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What have the 2006 Pension Bill provisions done for you?
Post your experiences on the PLN Bulletin Board Let us know how these provisions have lead to;
  • new conservation projects 
  • more acres conserved
  • new members of the land conservation community
We have been asked to pass your information and experiences along to the finance committee staff. So please take a quick moment, send along your stories, and help convince these guys to make these provisions permanent.
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Read the inaugural post on the PLN Blog
Sit back, grab a cup of your favorite beverage and read the first installment of the PLN blog, Running into the Wind. In this inaugural blog, learn how our perspective on conservation has developed, leading up to the founding of Resources First Foundation and the creation of the Private Landowner Network. Please feel free to post your thoughts, comments, and reactions. 
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Stop by read some posts, get to know the conservation community, get in touch with and meet like minded folks to swap experiences. These message boards are your way to become part of a national conservation community concerned with preserving private land and developing strategies to keep your land in the family.
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Current News Items

Texas Statewide Land Trust Conference
Feb. 19-21, 2009 in Austin, TX (Marriott-Austin Airport South)

USDA releases funds to repair land damage
Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer has announced that farmers and ranchers will receive USDA funding to repair land damage created by natural disasters in 34 states since September 2007.

Cooperative Extension Offices Added
All of the over 3000 County cooperative extension offices have been added to the PLN database.

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Search our Partner Database of Conservation Success StoriesWhat is Cooperative Conservation America? CCA is a public forum for collecting and sharing the cooperative conservation stories, lessons, models and achievements of all Americans. It provides citizen conservationists from every walk of life an opportunity to contribute to, and learn from, a common pool of conservation knowledge, tools, and practices – a cumulative and evolving database of information that will advance citizen stewardship, foster community-based conservation, encourage and support the vital role of private lands and landowners, and expand and strengthen shared governance in the care and conservation of America’s lands, waters, and wildlife.

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Success Stories
Clinton River Spillway Bike Path Project

Partners in Restoration

The Irvine Ranch Land Reserve

Missouri SWCD/NRCS Partnership

Downeast Lakes Forestry Partnership

Platte River Habitat Partnership

Karner Blue Butterfly Habitat Conservation Plan

Envision Utah

Integrating Desert Conservation, Visitor Services, and Public Safety

Compatible Use Buffer Program

Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers!

Rio Grande Basin Initiative

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Greater Yellowstone Mammal Migrations

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America’s Private Lands Conservation Partnership

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Central Texas Sustainability Partnership

Conserving Prairie Ranches, Ranchers, and Grassland Birds

Lewiston Initiates Community Investment with Bates Mill Redevelopment

Helping Indian Tribes Manage Natural Resources

Onslow Bight Conservation Forum

Confluence: A Conservation, Heritage & Recreation Corridor

Quabbin to Cardigan Collaborative

Michigan Agriculture Environmental Assurance Program

Implementation of a Scientifically Credible IPM Approach to Control Invasive Species and Restore Native Prairie

Wet Mountain Valley

Wildlife Forever – Minnesota Twins Bass Fishing Classic

Audubon California Landowner Stewardship Program

Connecticut Lakes Headwaters Partnership

Ohio CELP

West Branch Project, Maine

Water Reservoir Project

Nebraska Partnership for All-Bird Conservation

Upper Snake River Land Conservation Project

Action Teams for the Environment

Puget Sound Nearshore Partnership

Southern Nevada Lands Partnership

Greater Everglades Ecosystem Restoration

Gulf of Mexico Integrated Science in Tampa Bay

Grand County / BLM Recreation Partnerships

Southern Appalachian Elk Restoration

Timucuan Ecological and Historic Preserve

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