured the attention of Charles Lindbergh after his famous solo trans-Atlantic flight of 1927. Just 60 miles from Missoula to the south and Glacier National Park to the north, Lindbergh Lake offers visitors awe-inspiring views of the Mission and Swan Mountain Ranges.
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In March 2005, TPL helped add a crucial segment to the trail: more than a half mile of abandoned rail corridor that connects the Little Rock Millennium Trail to downtown Little Rock's historic Riverfront Park and the dramatic new Clinton Presidential Center and Park.
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The Trust for Public Land and our partners worked for over two years removing abandoned structures, hazardous materials, and trash from the longest stretch of barrier beach in Connecticut.
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For years volunteers in Minnesota's Scientific Natural Area program hoped to see this 120-acre "botanist's delight" in Washington County protected.
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Located on Kaua`i's north shore, just past the community of Hanalei, Lumaha`i has long been the image of a Hawaiian paradise depicted in postcards, photographs, and movies.
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This farmstead in Johnson County is the only known stagecoach stop along the Santa Fe National Historic Trail that is open to the public.
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