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The Trust for Public Land announces the opening of the new Rock of Ages Trail, located about 15 miles southwest of Telluride, Colorado. Opening this 3.7-mile hiking trail concludes a seven-year effort by the Forest Service and other organizations to restore public access to Wilson Peak, a popular "fourteener" in the Lizard Head Wilderness. read more »
New Hampshire's conservation, forestry, and outdoor leaders today praised U.S Representative Charlie Bass (R-2) for offering a bipartisan amendment to restore much needed conservation funding to the federal budget. read more »
A large undeveloped property along the pristine Mattawoman Creek has been protected from development outside Washington D.C., The Trust for Public Land, and the Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced today. read more »
The popular Camp Conowingo in Cecil County, Maryland, has been permanently protected, The Trust for Public Land, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, and the Girl Scouts of Central Maryland announced today. The Trust for Public Land facilitated the State's purchase of a conservation easement over approximately 577 acres of the camp, restricting future uses on the site to protect the property's standing forests and Conowingo Creek, a Susquehanna River tributary. read more »
The public has weighed in and nominated environmental heroes who volunteer to ensure a greener San Diego. The Cox Conserves Heroes awards program, sponsored by Think Blue San Diego, the City of San Diego's storm water pollution prevention program, has named three youth and three adult finalists for the awards. read more »
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 »
