MetroParks Negotiate Conservation Easements ; Plan Covers 1,100 Acres in the Vicinity of Germantown MetroPark and Will Help Protect Twin Creek.
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By Steve Bennish Staff Writer  GERMANTOWN -- A plan to carve out a corridor of farms, fields and woodlands is continuing with recent negotiated conservation easements covering 1,100 acres near Twin Creek in Montgomery and Preble counties.
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By Frederick Melo and Jennifer Bjorhus, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Feb. 6--It's all about the parks.   Faced with rising land costs and not enough money to buy parklands, the Metropolitan Council is launching a new fund-raising foundation.
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By Brian Callaway, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa.  Sep. 22--The legal battle over changes to open space protections that would have allowed a new YMCA to be built on preserved land in Richland Township may be drawing to a close.
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By Wade Rawlins, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Jun. 13--The cost of buying land to create parks, protect drinking water and preserve open space has increased nearly 300 percent in 10 years, say groups seeking additional state spending on land and water conservation.
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By Backus, Perry  The Blackfoot Challenge and Nature Conservancy's plan to preserve up to 88,000 acres of Plum Creek Timber Co. lands in and around the Blackfoot Valley took a big step forward late last week.
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By John Cramer john.cramer@roanoke.com 981-3140  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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State wildlife officials announced plans Friday to revive a program to create marine reserves along California's 1,100-mile coast.
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The recent purchase by Hollins University and other buyers of about 235 acres of wooded land on Tinker Mountain, a Roanoke Valley landmark, benefits the university, residents of the region and even people passing through on Interstate 81.
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By Mike Ekey, The Kansas City Star, Mo.  Sep. 16--Residents want protection from unwanted development. City Hall wants options that will keep growth alive.   But both sides recognized the importance of maintaining high standards in the Cedar Creek neighborhood.
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By Joe Zedalis, Asbury Park Press, N.J.  Sep. 13--BERKELEY -- The Township Council on Tuesday adopted an ordinance  that authorized the bonding of $2.3 million to preserve a 118-acre tract known  locally as the Potter's Creek property.
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By Amy Armour  A local developer is making an effort to preserve trees and green space for a planned 132-acre residential community in Wentzville. But this won't be a typical residential community -- almost half of the project will be designated community green space.
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By Naomi R. Patton, Detroit Free Press  Mar. 4--U.S. Fish and Wildlife and Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority officials are joining to manage the 780 acres of wetlands and habitats at Lake Erie Metropark.
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The federal government and a nonprofit group are buying the land from local farmers to ensure its biodiversity is preserved. BY LISA J. ADAMS /Associated Press.
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An industry consortium planning a coal plant that will capture its carbon dioxide and pump it underground has chosen a site near Mattoon, Ill., for the $1.5 billion project.
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The US Forest Service, which will celebrate its 100th anniversary next year, is shifting its focus from timber-cutting to recreation and ecological restoration
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By Crystal Bonvillian, Montgomery Advertiser, Ala.  Feb. 12--MILLBROOK -- Millbrook officials are getting into the green.   The City Council is considering an ordinance that would establish an  urban forestry program to plan, plant and maintain trees throughout Millbrook.
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By Chris Woodka, The Pueblo Chieftain, Colo.  Sep. 20--Colorado increased land set aside in conservation easements more than 11 percent in 2005, bringing the state total to nearly 1.8 million acres, according to a group that wants to more than double that number in the next decade.