The Trust for Public Land - 2011 Press Releases
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From October 1 through 4, Chicago community members, stakeholders, and residents will be invited to help begin to create the framework plan for the new Bloomingdale Trail, Chicago's first elevated, multi-use linear park and bike trail. read more »
The Trust for Public Land today announced it has donated 22 acres of land to expand the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. The land, worth $1.45 million and located at the foot of the historic Rogers Bridge in Johns Creek, protects more than 850 feet of the Chattahoochee and will be the future anchor for National Park Service trails and green space. read more »
The protection of a locally popular swimming hole and a network of hiking trails was celebrated Friday by The Trust for Public Land and residents of the central California coastal community of Atascadero. read more »
An historic 60-acre property at the confluence of the Delaware River and Broad Dyke Canal has been conserved as a new public natural area for the City of New Castle, Delaware, The Trust for Public Land and the city announced today. read more »
The Trust for Public Land today announced it has joined forces with CBS's EcoMedia to provide advertisers participating in EcoMedia's EcoAd program with the ability to support critical conservation and park projects that remain underfunded. read more »
First Selectman Fillmore McPherson signed a conservation easement to permanently protect 20.6 acres of the former Griswold Airport land from development. The legal document helps ensure the most ecologically sensitive land along the Hammonasett River, salt marshes, and coastal grassland will be conserved, and allows for passive recreation, such as hiking and birdviewing. read more »
In a report released today, 60 organizations urged lawmakers to help meet New England's economic challenges by investing in the region's forests, and outlined six critical federal policy opportunities to conserve New England's forests for economic and environmental benefit. read more »
A cattle ranch slated for being chopped into 20-acre lots will instead be protected and added to the Dixie National Forest, The Trust for Public Land announced today. read more »
In advance of an upcoming vote on the town's acquisition of the 301-acre Darrow property, the public is invited to see the land on Saturday, August 13, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. The area is a beautiful mix of forest, trails, and open fields with outstanding views of Darrow Pond. read more »
Today Governor Chris Christie signed into law three appropriations bills for the Green Acres Program. These bills had passed the Senate and Assembly earlier this summer with unanimous bi-partisan support and they will continue New Jersey's tremendous legacy of preserving open space. read more »
The Trust for Public Land announces the opening of the new Rock of Ages Trail, located about 15 miles southwest of Telluride, Colorado. Opening this 3.7-mile hiking trail concludes a seven-year effort by the Forest Service and other organizations to restore public access to Wilson Peak, a popular "fourteener" in the Lizard Head Wilderness. read more »
New Hampshire's conservation, forestry, and outdoor leaders today praised U.S Representative Charlie Bass (R-2) for offering a bipartisan amendment to restore much needed conservation funding to the federal budget. read more »
A large undeveloped property along the pristine Mattawoman Creek has been protected from development outside Washington D.C., The Trust for Public Land, and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced today. read more »
The public has weighed in and nominated environmental heroes who volunteer to ensure a greener San Diego. The Cox Conserves Heroes awards program, sponsored by Think Blue San Diego, the City of San Diego's storm water pollution prevention program, has named three youth and three adult finalists for the awards. read more »
The popular Camp Conowingo in Cecil County, Maryland, has been permanently protected, The Trust for Public Land, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, and the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland announced today. The Trust for Public Land facilitated the State's purchase of a conservation easement over approximately 577 acres of the camp, restricting future uses on the site to protect the property's standing forests and Conowingo Creek, a Susquehanna River tributary. read more »
