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President Bush signs Wild Sky Bill
On Thursday, May 8, President Bush signed the bill creating the Wild Sky Wilderness. Over the last five years the Wilderness Land Trust, at the request of the Wild Washington Campaign, has purchased 425 acres in Wild Sky.
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640 Acres in Hells Canyon Wilderness
Created by Congress in 1990, the 9,900-acre Hells Canyon Wilderness sits 25 northwest of Phoenix near Lake Pleasant. There is only one piece of private property within this small wilderness area: the 640-acre Hells Canyon parcel.
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Buck Parker joins the Board of Directors
Mr. Parker has been on the staff of the non-profit environmental law group Earthjustice since 1980, where he served as litigation coordinator, vice president, and, from 1997 to 2007, executive director.
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Wilderness Land Trust Purchases 800 Acres In Owens Peak Wilderness
The Trust is pleased to announce that it has completed the purchase of this 800-acre parcel, bringing the total area protected directly by the Trust in California to 15,260 acres.
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Five Arizona Wilderness Parcels Transferred to BLM
The Wilderness Land Trust announced that it has transferred five more inholdings in Arizona to the Bureau of Land Management
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Big Horn Mine, Los Angeles County
On the eastern flank of Baden-Powell is the historic Big Horn Mine, whose venerated structures provide reminders of early California.
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640 Acres Secured in Hells Canyon Wilderness Area
Located near the outskirts of Phoenix, Hells Canyon is an unspoiled remnant of the original central Arizona desert landscape.
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Mono Lake private lands preserved as Wilderness
The high desert landscape surrounding Mono Lake has moved one large step toward remaining unspoiled with a 3,748-acre gift from The Wilderness Land Trust.
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The Wilderness Land Trust welcomes Dan Huntington as Vice President
Raised on the edge of Colorado's Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness, Mr. Huntington witnessed at an early age what development of inholdings can mean.
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Additional 80 Acres in the Soda Mountains Protected
In February of 2007, the Trust purchased an additional inholding comprising 80 acres within the Soda Mountains Wilderness Study Area
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120 Acres in Arizona’s Mt. Tipton Wildernesses Preserved
On March 13th The Wilderness Land Trust protected two more parcels in the Mt. Tipton Wilderness.
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Land within California’s Ventana Wilderness Protected
On February 28, 2007 The Wilderness Land Trust announced that it has purchased the historic Horse Pasture property in the northern Ventana Wilderness of the Los Padres National Forest.
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80 Acres in the Proposed Lassen Volcanic Officially Preserved
With the support of the Resources Legacy Fund Foundation, the Trust has protected 80 acres within the Lassen Nation Forest.
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El Malpais Potential Wilderness Protected 320-acre private property within it saved.
As of February 2, 2007, one of the last inholdings in the El Malpais National Monument Wilderness Study Area has been acquired by The Wilderness Land Trust.
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