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Bipartisan Land Protection Provision Dropped From Transportation Bill


The Trust for Public Land (TPL), a national conservation organization, today expressed deep disappointment for the congressional decision to remove a popular provision in the final version of a transportation program reauthorization bill. read more »

Martin Camp Announced as Santa Barbara's 2012 Cox Conserves Hero


Cox Communications and The Trust for Public Land announced Martin Camp as Santa Barbara’s 2012 Cox Conserves Hero. Sponsored locally by Montecito Bank & Trust, Cox Conserves Heroes honors volunteers who are creating, preserving or enhancing outdoor spaces. read more »

Maui County Purchases 64 Acres of Coastal Wetlands


The County of Maui today announced that it purchased more than 64-acres of undeveloped shoreline at Paukūkalo, Wailuku. read more »

The Trust For Public Land Names New Ohio Director


Pamela A. Carson, a former senior executive at KeyCorp, today was appointed Director of the Ohio office of The Trust for Public Land, the national conservation organization announced. read more »

Shale Valley Property Permanently Protected


The 46-acre Shale Valley property, located in the New Jersey Highlands of Chester and Mendham townships, has been permanently protected, The Trust for Public Land and The Schiff Natural Lands Trust announced today. read more »

Soque River Property Purchased as Possible National Forest Addition


The Trust for Public Land has purchased a 20-acre Soque River property in Habersham County, Ga., and will work to secure its addition to the Chattahoochee National Forest. The property fronts the Soque River, a popular cold water stream destination for fly fishers, and is bounded on two sides by the Chattahoochee National Forest adjacent to the Tray Mountain Wilderness Area. read more »

Wenatchee Foothills Land Permanently Protected


The Trust for Public Land and the Chelan-Douglas Land Trust today announced the permanent protection of The Clennon Property, 52 acres of undeveloped land in Broadview Canyon at the edge of the Wenatchee Foothills. read more »

Agreement Would Conserve Mississippi Northwoods Natural Area


Minnesota conservation advocates and Potlatch Corporation announced today that they have reached final agreement on an $11 million deal to conserve a nearly 2,000-acre natural area along the Mississippi River northeast of Brainerd, Minnesota. The area is known by conservation leaders as “Mississippi River Northwoods. read more »

Charlie Bowen Announced as Bay Area's 2012 Cox Conserves Hero


KTVU Channel 2 and The Trust for Public Land today announced Charlie Bowen as the Bay Area's 2012 Cox Conserves Hero. As her nonprofit of choice, the Berkeley Path Wanderers Association will receive $10,000. read more »

Coalition Applauds Senate Support for Dedicated Conservation Funding


The Land and Water Conservation Fund Coalition today praised bipartisan action taken by the U.S. Senate to provide dedicated funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund. read more »

Nominations Now Open for Bay Area Cox Conserves Heroes Award


The Trust for Public Land, in partnership with KTVU Channel 2, today launched the San Francisco Bay Area’s 4th annual Cox Conserves Heroes program. read more »

Melinda Gulick Named Arizona's Cox Conserves Hero


The Trust for Public Land (TPL), in partnership with Cox Communications, today revealed Melinda Gulick as Arizona’s first Cox Conserves Hero. read more »

The Trust for Public Land given $2.84 million health grant to build Denver parks


The Trust for Public Land, a national non-profit conservation organization, today announced a $2.84 million grant from the Colorado Health Foundation to create new parks and playgrounds in parts of the Denver metro area which need more places for families and children to play. read more »

Cox Conserves Heroes-Bay Area Finalists Named


The Trust for Public Land and KTVU Channel 2 today announced the finalists for the fourth annual Cox Conserves Heroes-Bay Area program. read more »

"Green" Community Playground Opens at P.S. 164 in Brooklyn


Today The Trust for Public Land unveiled the latest in a series of schoolyard playground parks designed "for kids by kids" at Public School 164, located in Borough Park, Brooklyn. read more »