Land Trusts
A land trust is a private, legally incorporated, nonprofit organization that works with property owners to protect open land through direct, voluntary land transactions. Land trusts come...
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About 430 acres of forests and limestone bluffs at the confluence of the Mississippi and Illinois rivers will become a scenic nature area that preservationists say will be a haven for endangered or...
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Eleven environmental groups sued the Department of Energy on Monday over its creation of a corridor in the mid-Atlantic region that could smooth the way for construction of new power lines.Under a ...
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The Forever Wild Land Trust has purchased nearly 10,000 acres of mountain and aquatic habitat along the Coosa River to protect it from development, state conservation officials announced MondayThe ...
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Patty Cooper's landlord normally welcomes tenants who use animals to help them get around, such as guide dogs for the blind.So after the disabled woman bought a 32-inch-tall miniature horse to pull...
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The American multimillionaire who founded the North Face and Esprit clothing lines says he is trying to save the planet by buying bits of it. First Douglas Tompkins purchased a huge swath of southe...
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EASTKENNEBUNK, Maine (AP) _ State biologists are using small radio transmitters to learn about the black racer, a snake on the state's endangered species list. The $30,000 tracking project studies ...
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Bethlehem (dpa)- Once again Bethlehem residents are bracing for a
bitter, disappointing Christmas.
The West Bank city which used to host around 100,000 pilgrims
...
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In an age of al-Qaida, sleeper cells and the threat of nuclear terrorism, Huntsville is dusting off its Cold War manual to create the nation's most ambitious fallout-shelter plan, featuring an aban...
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In the depths of the Little Possum Gorge, a footpath strewn with the tools that built it suddenly emerges through a forest of hemlock and magnolia to a breathtaking waterfall.
The tre...
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Land Trusts
Trust unveils nature preserve in Ill.
