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		<title>Group Formed to help Largo Nature Preserve, Bonner Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are rumors that the Largo Nature Preserve and Bonner Park in Largo, Florida are closing.  Also, the county&#8217;s new Eagle Lake Park is ready but can&#8217;t open due to budget constraints.  It appears that the Pinellas County officials have not managed their money well, and the county’s few green spaces may suffer as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Visit a Nature Preserve in 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get out and visit the lands and waters you help protect!  You can use the Nature Conservancy&#8217;s Preserve Map, powered by Google Maps, to find a preserve near you.  Or check out the Nature Preserve Directory at Nature-Preserves.com.
This is one of many ideas on how to help save our planet at Change.org.  As citizens of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nature Preserve Renamed to Honor Conservationist Michael Huber</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 16:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A New Jersey nature preserve will be renamed in memory of conservationist Michael Huber on Saturday.  Guests will gather for a 9 a.m. hike through the preserve, followed by a dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Huber, a Middletown resident who died in January at 82, was a longtime board of trustees member of the New Jersey Conservation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newell and Ann Meyer Nature Preserve Opening</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 15:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Timm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Starting Sunday, the new 374-acre Newell and Ann Meyer Nature Preserve in Eagle, Wisconsin will be open daily from sunrise to sunset, offering groomed hiking trails and scenic views of rolling hills and clean waterways.  The preserve, located on Highway 67, was a gift from the Meyers of $12.5 million in land and assets.  It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turkey Creek Nature Preserve Now Open</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 16:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Timm</dc:creator>
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The new 466-acre Turkey Creek Nature Preserve in Pinson, Alabama is now open to the public.  The preserve was dedicated on May 9 in a ceremony at the preserve’s new interpretive center.  The event was hosted by the Southern Environmental Center (SEC) at Birmingham Southern College, the group responsible for day-to-day management of the preserve.
Turkey [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nature Conservancy Donates Hogback Preserve to the State</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Timm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Nature Conservancy has donated its 960-acre Hogback Preserve to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR).  The Hogback Preserve is located in the Lower Kickapoo River Valley in Crawford County.  Public access for outdoor recreation will continue.
“The Nature Conservancy is pleased to donate this beautiful and ecologically significant property to the state,” said Steve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rural Heritage Conservation Act</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Conservation Easements]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ This information was provided by the Land Trust Alliance:
Last Thursday, Senators Max Baucus (D-MT) and Charles Grassley (R-IA) introduced the Rural Heritage Conservation Act, S. 812, a Senate bill to make permanent the enhanced tax deduction for conservation easement donations.
Senators Baucus and Grassley are the Chairman and Ranking Member, respectively, of the Senate Committee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Largo Nature Preserve Birds</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 17:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Timm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Largo Central Park Nature Preserve in Florida is a 31-acre nature park virtually surrounded by water. The park is home to hundreds of wildlife species for viewing. Over 130 species of birds, otters, red fox, American alligator, marsh rabbits, wild turkey, and bats all feed or live within the park. A 5-mile kayak/canoe route begins [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Signs Public Lands Management Act of 2009</title>
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		<comments>http://www.nature-preserves.com/blog/obama-signs-public-lands-management-act-of-2009/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Timm</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama signed legislation today designating 2 million additional acres of public wilderness areas.  The federal “wilderness” designation provides the highest level of government protection from logging, mining and other forms of commercial use and development.
“This legislation guarantees that we will not take our forests, rivers, oceans &#8230; monuments, and wilderness areas for granted, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cedar Bog Preserve Opens New Education Center</title>
		<link>http://www.nature-preserves.com/blog/cedar-bog-preserve-opens-new-education-center/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 17:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Timm</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 18, the Ohio Historical Society and the Cedar Bog Association will dedicate a new education center.  The building will include a modern classroom, restrooms, office space, sales area and exhibit space.  The entire design has been planned, not as a destination in itself, but as a compliment to the prime attraction — the [...]]]></description>
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