Projects in this program ensure that future generations will have access to and enjoy this unique natural resource.
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These 171,000 acres at the northern tip of the state encompass
almost the entire watershed of four lakes that form the Connecticut
River's headwaters.
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The 410-mile Connecticut River is New England's largest river, draining a 7.2 million-acre watershed that supports fisheries, farmlands, forests, and fresh water in four states: New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and Connecticut.
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Stonington’s historic Coogan Farm is the largest parcel of undeveloped land between Mystic Seaport and Mystic Aquarium, where the country meets the coast.
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For decades, The Trust for Public Land has helped protect Washington's family farms-farms like Copeland Creek, a 102-acre property in the fertile Puyallup River Valley.
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In 2010, TPL and the New Jersey Conservation Foundation completed efforts to preserve this property, which is named for its distinctive copper beech trees. The land is both a critical water resource in the New Jersey Highlands and provides another link in a growing network of preserved lands.
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When 1,200 houses were proposed to be built on 1,035 acres of undisturbed open space, Draper City asked The Trust for Public Land for help saving the land, water resources, and public access to the rugged landscape.
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It's called "the cornfield" because crops grew there in the 19th century. More recently, this 32-acre property on the edge of LA's downtown and Chinatown was an abandoned railyard slated for a one-million-square-foot industrial development.
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Cowell Ranch, the 4,000 acres of oak-studded hills flanking Mount Diablo,a fast-growing region of the state, were earmarked for urban development before TPL completed the $13-million deal to purchase and preserve the land in 2002.
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In December 2011, The Trust for Public Land added 261 acres to the Cranberry Mountain Wildlife
Management Area, expanding the park by more than a third.
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