The Trust for Public Land - 2012 Press Releases
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Forest Run Wildlife Preserve Area in Ross Township, southeast of the City of Hamilton, is getting considerably larger, thanks to a conservation purchase by The Trust for Public Land. The 255-acre Timberman Ridge property is being added to the existing 82-acre property located north of New London Road, MetroParks of Butler County and The Trust for Public Land announced today. The combined properties will be known as Forest Run MetroPark. read more »
The final phase of a four-year effort to protect timber land in the northern Sierra Nevada from development has been completed, two conservation organizations and California's largest timber company announced today. read more »
New York’s Environmental Protection Fund supports industries that generate approximately $40 billion annually for the State’s economy and sustain hundreds of thousands of jobs, according to a new analysis released today. read more »
The Amherst H. Wilder Foundation, a nonprofit health and human service agency that provides mental health, education, housing, aging and community programs in the east metro, has reached terms with The Trust for Public Land for its approximate 12-acre property in the Frogtown neighborhood of Saint Paul. read more »
The first $7 million in corporate support has been pledged to build the Bloomingdale in Chicago, The Trust for Public Land announced today. read more »
Today the Trust for Public Land and the USDA Forest Service announced the completion of the transfer of 901 acres of Trust for Public Land owned property within the boundaries of the Oconee National Forest to the Forest Service. read more »
A significant portion of historic Buffalo Hill Farm, the former summer home of Dr. Elliott P. Joslin and Elizabeth D. Joslin, has been permanently conserved for agricultural purposes, The Trust for Public Land and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts announced today. read more »
The Trust for Public Land and Bureau of Land Management today announced the protection of a 123-acre parcel of land on the Pacific Ocean bluffs near Point Arena, at the California Coastal National Monument. read more »
The Trust for Public Land and the Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center announced today that TPL has reached a preliminary agreement to purchase 34 acres known as the Coogan Farm for conservation, recreation, and habitat protection. read more »
Two Readsboro properties have been added to the Green Mountain National Forest and protect 1.4 miles of the Deerfield River, The Trust for Public Land and the United States Forest Service announced today. read more »
A key 4.6 acre property on Keewaydin Island has been purchased and will be permanently protected as part of the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, The Trust for Public Land announced today. read more »
The Trust for Public Land and Bureau of Land Management today announced the protection of 30 acres of land, along with water rights which date to 1718. The land, eight miles southwest of Santa Fe is part of the BLM's La Cienega Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC), a 4,500 acre swath of public land deemed ecologically sensitive and historically significant. read more »
The Trust for Public Land (TPL), in partnership with the Montana Land Reliance (MLR) and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), today announced the permanent protection from development of 1,406 acres of ranchland in the heart of the Madison Valley. read more »
Land for a new town forest has been purchased and conserved for the Town of Albany, N.H., The Trust for Public Land, the State, and the Town announced today. At the junction of two intersecting national scenic byways, the 310 acres of land will remain intact, preserving the views entering the White Mountain National Forest, which attracts more than 6 million visitors annually. read more »
The Trust for Public Land, in partnership with KIRO 7, today launched Western Washington’s fourth annual Cox Conserves Heroes program. read more »
