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Last updated on September 3rd, 2010
| Forest Lands Added to Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge in South Georgia: Click here |
| Okefenokee, the largest National Wildlife Refuge in the eastern United States just got a little bigger. The Nature Conservancy recently purchased 1,046 acres adjacent to the edge of the refuge and donated the land to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. |
| Boone River Snapshot Sampling Event: Click here |
| Boone River Snapshot Sampling Event. Regularly collected data are essential for identifying trends and changes in water quality. |
| Conservation Easement Expands Savannah River Preserve: Click here |
| The Nature Conservancy of South Carolina on August 31 closed on a significant conservation easement in Jasper County that legally protects 5,068 acres in the Savannah River Preserve. |
| Frankton Elementary Students Help Protect Critical Rainforest Acres: Click here |
| Students at Frankton Elementary supports the Conservancy by protecting acres of rainforest. |
| Native Hawaiian Plant Rediscovered on Big Island: Click here |
| A Hawaiian plant species that had not been seen in a century and which was presumed extinct has been discovered on Parker Ranch lands in the Kohala region of Hawai'i Island. |
| Rat Island Is Officially Rat-Free: Click here |
| Rat Island Seabird Habitat Restoration press release |
| Empresas e terceiro setor buscam entendimento sobre questão florestal: Click here |
| Empresas e terceiro setor buscam entendimento sobre questões florestais Tomada de posição conjunta de empresas e organizações socioambientais é um dos resultados do 7º. Encontro Nacional do Diálogo Florestal, encerrado hoje em Itu (SP). |
| New Report Counts, Categorizes & Ranks Great Lakes Islands: Click here |
| With more than 32,000 islands in its waters, the Great Lakes contain the world's largest collection of freshwater islands, but these islands are dynamic, undergoing many changes that threaten the islands' flora and fauna, including climate change, habitat degradation, invasive species and some natural processes, according to a new report published by scientists from leading conservation organizations in the United States and Canada. |
| Owyhee Land Acquisitions Announced: Click here |
| The Wilderness Land Trust and The Nature Conservancy have announced the acquisition of two properties in Owyhee County both in newly designated wilderness located adjacent to the Owyhee Backcountry Byway. Both property acquisitions will offer scenic desert canyons to public access and recreation. |
| New Report Counts, Categorizes & Ranks Great Lakes Islands: Click here |
| Western Lake Erie Islands are part of World's Largest Collection of Freshwater Islands; Conservation Action Called for to Protect Island Life |
| Homestead Woolen Mill Dam Removal Underway On Ashuelot River: Click here |
| Removal of this Dam restores 20 Miles of river and fish habitat from Keene to Winchester. |
| Rare North Carolina Mountain Visitor Sighted: Click here |
| The North Carolina mountains get a lot of tourists this time of year, but one of the rarest was sighted this past week at the Conservancy's Big Yellow Mountain Preserve in Avery County. Baird's Sandpiper, which breeds in the high Arctic and then migrates through the plains states to its winter home in the Andes and Patagonia region of South America, was photographed atop the 5,540-foot peak. |
| Remembering Pilot John Leuci: Click here |
| South Carolina's conservation community mourned the loss of pilot John Leuci, who enthusiastically carried bird researchers aloft for roosting surveys. Leuci, 45, died in an August 10 plane crash. |
| Autumn Color Returns to Northern California: Click here |
| The Nature Conservancy will host a series of free public hikes on a breathtaking preserve in the Red Bluff area, the 37,540-acre Dye Creek Preserve, located near Los Molinos. |
| Nature Daze 2010: Click here |
| Information on the upcoming Nature Daze event. |
| Pennsylvania Environmental Council Honors TNC Ecologist: Click here |
| Todd Sampsell, Deputy Director of The Nature Conservancy's Pennsylvania Chapter, is selected as a recipient of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council's 40 Under 40 Awards. He will be honored at PEC's 40th Anniversary Celebration at the Civic Club of Harrisburg, September 22, 2010 for his leadership on prescribed fire, innovative forest conservation strategies and energy policy. |
| Local Companies Donate $220,000 to The Nature Conservancy of Hawai'i: Click here |
| Under the leadership of chair Jeffrey Watanabe, attorney and community leader, the Corporate Council for the Environment raised $220,000 for The Nature Conservancy of Hawai'i in fiscal year 2010. |
| The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Funds: Click here |
| The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation announced today that they have awarded The Nature Conservancy a $450,000 grant to fund a comprehensive conservation plan for the Delaware River Basin. The project is a joint effort involving The Nature Conservancy's Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Eastern New York chapters, the Natural Lands Trust, and the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary. |
| Cooperative Delaware Basin Restoration Initiative Launched: Click here |
| The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation has awarded The Nature Conservancy a $450,000 grant to fund a comprehensive conservation project in the Delaware River Basin. |
| Controlled Burns Planned for Prairies: Click here |
| The Nature Conservancy, the Washington Department of Natural Resources, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Local Fire Districts, and Thurston County have plans to cooperatively burn several South Sound prairie preserves starting in mid August. |
| First Property Acquired Through the Minnesota Prairie Recovery Project: Click here |
| The Nature Conservancy acquires a 470-acre prairie in Clay County with money from the state's Outdoor Heritage Fund. The acquisition is the first of the Conservancy's Minnesota Prairie Recovery Project. |
| New Agreement Helps ENY Landowners Protect Butterflies: Click here |
| New Agreement Helps Eastern New York Landowners Protect Endangered Butterflies |
| TNC CEO Mark Tercek Visits Des Moines: Click here |
| Nature Conservancy President makes Tercek comes to Des Moines to herald "Natural solutions to Iowa's Flooding" and to promote the Iowa Land and Water Legacy Ballot initiative championed by The Nature Conservancy. You can read Tercek's press conference statement. |
| The Nature Conservancy Needs Your Help to Restore Oyster Reefs: Click here |
| The Nature Conservancy is continuing its oyster reef restoration work in the Pamlico Sound. Volunteers are needed to bag oyster shells and build the reef. Work days are scheduled for September 11 (rain day September 18), October 9 (rain day October 16) and November 6 (rain day November 13.) |
| Berry College Collaborates With Nature Conservancy To Host High School Students From New York: Click here |
| BERRY COLLEGE COLLABORATES WITH NATURE CONSERVANCY TO HOST HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM NEW YORK |