New Playground Opens at Cleopas R. Johnson Park
04/27/2011A new playground has opened at Cleopas R. Johnson Park near downtown Atlanta with the help of a $100,000 grant from MetLife Foundation. read more »
2011 Press Releases
In Seventeenth Year, Final Barnegat Bay Environmental Grants Awarded
04/25/2011Ten Barnegat Bay watershed projects were awarded grants to promote environmental education, research, and stewardship in the Barnegat Bay and its watershed, The Trust for Public Land announced today. read more »
Conservation Funding Slashed in FY 2011 Budget
04/15/2011Congress approved the Fiscal Year 2011 federal budget on Thursday, significantly cutting funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, the country's premiere federal program for protecting lands for all Americans. read more »
Chris Clifford is Virginia's 2011 Cox Conserves Hero
04/13/2011Cox Communications and TPL announced that Chris Clifford is Virginia's 2011 Cox Conserves Hero. read more »
Support for New Urban Wildlife Refuge in Bernalillo County
04/07/2011The New Mexico State Senate has voiced its support for a plan by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to create a new urban national wildlife refuge along the Rio Grande, just south of downtown Albuquerque. read more »
TPL Supports Initative On National Parks And Health
04/05/2011TPL's President Will Rogers appeared at a National Park Service-sponsored meeting to strengthen the connection between parks, public lands, and health, and called the conference a good start to providing more places for Americans to get outdoors. read more »
Charles County Property Conserved for New Nature Park
04/04/2011TPL helped protect over 200 acres in Pomfret, Maryland, that will be the site of a new park. read more »
New Denver Park Acquisition Finalized
03/30/2011The Denver Parks and Recreation Department working in partnership with TPL and Great Outdoors Colorado purchased a 2-acre property along the South Platte River Greenway in downtown Denver. read more »
Worcester County Property along Ayers Creek Conserved
03/23/2011The Trust for Public Land has conserved a large, forested wetlands property along a half-mile of Ayers Creek, the conservation group, Worcester County, and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced today. The property is within the 4,000-acre Holly Grove Swamp area, and will be the first large wooded area available for public access in northern Worcester County and a priority for local conservation efforts. read more »
St. Johns River Land Protected for Park
03/21/2011A 25-acre parcel of land on the historic St. Johns River in Georgetown was sold to Putnam County and will be permanently protected as a park. read more »
Coastal Property Added To Lapakahi State Historical Park
03/18/2011The State of Hawai'i, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of State Parks announced the addition of 17 shoreline acres to Lapakahi State Historical Park in North Kohala on the Island of Hawai'i, located in an area traditionally known as Nu'uanu. read more »
New Report Proves Parks Pay in Seattle
03/18/2011Parks in Seattle add more than $500 million in value to the city and its residents, according to a study released by The Trust for Public Land. read more »
Blossom Music Center Land Will Be Added to Cuyahoga Valley NP
03/16/2011Nearly one-third of the property of the popular Blossom Music Center, situated outside both Akron and Cleveland and entirely within the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, has been conserved as an addition to the National Park. read more »
Study Shows How City Parks Can Help Improve Health
03/16/2011American cities can take a variety of steps to make their city parks more attractive to local residents, and those actions could help people be healthier, according to a report released today by The Trust For Public Land. read more »
Significant Portion of Windham's Clark Farm Protected
03/15/2011TPL has been working with Maine Farmland Trust and the local Windham Land Trust to conserve Clark Farm since 2008, and has secured funding to purchase 217 acres of the farm. read more »
