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The Powers of Darkwoods
Canada protects B.C. caribou habitat |
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24 Jul 2008 |
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| Posted at 3:49 PM on 24 Jul 2008 A giant tract of land in southeastern British Columbia will become protected habitat, the Canadian government and Nature Conservancy Canada announced Thursday. The so-called Darkwoods area, purchased from a private forester, adds up to 550 square kilometers of mountains, valleys, and wetlands (that's 212 square miles, for metric-system hatas). The area is home to endangered mountain caribou, grizzly be ... |
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| Topics: Canada, endangered species, habitat protection, Nature Conservancy, news, progress, wildlife (all these topics) |
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Pulled Out a Plum
Montana forest conservation deal biggest in U.S. history |
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01 Jul 2008 |
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| 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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