10/24/2011
The U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities today announced the release of the National Conservation Easement Database, the first resource to offer detailed information on the nearly 18 million acres now protected by more than 80,000 easements across the United States. Until its development, land and natural resource practitioners and decision-makers lacked a single system for sharing, accessing, and managing nationwide information about conservation easements.
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10/18/2011
Two new Division Directors and a new state director for Georgia were appointed Tuesday as part of The Trust for Public Land's focus on building parks and programs in America's urban areas.
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10/16/2011
Cox Communications, in partnership with The Trust for Public Land, today launched Arizona's first annual Cox Conserves Heroes awards program. Two individuals will be recognized as Arizona's Cox Conserves Heroes, and a total of $14,000 will be donated to local environmental nonprofits.
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10/14/2011
KTVU Channel 2, in partnership with The Trust for Public Land, today announced Naftali Moed as the Bay Area's 2011 Cox Conserves Hero. As Moed's environmental nonprofit of choice, Pie Ranch will receive $5,000.
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10/10/2011
A 200-acre property in the Wasatch Front, which includes one-half mile along the Bonneville Shoreline Trail, has been added to the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, The Trust for Public Land announced today.
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10/06/2011
On Saturday evening, October 1, 2011, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy commemorated its 25th anniversary by recognizing individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the rail-trail movement during the past quarter century.
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10/04/2011
The Trust for Public Land announced today that 10,083 acres of forestlands surrounding the popular Chippewa Flowage has been protected by the State of Wisconsin. This is the final phase of the two-phase effort to place a working-forest conservation easement on 18,179 acres of Plum Creek Timber Company lands.
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10/03/2011
Channel 2 WSB-TV, in partnership with The Trust for Public Land (TPL), today announced finalists for Atlanta’s 2011 Cox Conserves Heroes program.
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09/29/2011
The Trust for Public Land today strongly supported the announcement by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar of plans to create a new National Wildlife Refuge along the Rio Grande in Albuquerque.
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09/28/2011
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.
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