Land Purchased for Conservation: SAN ANTONIO
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By John W. Gonzalez, Houston Chronicle  Dec. 18--SAN ANTONIO -- It's some of the most picturesque land around this sprawling city: 116 acres of craggy, oak-covered hills near the Government Canyon State Natural Area.
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Science & environment: Scientists hope evidence will save other areas of land given over to timber and oil-palm plantations.
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By Lisa Fleisher, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  Sep. 16--The idea of quickly solving parking woes on a downtown street by buying land for a parking lot so excited Myrtle Beach City Council members, they interrupted their meeting this week and ordered a staffer to price the land.
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By STACI MATLOCK  FOREST GUARDIANS  Santa Fe-based Forest Guardians is bidding for two more grazing leases totaling 2,000 acres of New Mexico state trust lands.
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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 Tony Davis, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Dec. 10--The developer of a prized piece of the Tucson Mountain foothills says he's going to save 70 percent of the property and not move any of its hundreds of saguaros off it.
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By Tenisha Waldo, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.  Feb. 14--The Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission is applying  for a $200,000 state grant to use toward its $1.5 million commitment to help  preserve the uninhabited northern tip of Morris Island.
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By Sally Claunch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Jun. 6--ARLINGTON -- Even with the recent rains, many residents are buying plants that don't need a lot of water, nursery owners say.
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By Aaron Kinney  SAN MATEO -- A 76-unit condominium project near Tidelands Park is working its way through the planning process as city officials work to mitigate the effects the project might have on the seasonal wetlands there.
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By Andre Briscoe, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Dec. 12--Del Rey Oaks residents will have another month to examine initial plans for future development on former Fort Ord property that the soon fall under city control.
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By Art Chapman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas  Dec. 16--There is a movement in Austin to transfer a number of state historic sites from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to the control of the Texas Historical Commission.
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By Andy Reid, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 14--Developers might get a free pass from affordable-housing rules in the pricey new neighborhoods spreading across Palm Beach County's Agricultural Reserve.
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By Fraser Sherman, Destin Log, Fla.  Dec. 16--The owners of the Destin land marked for the extension of Commons Drive would still prefer to receive land in exchange for their property rather than money, City Manager Greg Kisela says.
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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 Paola Iuspa-Abbott, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 4--The planned annexation of nearly 2,000 acres west of Boca Raton by Broward County's Parkland could cost Palm Beach County thousands of dollars.
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By P.J. Reilly  The Lancaster County Conservancy has identified the Octoraro Creek watershed as one of its target areas for land preservation. The nonprofit organization already has three preserves in that southern Lancaster County area. Soon, it will add to those holdings. Wednesday, Gov.
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By The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Dec. 18--Hunters and fishermen can become highly motivated environmentalists when habitat for game is threatened.