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John,

Do you want to see our national parks filled with
trophy homes and garish hotels?

I didn't think so - which is why I'm asking for your help to keep that from
happening.

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You see, within the boundaries of
our National Park System are roughly 2.6 million acres that are
privately owned - and many of these properties are highly
desirable to developers and investors who can build whatever they want
on it at any time or open it up for exploitation at any time.

For example, there are nearly 3,300
acres of land inside Zion National Park's boundaries that are
private property. These properties can block access to popular trails
and other sites, and they impede wildfire management, views, water
quality, and wildlife habitats.

The Trust for Public Land has been
addressing this issue in two ways: purchasing properties and turning
them over to the park, forest, wetland, recreation area, etc. that
they're in, and purchasing easements that keep the properties
open and accessible to the public forever.

At The Trust for Public Land, we protect land for people. Thanks to our selfless members, we have recently protected and preserved:

* the 836-acre Forni Ranch inside Eldorado National Forest in
California;
* 19 acres inside Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area
near Atlanta, Georgia;
* two properties, totaling 296 acres, that were added to DeSoto
National Forest in Mississippi.

Unfortunately, we still have a long
way to go. A recent report found that more than 9 million acres of
public land across the West are unavailable to the public because
access to them is cut off by private land.

If you care about public land, if you don't want to see reckless
development inside our national parks,
I need you to take the next step and become a member of The Trust for
Public Land. Your membership will be a tremendous help in our fight
to protect and preserve the public lands we both cherish.

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Sincerely,

Kim Elliot
Director of Membership

MATCH MY GIFT

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