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Pulled Out a Plum
Montana forest conservation deal biggest in U.S. history |
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01 Jul 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 11:01 AM on 01 Jul 2008 Some 500 square miles of privately owned forest in the northern Rocky Mountains will be protected under a deal announced Monday by the Nature Conservancy and Trust for Public Land. The groups will pay Plum Creek Timber $510 million for the checkerboard tracts of land in northwest Montana. The deal is "the largest land purchase, for conservation purposes, in American history," sa ... |
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| Topics: habitat protection, Nature Conservancy, news, progress (all these topics) |
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This Is the Den, and the Bathroom Is Behind That Tree
Stressed by housing slump, developers sell land to conservationists |
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09 May 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 9:31 AM on 09 May 2008 Looking for a bright side to the real-estate crunch? Look no further: Some developers, financially stressed by the housing slump, are selling land to folks who want to conserve it. It's a win-win situation: developers aren't stuck building expensive real estate that no one wants to buy, and conservation groups like the Trust for Public Land a ... |
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| Topics: habitat protection, Nature Conservancy, news, placemaking, urban planning (all these topics) |
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Unhappy Campers
Fewer folks are regularly getting out in nature, says study |
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05 Feb 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 11:44 AM on 05 Feb 2008 Kids -- and adults -- these days are "videophiliacs" who prefer their nature through the TV screen rather than personally experienced, says a new study estimating that U.S. folks' participation in outdoor recreation has dropped as much as 25 percent over the past 20 years. Researchers looked at four metrics: visitation to public lands, number of fishing and hunting licenses iss ... |
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| Topics: green living, health, Nature Conservancy, news, scientific research (all these topics) |
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Flooded With Gratitude
Green group and Chinese dam owners will work together to address eco-impact |
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29 Jan 2008 |
News |
| Posted at 12:01 PM on 29 Jan 2008 The company that owns China's problem-stricken Three Gorges Dam is expected to sign a pact with The Nature Conservancy to conduct a feasibility study on flood risk and floodplain management within the Three Gorges Dam reservoir. The Three Gorges Dam Company and the green group have also agreed to cooperate on researching eco-minded management of four more dams that ... |
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| Topics: China, dams, energy, hydropower, Nature Conservancy, news (all these topics) |
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McCormick and Quits
President of Nature Conservancy resigns |
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02 Oct 2007 |
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| Posted at 1:41 PM on 02 Oct 2007 The subhead doth not mislead you: The president of the Nature Conservancy, Steven McCormick, has abruptly resigned. From the Archives Happy Decouple. States adopt decoupling plans to encourage energy efficiency. All's Fair and We Love More. Fair-trade market boosted by consumer demand. The Thin Bluefin Line. Bluefin tuna population in Mediterranean declining, sushi blamed. News ... |
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Tune In to Morro
Enviros buy out trawlers in California bay |
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08 Aug 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Tune In to Morro Enviros buy out trawlers in California bay Attempting to conserve rapidly vanishing bottom-dwelling fish stocks off the central California coast, Environmental Defense and The Nature Conservancy have teamed with bottom-trawling fishers to create three "no-trawl zones" covering a total of nearly 6,000 square miles. In exchange for their endorsement, t ... |
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| Topics: California, Environmental Defense Fund, marine life, Nature Conservancy, news (all these topics) |
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Range of Notion
Grass banks aim to protect prairies and help ranchers |
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11 Jul 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Range of Notion Grass banks aim to protect prairies and help ranchers Hoping to preserve both the prairie and the livelihoods of ranchers, green groups like The Nature Conservancy have created "grass banks" by buying up land and allowing ranchers to graze there for cheap. In exchange, ranchers agree to conserve habitat on their own land for ferrets, curlews, and other species. The New Mexico- ... |
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| Topics: land stewardship, Nature Conservancy, news, ranching (all these topics) |
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Southern Land Do Need You Around, Anyhow
Big conservation deal will protect 218,000 acres of forest in the South |
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30 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Southern Land Do Need You Around, Anyhow Big conservation deal will protect 218,000 acres of forest in the South Conservationists are celebrating the biggest sale of private land for preservation in the South's history. The Nature Conservancy and the Conservation Fund have put up a combined $300 million for 218,000 acres of forestland owned by International Paper in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisian ... |
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| Topics: Nature Conservancy, news, South, wilderness (all these topics) |
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Acres and Pains
Senate panel recommends tighter regulation of land conservancies |
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09 Jun 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Acres and Pains Senate panel recommends tighter regulation of land conservancies A two-year investigation by the Senate Finance Committee may lead to big changes in federal regulation of America's land conservancies. The panel's report recommends that the IRS "consider revoking the tax-exempt status of a conservation organization that regularly and continuously fails to monitor and enforce conservation easements&q ... |
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| Topics: Nature Conservancy, news, wilderness (all these topics) |
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