In October 2011, the Cuyahoga Valley National Park—the tenth most visited in the United States—grew by 233 acres thanks to the efforts of The Trust for Public Land, the National Park Service and Blossom Music Center.
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TPL and the Stark County Park District (Stark Parks) are working with a private landowner to permanently preserve this 323-acre resource for a public park
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Glen Helen Nature Preserve in Yellow Springs, Ohio had been saved many times from development before TPL stepped in to help Antioch College forever preserve this resource.
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In 2010, The Trust for Public Land finalized the protection of 293 acres known as Pond Brook, located at the headwaters of Tinkers Creek in the Cuyahoga River watershed.
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The Trust for Public Land helped Hiram College protect and expand the land around the James H. Barrow Field Station, a center of research and environmental studies.
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When Ebenezer Sheldon, a former Revolutionary War soldier, settled in Aurora in 1799, he set up his homestead on the 153 acres known today as Spring Hill Farm.
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Ohio's Springfield Bog is characterized by distinctive kettle bog wetland habitat, so in 2009 when the 256-acre property was targeted for development as a large subdivision, conservationists got busy.
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Students at the University of Akron use the Steiner Woods property for a long-term amphibian research study and have documented 13 species of salamander that use the extensive wetlands during breeding season.
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The Trust for Public Land worked with local partners to protect these 254 acres of former farmland and connect it with the adjacent Forest Run Wildlife Preserve.
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TPL has helped conserve over 1,700 acres in the Tinker's Creek watershed in Aurora.
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In 2009, TPL and Goodyear partnered with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife to create a new state park at the former Wingfoot Lake recreational facility.
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