Trust for Public Land
Giving Tuesday midday update: 2X match offer is STILL
available
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12 hours until midnight.
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Make My Giving
Tuesday Gift
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Good news, John: We've
crossed the halfway mark towards our Giving Tuesday goal, thanks to
the gifts your fellow Trust for Public Land supporters have already
made ?
Will your gift get us to 52%?
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These gifts-and yours, if you're able to pitch in-will
DOUBLE in value thanks to a time-limited 2X matching gift. They'll
also help bring about the completion of epic conservation efforts like
the L Bar project.
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A vista of the L Bar.
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The southwestern landscape of L Bar includes dramatic volcanic cones
and habitat for a variety of wildlife. Photo: Dave Cox/Mountain Media
Trust for Public Land's L Bar project is a 54,161-acre expanse of
culturally and ecologically important land bordered by national forest
on one side, a state wildlife area on another, and the Pueblo of
Laguna on a third.
Once we fully transition the property to New Mexico, it will quadruple
the nearby Marquez Wildlife Area's size, making it the largest
state-owned recreation property in New Mexico.
Support L Bar and the more than 150 other conservation and park
creation projects we have in the works. Make your 2X MATCHED Giving
Tuesday gift before it's too late >>
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The L Bar project holds special significance for the area's Indigenous
peoples. Part of the landscape is considered a sacred pilgrimage site
by as many as 30 Native American tribes. The Pueblo of Acoma, the
Pueblo of Laguna, the Hopi Tribe, the Navajo Nation, and the Pueblo of
Zuni have called the area home for more than a thousand years.
Returning this privately owned land to public stewardship will once
again guarantee Native people's access to its many wonders and
culturally significant sites.
Theresa Pasqual, director of Pueblo of Acoma's Tribal Historic
Preservation Office, shares her excitement: "The purchase and
protection of the L Bar property represent the potential for younger
generations of Acoma children who have never seen these lands to now
have a chance to get reacquainted with them."
Normally, we facilitate the quick transfer of private land to public
ownership, but to make the financing work for the L Bar project, we
needed to retain ownership longer than usual. That's a risk to TPL,
but one we felt was worth it. As my colleague Jim Petterson put it,
"This is a unique thing that Trust for Public Land can do, and it
shows our commitment to the project. That's the power of being
both a national and local organization. We bring local knowledge and
financial leverage to the table."
Two people talk while gazing at the land.
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Thanks to persistence and collaboration, public access to the L Bar
property will be protected forever. Photo: Dave Cox/Mountain Media
We're able to take on significant projects like L Bar thanks, in part,
to generous, ongoing support of our
members, John.
Help complete more projects like L Bar, return more land to public
use, and connect more people to places that mean so much. Make your
gift for Giving Tuesday.
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Thank you,
Barry Hirsch signature.
Barry Hirsch
Trust for Public Land
P.S. We do our best not to ask members for gifts who just made a gift,
but sometimes our records don't update fast enough to keep recent
donors from receiving an appeal like this. So, if you did just give,
thank you for your support, and our apologies for the extra request!
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