Colorado DOT plans ahead for Prairie preservation
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The Colorado Department of Transportation plans ahead to protect tens of thousands of acres of shortgrass prairie and reduce compliance costs. CDOT is partnering with Federal Highway Administration in order to advance mitigation at an ecologically meaningful scale, instead of small projects.
Publication Name: Nature Conservancy
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-5200
Year: 2004
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Conservancy and Bad River Band of Chippewa Indians conserve tribal lands
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The Conservancy and the Bad River Band protected 24 miles of rivers and streams by helping to maintain high water quality in the Kakagon/Bad River Sloughs and Chequamegon Bay. This has helped in conserving the rice beds and all of the natural resources of the Chequamegon Bay watershed.
Publication Name: Nature Conservancy
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-5200
Year: 2004
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Nature by the numbers
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A list is presented of facts and statistics culled from the Nature Conservancy's archives. Included is a comparison of acreage protected by the group during the 1950s and the 1990s, 13,743 to 7,120,338, and a comparison of membership size, from 554 in 1952 to 1,029,012 in 2000.
Publication Name: Nature Conservancy
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-5200
Year: 2001
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