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All of these places-and many more!-are protected thanks,
in part, to Trust for Public Land supporters like
you.

Trust for Public Land.

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For this
year's giving season, I asked my colleagues to share a little about
what they do and why it means so much to them to have the backing of
Trust for Public Land supporters like you. Check out J.T.'s message
below on the power of trails to transform communities for the better!

-Barry

I love my job. No
really, I love it.

As the senior director of the national Trails initiative at Trust for
Public Land, I get paid to help plan, build and protect
trails-from community trails to congressionally designated
trails and everything in between. Cool, right?

See, trails have a unique power to connect, perhaps more than other
green spaces. Trust for Public Land partners with communities to help
to install mountain biking trails, convert defunct railways to
multiuse paths, buy and create town-owned community forests, and
reclaim old industrial sites for new green space.

I'm about to nerd out about some of my favorite trails and green
spaces, and what they mean for our work to connect everyone to the
benefits and joys of the outdoors. So I hope you'll humor me, keep
reading, and then make a tax-deductible gift to help create more
trails and protect public lands across the country.

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Florida Gulf Coast Trail

People biking on the trail.

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Passing through eight counties, the 366-mile Florida Gulf Coast Trail,
when completed, will stretch roughly from Tampa to Naples. Decades
ago, the entire region was dominated by agriculture, but farms have
given way to suburbs. While sections of the trail already exist, many
gaps remain. With your support, we're overseeing a regional
effort with public and private partners to complete the trail and
connect communities at every point along the corridor.

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Spence Mountain, Oregon

Person biking on Spence Mountain.

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Klamath Falls, a city of 22,000, was once a thriving timber town until
changing forest policies and a severe earthquake took a toll on the
town's economic and built environments. Trust for Public Land
has since helped Klamath Falls divine a new future. Just 10 miles
outside of town rises Spence Mountain, where a private landowner had
allowed the community to create 50 miles of trails on 7,500 acres.

Protecting the Spence Mountain property breathed new life into the
economy of Klamath Falls, while ensuring that local residents and
far-flung visitors retain a healthy outlet. You can help more towns
like Klamath Falls build their recreation economy with a gift today.

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Hazelwood Greenway, Pennsylvania

Arial view of the river.

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After losing more than half its population from 1950 to 1990,
Pittsburgh now wants to make sure people choose to stay, with new
parks and green spaces among the key ingredients making it one of
America's most livable cities.

Trust for Public Land provided the city and community partners with a
grant to launch a pilot program for ecological restoration on a
183-acre site known as Hazelwood Greenway, enabling partners to remove
abandoned appliances and invasive species such as knotweed, as well as
plant trees and improve access. Together, we can help even more cities
have a renewed focus on trails and green spaces.

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All of these
places-and many more!-are protected thanks to Trust for
Public Land supporters like you. Please continue to support our
mission to bring the profound benefits of green spaces to millions of
people across America.

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Thanks for reading through-and for being a dedicated member of
this team,

J.T. Horn
Trust for Public Land

GIVE NOW

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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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