The Trust for Public Land Adds Two to WA Project Management Team
07/05/2011The Trust for Public Land announces two new additions to its Washington State staff: Richard Corff and John Hoey. read more »
Press Releases
Recent and archived press releases.
Westminster Hills Open Space Acquisition Finalized
06/30/2011The City of Westminster, working in partnership with the Trust for Public Land, Great Outdoors Colorado, and Jefferson County Open Space has succeeded in purchasing 25 acres of open space north of Standley Lake Regional Park. read more »
Work Starts at Pine Avenue Park
06/29/2011About 100 residents of Maywood, Los Angeles County’s third smallest city, attended a groundbreaking ceremony last week to celebrate the start of construction of Pine Avenue Playground. read more »
Nearly 3,000 Acres added to Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge
06/29/2011A 2,920-acre North Country property and popular fishing destination has been permanently protected as an addition to the Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge, The Trust for Public Land, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and Plum Creek Timber Company announced today. read more »
NYC Community Gardens Turned Over to Local Land Trusts
06/28/2011After saving scores of community gardens from the auction block, The Trust for Public Land (TPL) has signed over the deeds to 32 of the 69 properties to the Bronx Land Trust and Manhattan Land Trust, the organizations announced today. This fall TPL expects to transfer the remaining gardens to the Brooklyn-Queens Land Trust. To date, TPL has invested more than $4 million in improvements to the 69 gardens, which cover nearly eight acres and are worth more than $7 million. read more »
Final Piece of Riverstone Tract Acquired by Congaree National Park
06/24/2011Congaree National Park has grown by another 434 acres, the last phase of a multi-year addition of 1,840 acres to the park, The Trust for Public Land and the National Park Service announced today. read more »
Fully Funding Land and Water Conservation Will Help Local Economies
06/23/2011The Trust for Public Land today praised a bill introduced by Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) that would fully and permanently fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund. read more »
New Playground for Bronx P.S. 78, Eastchester Community
06/21/2011Today P.S. 78 students celebrated the new community playground they helped design in Eastchester. The new playground, created in partnership with Mayor Bloomberg's PlaNYC initiative, will be available to the school's 800 students and to families from the surrounding community. read more »
Westport Donors Pledge Support for Land Purchase
06/20/2011A group of Westport Island residents have pledged a donation of $20,000 towards a project to acquire a 202 acre parcel on Westport Island, Maine. read more »
Agreement Would Protect Sunnyrock Farm
06/20/2011The Trust for Public Land has entered into an agreement with the Trustee of the Buttimer Family Trust to acquire approximately 72 acres of the 86-acre Sunnyrock Farm located between North and Fisher Streets in the Town of Walpole. The remainder of the Sunnyrock Farm property on the west side of North Street is already under agreement to be developed into eight luxury homes. read more »
