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34 TM Vol . 12, No . 3 April—June 2001 Fund Protects Land in ; µ , Alaska , Michigan , Editorial : Restoring and protecting the Colorado and Alabama Chesapeake Bay will require a new public -private partnership . 0 Tongass National Forest recently gained 840 acres of wilderness after The Conservation Fund bought the in- Siiiall Tracts ; A very good year for open holding from the University of Alaska . Lead funding for space, the end of a 350 - year - old tradition in the purchase came from the Richard and Rhoda Goldman zi p Fund, with help from the Paul G . Allen Forest Protection Maryland and an assessment of Alaska ' s Fund , Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines , National Fish and worth . Plus a startling concept : can the Wildlife Foundation and the Skaggs Foundation . The land, environment make you well ? adjacent to Glacier Bay National Park in southeast Alaska , contains 12 miles of rugged coastline at the northern tip of Yakobi Island . Soapstone Cove, a deep estuary, is a central feature of the property, and Mount Fairweather ( 15 , 300 Corporate Notes : Plum Creek and Simpson feet) , the highest point in British Columbia, is visible to the timber companies complete major plans to north . The property contains habitat for Steller sea lions, conserve habitat on their Northwest harbor seals and sea otters , as well as Sitka black- tailed holdings , Coke sponsors a river education deer, and brown and black bears . Old - growth Sitka spruce , program and Anheuser - Busch plans to which reach five feet in diameter, dominate the landscape . reward nature photographers . The land was transferred to the Forest Service for addition to the Yakobi-West Chichagof Wilderness Area . V Michigan is one of the nation ' s top producers of navy Water: Daylighting : a way cool way to and black beans , pears and grapes , maple syrup , mint, and restore streams . cranberries . Due to its many microclimates , Michigan ranks second in the nation in agricultural diversity . To protect its farmland , the state has created a Farmland and Funding: Bush proposes full funding for the Open Space Preservation Program . The program allows Land and Water Conservation Fund . qualified farmers and landowners to sell their develop - ment rights to the state of Michigan , permanently protect- ing their land from development . In just a few years, The Conservation Fund has worked with farmers and the Databank : Conserving 20 % of the state ' s agriculture department to protect almost 8 , 500 acres Chesapeake Bay watershed will take of prime farmland through 43 conservation easements , more than $ 1 billion in new funding . Twelve pending contracts will preserve another 5,000 acres . 13 The Conservation Fund has transferred a 25 , 742 - acre cattle ranch in southeastern Colorado to a private buyer interested in conservation, subject to protective easement See Fund , page 3