The Trust for Public Land - 2011 Press Releases
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Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts...Timothy Johns, United States Commissioner, Commission for the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean read more »
Survey shows voters see Maine’s environment as the foundation for the state’s economy − at a time when public funding for conservation is reaching historic lows and when Maine is at risk of losing tens of millions of dollars in state and federal conservation funding. read more »
Channel 2 WSB-TV, in partnership with The Trust for Public Land, today launched Atlanta's 2011 Cox Conserves Heroes program, a national awards program to honor and celebrate conservation in everyday life. read more »
The bill proposes drastic cuts to the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) reducing the program by 80% from fiscal year (FY) 2011 levels that were already 30% below the FY 2010 levels. read more »
The Greater New York Councils, Boy Scouts of America (GNYC) is taking steps to permanently protect the William H. Pouch Scout Camp on Staten Island. Upon completion of the project, 94 acres of the property would be preserved and would have a permanent legal blanket of protection from development. read more »
The Trust for Public Land announces two new additions to its Washington State staff: Richard Corff and John Hoey. read more »
The City of Westminster, working in partnership with the Trust for Public Land, Great Outdoors Colorado, and Jefferson County Open Space has succeeded in purchasing 25 acres of open space north of Standley Lake Regional Park. read more »
A 2,920-acre North Country property and popular fishing destination has been permanently protected as an addition to the Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge, The Trust for Public Land, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and Plum Creek Timber Company announced today. read more »
About 100 residents of Maywood, Los Angeles County’s third smallest city, attended a groundbreaking ceremony last week to celebrate the start of construction of Pine Avenue Playground. read more »
After saving scores of community gardens from the auction block, The Trust for Public Land (TPL) has signed over the deeds to 32 of the 69 properties to the Bronx Land Trust and Manhattan Land Trust, the organizations announced today. This fall TPL expects to transfer the remaining gardens to the Brooklyn-Queens Land Trust. To date, TPL has invested more than $4 million in improvements to the 69 gardens, which cover nearly eight acres and are worth more than $7 million. read more »
Congaree National Park has grown by another 434 acres, the last phase of a multi-year addition of 1,840 acres to the park, The Trust for Public Land and the National Park Service announced today. read more »
The Trust for Public Land today praised a bill introduced by Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) that would fully and permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund. read more »
Today P.S. 78 students celebrated the new community playground they helped design in Eastchester. The new playground, created in partnership with Mayor Bloomberg's PlaNYC initiative, will be available to the school's 800 students and to families from the surrounding community. read more »
A group of Westport Island residents have pledged a donation of $20,000 towards a project to acquire a 202 acre parcel on Westport Island, Maine. read more »
The Trust for Public Land has entered into an agreement with the Trustee of the Buttimer Family Trust to acquire approximately 72 acres of the 86-acre Sunnyrock Farm located between North and Fisher Streets in the Town of Walpole. The remainder of the Sunnyrock Farm property on the west side of North Street is already under agreement to be developed into eight luxury homes. read more »
