Tigard buys Potso Dog Park
02/10/2011[by Geoff Pursinger, The Tigard Times]
Dog owners breathed a sigh of relief Tuesday as the Tigard City Council voted unanimously to purchase Potso Dog Park, saving the off-leash park from closure. read more »
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[by Geoff Pursinger, The Tigard Times]
Mapping the Value of Watershed Services
01/25/2011[by Hannah Kett, Econsystem Marketplace]
More and more cities are coming to realize that they can slash water treatment costs by investing in the maintenance of distant forests and valleys ??? thereby laying the foundation for a more sustainable water strategy by improving the forest's ability to capture, store, and filter rainwater. New tools are helping them maximize their investments by identifying the most environmentally valuable pieces of forestland. read more »
Conservation groups rally around money for public lands
01/07/2011[by John Myers, Duluth News Tribune ]
Minnesota conservation groups released reports which they say show the state benefits greatly from conservation and public lands. The reports also show that money aimed for those projects shouldn???t be diverted to solve the state???s budget mess, the conservationists say. read more »
New bogs fragile but also accessible
01/05/2011[by Bob Downing , Akron Beacon Journal]
It's hard to traverse wetlands where the ground squishes and slops and the muck and mire try to suck off shoes. Such wetlands are filled with unusual and fragile plants that unknowing visitors can destroy. Those were among the dilemmas Metro Parks, Serving Summit County faced as it began developing its new Springfield Bog Metro Park. read more »
Swiss billionaire puts $35M into MT conservation
12/13/2010[by Matthew Brown, The Associated Press]
Philanthropist Hansjorg Wyss grew up in Switzerland and now spends the bulk of his time outside Philadelphia, but it is the wild landscapes of the Rocky Mountains where he could leave his most lasting mark. read more »
Historic piece of land above Lake Tahoe preserved
08/29/2010[by The Associated Press, San Jose Mercury News]
Conservationists in the Sierra Nevada are celebrating the protection of a piece of property high above Lake Tahoe that was home to a hotel along the Pony Express trail in the 1860s. read more »
Land donated for Stringers Ridge Park
02/12/2010[Chattanooga Times Free Press]
Stringers Ridge, the spot where Union soldiers bombarded Chattanooga to roust the Confederates, soon officially will be a 92-acre park in the heart of North Chattanooga. read more »
Support urged for Stringers Ridge park
10/30/2009[by Pam Sohn, Chattanooga Times Free Press]
Will Rogers, president and CEO of the Trust for Public Land, praised Chattanooga's urban park leadership Thursday and told local Rotarians that Stringer's Ridge has potential to be the city's "gem park." read more »
Keeping Sierra lands wild
02/02/2009[by Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle]
The valley known as Perazzo Meadows is a stunning landscape of woods and watershed habitat surrounded by glimmering Sierra Nevada peaks, but there is more to the high-country Shangri-La than sheer beauty. read more »
