John,
As the end of the year approaches, I’d like to take a moment to describe just a few of the projects that our members and supporters helped us bring to completion in 2019.
- Trinity Divide, California — We protected 17 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail at Trinity Divide in Northern California, closing one of the largest gaps in public ownership along the trail.
- Cañon Ciruela Ranch, New Mexico — We purchased 8,947 acres and will donate it to the Bureau of Land Management. It will greatly improve access to the Sabinoso Wilderness, which has a history of very limited access due to surrounding private property.
- Palmisano Park, Illinois — We installed a set of public climbing boulders in the western end of this Chicago park. The boulders create a new attraction in the 10-year-old park for the local community to enjoy.
- Catamount Community Forest, Vermont — We permanently conserved this 393-acre recreational, historic, and ecological gem located in one of Vermont’s fastest growing and most threatened regions.
Of course, we still have a huge number of projects already underway that we will continue to work on in 2020 — projects in Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Tennessee, Georgia, Illinois, Texas, Colorado, Utah, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Hawai’i — and new ones starting up all the time.
I am very much looking forward to watching our programs advance in 2020, and I would like to invite you to be a part of these future successes by joining The Trust for Public Land today.
Sincerely,
Kim Elliot
Director of Membership
P.S. Don’t forget that anonymous patron who is waiting to match your membership donation dollar for dollar. When you make that tax-deductible donation now, it will instantly be doubled.
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