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t TM Vol . 12, No . 5 October—December 2001 Congress Approves LWCF Funding Editorial : William Spencer, a Citicorp executive and board member of The M Congress approved a $ 19 . 1 billion Interior appropria - Conservation Fund, foresaw the merger of tions bill on Oct . 17 to fund the four land management business and conservation interests , agencies for fiscal 2002 , which began Oct . 1 . Funding for federal land acquisitions and state grants under the Land and Water Conservation Fund program Greenways : Eastman Kodak Co . has rose $29 million (5 . 4 % ) over fiscal 2001 (see page 7 table) . awarded grants to 31 community groups to Among the biggest LWCF programs : help plan and develop greenway projects . • LWCF state grants : $ 144 million (the most since 1981 ) . • Grants to Florida for Everglades restoration : $ 15 million . Conservation : The Doris Duke Charitable • Funding for the Army Corps of Engineers for Everglades Foundation has awarded grants to The restoration : $ 16 million . Congress also approved : Conservation Fund and others for projects in • $ 65 million for the Forest Legacy program ( +$5 . 1 mil- the South and the Yellowstone region . lion), which funds easement acquisitions to protect forest land from development . See LWCF, page 7 Small Tracts : The rush to buy and sell chunks of Maine, a huge rise in wetland mitigation banking and surprising results Louisiana and Maryland Wetlands , of a Brookings Institution study on sprawl . Wyoming Parkland Protected Watersheds : CF Industries highlights ® The Richard King Mellon Foundation recently donated partnerships in Alaska, Idaho, Vermont 100 square miles of freshwater swamp to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries . The land, located in and Wisconsin . St . John the Baptist, St . James and Ascension parishes be- low Baton Rouge, is now the Maurepas Swamp Wildlife Management Area . The gift, one of the largest in the 10- Corporate Notes : Bass Pro Shops helps year history of the Mellon' s American Land Conservation protect the Chesapeake Bay and Illinois- Program, represents a big step in the state' s effort to pro- American Water Co . teams up with a land tect 858, 000 acres of fish and wildlife habitat by 2018 . The trust to clean up the Mississippi River . Conservation Fund helped the foundation with the dona- tion, which followed earlier gifts of 3, 700 acres of wetlands and wildlife refuges in the Lake Pontchartrain basin . Databank : The Conservation Fund achieves ® The state of Maryland will protect 1 ,271 acres of high- top ranking of 39 environmental nonprofit quality mature forest, including 90 acres of wetlands and groups for its program effectiveness . See Wetlands, page 7