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<br /> 11 COMMON GROUND VOL , 12 NO . 4 JULY-SEPTEMBER 2001
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<br /> Land , from page 1 long-range plans of local governments as a
<br /> at the farm . At a June 13 dedication, Lt . Gov . first step to implementation . The Conserva- Many thanks to these
<br /> recent donors to the
<br /> Kathleen Kennedy Townsend praised the tion Fund administers the network and pro - COMMON GROUND
<br /> partners for the acquisition, which launches vides support for the collaborative . Research Fund :
<br /> the Fund' s Chesapeake Bay Initiative, a 10 -
<br /> year effort to protect $ 100 million of land in M With support from the Richard King Mr. & Mrsrs Lois Renthal
<br /> Charles
<br /> the bay' s watershed . Mellon Foundation, The Conservation Fund
<br />- Steffens Jr.
<br /> will convene afirst-ever meeting of natural Elizabeth Warrick
<br /> 0 The Conservation Fund recently acquired resource leaders of all 50 states . The summit,
<br /> four key parcels in Palm Beach County' s to be held Oct . 1042 at the National Conser- Twelve donors have
<br /> Agricultural Reserve, protecting another vation Training Center in Shepherdstown, given $ 695 to the COM-
<br /> 1, 200 acres of open space and farmland from W . Va ., will provide a forum to define conser- MON GROUND Research
<br /> sprawl . The land also provides an important vation priorities, new strategies and models Fund this year . If you
<br /> buffer along the Loxahatchee National Wild- for collaboration among public, private and have not made your gift,
<br /> life Refuge, the northern component of the nonprofit sectors , John Oliver, secretary of please don' t delay,
<br /> Everglades ' "River of Grass . " The acquisi- Pennsylvania' s Department of Conservation Send your check The
<br /> Conservation Fundd,,
<br /> tions, to be transferred to the county, con- and Natural Resources, serves as chairman isoo N . Kent St ., Suite
<br /> tinue a $ 100 million farmland protection of the summit' s steering committee . Other 1120, Arlington, VA
<br /> effort approved in 1999 by county voters . committee members are Sara Taylor-Rogers, 22209-2156 .
<br /> Earlier Fund-assisted acquisitions protected secretary of Maryland' s Department of Natu-
<br /> 990 acres in the reserve . ral Resources, Brent Manning, director of Illi-
<br /> nois' DNR, Lonice Barrett, commissioner of
<br /> EM Virginia has acquired 8, 300 acres near Georgia' s DNR, and Mary Nichols, secretary
<br /> Wytheville, one of the largest privately-held of resources in California ,
<br /> tracts of unfragmented wild land in the
<br /> state . Working with the Western Virginia M The recent purchase of the 225- acre Lost
<br /> Land Trust, The Conservation Fund bought Coast Ranch in Humboldt County, Calif.,
<br /> the land with $3 million in state funding and will provide public access to a mile of coast-
<br /> transferred it to the state department of line and protect grass and forestland, creek The recent
<br /> game and inland fisheries . The department and wetland habitat . The California Coastal purchase of the
<br /> will manage the tract—its largest acquisition Conservancy provided a $ 1 million grant to
<br /> in two decades—and open a network of The Conservation Fund to buy the property, 225-acre Lost
<br /> trails to the public for hunting, hiking and which was given to the Bureau of Land Man- Coast Ranch in
<br /> trout fishing . The department has identified agement in July . The ranch, just south of the Humboldt County,
<br /> the land, which surrounds a 1, 874-acre tract Eel River near Ferndale, supports Northern
<br /> that protects the town' s water supply, as a California steelhead trout, northern red-legged Calif. , will provide
<br /> priority for protection. "This model coopera- and foothill yellow-legged frogs, golden and public access to a
<br /> tive effort allowed us to accomplish what bald eagles, bobcats, coyotes and mountain mile of coastline .
<br /> never could have been done individually, " lions . The acquisition begins an effort to pro-
<br /> said Michael Van Ness, the trust' s director , tect 600 acres in the Lost Coast Headlands .
<br /> ® The Saginaw Bay Watershed Initiative
<br /> Network (989 / 662-6024, www . saginaw The Conservation Fund wishes to
<br /> baywin . org) has awarded a $ 130,428 grant to thank supporters who contributed more
<br /> than $200 000 throu h Earth Share work-
<br /> the Saginaw Bay Greenways Collaborative � g
<br /> (www . saginawbaygreenways . org, 989 / 797- place donations in 2000 . For every dollar
<br /> 6800 ) to develop a green infrastructure plan contributed, 97 cents has funded land
<br /> for Bay, Midland and Saginaw counties in protection. Since 1988, Earth Share
<br /> Michigan. Collaborative members, who have campaigns at companies such as Dell,
<br /> pledged $ 137, 030 in services and funding to Louisiana-Pacific, Toyota, and American
<br /> match the grant, include nonprofit groups, Airlines have raised more than $90 mil-
<br /> local foundations, state and local govern- lion in payroll donations to support the
<br /> ments and the National Park Service' s Rivers work of environmental and conservation
<br /> and Trails Program . The Saginaw County groups . Fueled by workplace giving, the
<br /> Metropolitan Planning Commission and the Fund protects 1 , 000 acres a day-3 mil-
<br /> lion acres since 1985 . To make a gift to the
<br /> East Central Michigan Planning and Devel-
<br /> opment Region (www . ecmpdr . org) will Fund, look for # 0930 on Earth Share' s list
<br /> complete work on the plan . The collabora- in the Combined Federal Campaign cata-
<br /> tive hopes its work will be incorporated into Logue or visit www . earthshare . org .
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