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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In 2002, TPL helped a New Jersey nonprofit acquire a 37-acre day camp to offer animal-assisted therapy for children exposed to domestic violence, emotional abuse, divorce, or drug or alcohol abuse.
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A stone's throw away from Sugarloaf Ski Resort, Maine's most popular ski area, the Crocker Mountain property buffers more than ten miles of the Appalachian Trail, making it a prime location for second home residential development. The Orbeton Stream property is strategically located near the expanding recreational hubs of Carrabassett, Rangeley, and Kingfield.
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A conservation easement on approximately 14 acres now protects this Lowcountry plantation, located at the junction of the Okatie River and Highway 278 in southern Beaufort County.
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This school and rehabilitation hospital in Greenfield has over 2.5 miles of wheelchair-accessible hiking trails, the nation's largest such system in a mountain setting and a model for accessible trail design.
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The Crown of the Continent is the largest intact eco-system in the lower 48 states.
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The Trust for Public Land helped protect a 360-acre wetlands site on Crystal Creek, a spring creek tributary to Upper Klamath Lake in southern Oregon.
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Our work in Cumberland Gap National Historical Park in Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley, preserves land important in American history while protecting Appalachian wildlands. It includes protection of the view from Pinnacle Overlook when it was threatened by potential development around Fern Lake, the only source of drinking water for nearby Middlesboro.
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In 2010, TPL purchased property from Molpus Timber that included McLean Rock, which in 1965, was proclaimed by the Great Smokey Hiking Club as the start of the Cumberland Trail.
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