Effort to Preserve Trail Area Honored By National Group
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By Patty Machelor, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Dec. 15--A plan to help preserve the Southeast Side's Fantasy Island trails area has received an award from a national group called American Trails.
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By The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Dec. 19--It is undeniable that setbacks occur in efforts to promote a healthy Long Island Sound environment. But experience has shown that the dedication of people and resources can help this vital resource continue to rebound and improve.
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Regional government Metro has put together an oversight committee for its Natural Areas program, an initiative that pays for land acquisition and capital improvement projects to protect water quality and fish and wildlife habitat, trails, and wildlife corridors.
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By Betsy Gilliland  AIKEN - The city has set aside funding and put a task force in place to preserve open space.  Now officials need to educate the community and themselves about the best way to meet the challenge.
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The Ramblers Association calls for the Scottish right of access to the countryside to be safeguarded.
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By David Sneed, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Dec. 8--The City of San Luis Obispo and local land conservationists have raised the money needed to preserve more than 700 acres of land that will expand the city's greenbelt.
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By John Cramer, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Feb. 14--Wildlife, water quality and eco-tourism would benefit under legislation proposed Tuesday in Congress to designate nearly 55,000 acres in Southwest Virginia as wilderness or national scenic areas, the bill's sponsors say.
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By Dana M. Nichols, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Sep. 20--PINECREST -- Preserving High Sierra wilderness seemed a much simpler thing 36 years ago.   Back then, Mike D'Ambrogia was a Scout in Troop 243 from Lafayette.
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By The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Sep. 7--RIDGEFIELD -- Two public meetings are scheduled in September to collect comments on a plan for the future of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.   The U.S.
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By Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Feb. 11--The North Dakota Chapter of The Wildlife Society recognized eight wildlife professionals, a nonprofit corporation and five students during its annual awards banquet Thursday in Mandan, N.D.
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By Lawrence Latane Iii, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Dec. 17--Conservation groups and Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's administration are considering ways to save a 387-acre tract on the Northern Neck that a Girl Scout organization wants to sell.
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By Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Feb. 12--SAVE MOUNT DIABLO has scored another victory in its never-ending efforts to preserve open space in an increasingly urban part of the East Bay.
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By DENNIS HOEY Staff Writer  Brunswick's Conservation Commission will ask the federal government to preserve a huge chunk of undeveloped land at Brunswick Naval Air Station for recreation and protection of plants and wildlife.
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By Nancy Bowman Staff Writer  TROY -- Starting next week, people won't have to leave the city limits to get a taste of nature.   Instead, they can drive down Dorset Road to the Miami County Park District's new Hobart Urban Nature Preserve.
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By Susan Williams, The Charleston Gazette, W.Va.  Sep. 16--FAYETTEVILLE -- With the addition of nearly four acres, the Paint Creek Nature Trail got a big boost during Friday's Fayette County Commission meeting.
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Environmentalists, who have recognized the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea as a wildlife refuge, are pressing to preserve it.
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By Mary Gail Hare, The Baltimore Sun  Sep. 5--Maryland's reputation as one of the nation's leading states for farmland preservation is expected to get a boost today when Harford County officials announce the addition of 16 farms totaling more than 1,100 acres into a preservation program.