The Catamount Ranch near Colorado Springs had been a YMCA camp for decades, but eventually was put up for sale. Competing with numerous development proposals, TPL saved the great majority of the ranch for public access in 1996.
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TPL purchased the 125-acre Cecil tract—home to the endangered White Irisette—on White Oak Mountain property in 2007 with the help of a generous grant from the North Carolina Natural Heritage Trust Fund (NHTF).
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TPL has helped protect over 500 acres across from the existing 434-acre Rum River Central Regional Park that will eventually open as the Cedar Creek Conservation Area in Anoka County.
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Cedar Grove has long been regarded by
architectural historians as one of the finest examples of antebellum
Greek Revival architecture in the state. TPL protected the land around
the house and across the road along McDowell Creek as part of the
Mountain Island Lake Initiative.
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The flourishing 1,400-acre property in King George County, Virginia referred to as Cedar Grove Farm is a perfect example of a victorious preservation project along the Potomac.
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Cedar Springs is just 30 minutes from downtown Flagstaff and 45 minutes from the Grand Canyon. TPL successfully approached the landowner--who had a long, dedicated history of conservation--with the proposal that Cedar Springs become Arizona's first FLP project.
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The Trust for Public Land's Central Coast Program works to protect the irreplaceable resources of the California Coast in Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties, encompassing almost 400 miles of coastline.
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In early 2000s, Deschutes County was one of the most rapidly growing counties in the state. Beautiful scenery, accessible recreation, and abundant wildlife attracted people and business, transforming the local economy, and threatening the very qualities newcomers found so attractive.
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With the projected growth of the San Antonio-Austin corridor, TPL is poised to engage within the urban framework of central Texas cities to assure park and playground opportunities in underserved and park-poor communities.
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In 2009, the counties of Bastrop, Caldwell and Hays participated in a community-driven process to complete a regional greenprint for all of Central Texas.
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