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COMMON GROUND VOL. 12 NO. 5 OCTOBER-DECEMBER 2001 LWCF, from page 1 reation program to rehabilitate city parks . • $40 million for the Fish and Wildlife Ser- • $43 . 5 million for the North American Wet- Many thanks to these vice to provide state grants to encourage lands Conservation Program . recent donors to the landowners to restore wildlife habitat for • $ 10 million for grants to individuals and COMMON GROUND rare and endangered species . groups to conserve rare and endangered spe- Research Fund : • $30 million for the Urban Parks and Rec- cies on private land . Lillian Benson Russell Cohen Emily Earley Total Appropriation for Public Land Agencies (in millions of dollars) Mr . & Mrs . Charles Agency FY TO FY " 01 FY ' 02 Change from '01 Friedrichs BLM $1 ,497*3 $2,14792 $ 11871 . 2 -276 . 0* Pauline Ney FWS 886 .5 11227. 0 1 ,276A +49 .4 Robert Olshansky NPS 11884 . 9 2113592 21323 . 1 + 187 . 8 Mrs . Bradford Purcell USFS 3,210 . 0 41435A 41130A -305 . 0* Mr . & Mrs . David Strong Land Acquisition and State Grant Spending (in millions of dollars) Agency FY 100 FY '01 FY ' 02 Change from '01 Twenty donors have BLM $47. 8 $56 . 5 $49 . 9 . 6 gi -6 ven $1 , 105 to the COM- FWS 61 . 9 12192 99 . 1 - -22 . 1 MON GROUND Research NPS (total) 181 . 8 215 . 1 274 . 1 +59 . 0 Fund this year. If you Fed, land acquis . 141 . 7 124 . 8 130 . 1 +5 .3 have not made your gift, State grants 41 . 1 90 .3 144 . 0 +53 . 7 this is your last chance in 2001 . Send your check USFS 156 . 0 150 . 9 149 . 7 -1 . 3 c / o The Conservation LWCF Total 447. 5 5417 5719 +29 . 1 Fund, 1800 N. Kent St., * reduction due mostly to annual fluctuation in spending for fire fighting. Suite 1120, Arlington, VA 22209 -2156 . Wetlands, from page 1 1 . 8 miles of Potomac River shoreline at Dou- tion Fund assisted in the acquisition with glas Point in Charles County . The state' s help from funding provided by the Doris new GreenPrint program, which protects a Duke Charitable Foundation for its Greater network of environmentally significant land Yellowstone Initiative (see story on page 3 ) . around the state, will provide $6 . 3 million to New TCF Web Site purchase the land from Potomac Electric ® The Catto Charitable Foundation has hon- The Conservation Fund has Power Co . The Conservation Fund assisted ored Sarah James of Arctic Village, Alaska, redesigned its Web site to the state in the acquisition, which should with its American Land Conservation Award include the latest news on q land acquisitions, sustain" take place this fall . "Gov. Parris Glendening and an accompanying $50, 000 grant. James able programs and leader- has changed the landscape of preservation in accepted the award on behalf of the Gwich' in ship training. Early next Maryland and has preserved more land than people, who live in villages in northeast year, the Fund will distrib- any other governor in the state' s history;' Alaska and northwest Canada . The Gwich' in ute a new electronic news- said Patrick Noonan, chairman of the Fund . depend for both food and traditional lifestyle letter that will highlight "More than one out of every four acres pro - on the migrations of the Porcupine herd of key accomplishments of federal and rim caribous who calve on the shores of the the Fund . To receive the tected in the state, including P e-newsletter, subscribe at: vately protected land, were protected during Beaufort Sea . Their centuries-long steward- www. conservationfund . org the Glendening administration . " ship of the land and its wildlife also has pro- tected healthy populations of grey wolves, ® Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming wolverine, moose, musk ox and grizzly recently acquired a 33-acre tract near its bears . "The Catto Charitable Foundation is Granite Canyon entrance, the first large prim particularly inspired and pleased to present vate inholding purchased by the park in a this award to Sarah James this year in the decade . The Resor, Hauge and Laughlin midst of these difficult times ," said Jessica families of Snake River Ranch sold the land Catto, foundation president . "Her work and for $4 . 97 million, substantially below market commitment to the stewardship of the value . "We have been hoping to transfer this Gwich' in lands and traditions are an ex- land to the National Park Service for over 20 ample to all of us," said Catto, who pre- years," said Bill Resor . "We are very pleased sented the award Oct . 1 at the Land Trust that it will now be a permanent part of the Alliance' s Land Trust Rally in Baltimore, Grand Teton National Park . " The park used Md . The Conservation Fund administers the money from the Land and Water Conserva- award, the largest prize given to honor indi- tion Fund for the purchase . The Conserva- vidual volunteer efforts in land conservation .