Press Releases
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January 09, 2008: Calion Lumber donates 2,900-acre easement to conserve old-growth forest along Ouachita River
Calion Lumber Company donated to the Conservancy a 2,900-acre conservation easement. The easement, located north of Camden in Ouachita County, includes six miles of frontage along both sides of the lower Ouachita River.
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Jay Harrod
Phone: 501.614.5081
E-mail: jharrod@tnc.org |
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January 09, 2008: The Conservancy adds 138 acres to Nacatoch Ravines Conservation Area
The Nature Conservancy in Arkansas recently announced that it has purchased 138 acres to add to the Nacatoch Ravines Conservation Area in southwest Arkansas near Hope.
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Jay Harrod
Phone: 501.614.5081
E-mail: jharrod@tnc.org |
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January 09, 2008: Nature Conservancy says land donation from Cooper Communities good for Saline River
Cooper Communities of Rogers, Ark., and The Nature Conservancy in Arkansas recently announced that Cooper Communities has donated 123 acres in Hot Springs Village to the Conservancy.
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Jay Harrod
Phone: 501.614.5081
E-mail: jharrod@tnc.org |
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January 09, 2008: The Conservancy adds 121 acres to Ouachita Mountain nature preserve
The Nature Conservancy in Arkansas recently announced that it has purchased 121 acres on the border of Hot Spring and Garland counties to add to its Simpson Preserve at Trap Mountain.
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Jay Harrod
Phone: 501.614.5081
E-mail: jharrod@tnc.org |
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March 27, 2007: Poll Shows Voters Support Federal Action to Protect Family Forests
Recent poll results show American voters are concerned about the consequences of forest loss and support Federal action and conservation programs to help keep privately-owned forest lands intact for future generations.
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Jay Harrod
Phone: (501) 614-5081
E-mail: jharrod@tnc.org |
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November 21, 2006: Potlatch, Conservation Partners Announce 16,000-acre “Working Forest” Easement to Become Wildlife Ma
Arkansans will soon have a new wildlife management area in Calhoun County, thanks to a conservation easement several state agencies and The Nature Conservancy are purchasing from one of the state’s largest timber companies.
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Jay Harrod
Phone: (501) 614-5081
E-mail: jharrod@tnc.org |
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November 21, 2006: Fact Sheet: Red-cockaded Woodpeckers and the Moro Big Pine Project
Fact sheet focusing on red-cockaded woodpeckers and the Moro Big Pine project.
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Jay Harrod
Phone: (501) 614-5081
E-mail: jharrod@tnc.org |
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November 08, 2006: Conservancy Board of Directors Member Harry Groome Addresses Arkansas' CCC Lunch
What follows is an excerpt from a speech that Harry Groome gave during the Conservancy’s Fourth Annual Northwest Arkansas Corporate Council for Conservation Lunch on Nov. 2 in Springdale. Groome, of Villanova, Penn., serves on the Conservancy’s international Board of Directors and is the retired chair of the pharmaceutical company SmithKline Beecham plc (now Glaxo SmithKline).
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Jay Harrod
Phone: (501) 614-5081
E-mail: jharrod@tnc.org |
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July 17, 2006: Winthrop Rockefeller's Legacy of Conservation
Nature Conservancy leaders reflect on Winthrop Rockefeller's conservation committment.
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Jay Harrod
Phone: (501) 614-5081
E-mail: jharrod@tnc.org |
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April 21, 2006: Nature Conservancy in Arkansas wraps up prescribed fire season
Between September 2005 and May 2006, The Nature Conservancy in Arkansas conducted 49 prescribed burns, covering more than 11,000 in The Natural State.
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Jay Harrod
Phone: (501) 614-5081
E-mail: jharrod@tnc.org |
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June 01, 2005: An Arkansas Family Restores a Tall-grass Prairie
About decade ago, Mel Harness got an idea to bring back to life that which had given his small community its name. A 30-year resident of Prairie View, Harness had become deeply interested in tall-grass prairies that had once been a prominent feature in the northwest Arkansas landscape.
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Jay Harrod
Phone: (501) 614-5081
E-mail: jharrod@tnc.org |
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April 07, 2004: Millipedes Found in Arkansas Caves are New to Science
For the last 40 years, cavers and scientists have noticed fragile and ghostly white millipedes living deep in a few caves in Arkansas, but they have not been able to identify the species.
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Dr. G.O. Graening
Phone (916) 452-5442
Email: ggraening@tnc.org |
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March 23, 2004: BEWARE: There May Be Invasive Plants in Your Backyard
The Nature Conservancy Urges Arkansas Gardeners to Use the First Week of Spring to Help Stop the Spread of America’s Worst Weeds
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Dayle McCune
Phone: (501) 614-5071
E-mail: arkansas@tnc.org |
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March 05, 2002: Gift Establishes Preserve on Big Piney Creek
David and Virginia Lyon donate 61 acres on Big Piney Creek in Newton County to The Nature Conservancy to establish a nature preserve.
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Lee Moore
Phone: (501) 614-5077
E-mail: lmoore@tnc.org |
