Will, Sounds great! For those of you who missed it in the news is this note about the expansion of Congaree National Park from November:
http://wilderness.org/content/congaree-national-park-expanded Congaree National Park expanded: Our work with South Carolina’s local youth and legislators By Alex Morris on November 12, 2009 - 12:58pm Of the 50 states, South Carolina is not one often associated with land preservation. But that’s not the case this fall. A bill passed by Congress in October has granted part of the funding to expand the state’s only national park and the home of the nation’s largest tract of old-growth bottomland hardwood forest. By adding 2,000 acres to the park, the expansion will unite the park, which currently exists in two separate neighboring units. Connecting the eastern and western portions of the park, the land is almost completely acquired and will offer a refuge to songbirds, owls, woodpeckers, white-tailed deer, otters and raccoons. The addition will also create protection for trees including dwarf cypress, large swamp cottonwoods and rare water hickories. Congaree needs about $1.37 million to complete the acreage. Read the full story at the link above. Edward Frank "Oh, I call myself a scientist. I wear a white coat and probe a monkey every now and then, but if I put monetary gain ahead of preserving nature...I couldn't live with myself." - Professor Hubert Farnsworth -- Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected]
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