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Trust for Public Land 2008 Achievements01-13-09 | News

Trust for Public Land 2008 Achievements

Mazama Forest, Oregon

The Trust for Public Land (TPL), a national land conservation nonprofit, will have protected more than 62,000 acres of land in 32 states, with a fair-market value of more than $330 million. In addition, TPL and its affiliate, the Conservation Campaign, helped 44 states, counties, and municipalities nationwide pass ballot measures that will generate more than $7.5 billion in new funding for parks and open space protection.

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Mazama Forest, Oregon

Since 1954, when a federal termination set aside past treaty provision, the Klamath Tribes have sought to reclaim at least some of the 1.2 million acres of ancestral lands lost at that time. In 2006, 90,000 acres of their Mazama Forest homeland was put on the open market by Cascade Timberlands LLC, and TPL began a partnership with the Klamath Tribal leaders to help them broker a deal to buy the land. In 2008 with funding in place to allow the deal to be finalized, we are in the final stages of restoring the land to the Klamath Tribes, who stand ready to care for the health of the forest, and the wildlife dependent upon it.

Fortress Cliffs Ranch, Palo Duro Canyon, Texas

Fortress Cliffs Ranch, Palo Duro Canyon, Texas

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Santa Fe Railyard Park and Plaza, New Mexico

Santa Fe Railyard Park and Plaza, New Mexico

In September 2008, the City of Santa Fe, Santa Fe Railyard Community Corporation, and TPL completed construction on the 50-acre Railyard Park and Plaza, the city?EUR??,,????'?????<