Land Trust of the Treasure Valley

July 27, 2010

Oil spill response legislation headed to the House and Senate floors this week may provide the best opportunity in years to secure dedicated funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund! You can help assure funding by contacting your representatives in Congress today. Click on the link below to be connected to Land Trust Alliance website for more information.

http://www.landtrustalliance.org/policy/transition/advocates/adv-072710

For additional information about the Land and Water Conservation Fund, please click on the link below to read the New York Times Editorial from July 19, 2010.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/opinion/20tue2.html?_r=4&ref=opinion

Down Market Benefits Land Conservancy Groups

http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist...

Stack Rock now stands as a crowning success in Boise's ongoing campaign to preserve the Foothills.

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/01/05/1030031/our-view-stack-rock-boi...

Proposed Idaho Land Swap Exposes Shifting Attitudes, Shifting Economics: Idaho panhandle residents are up in arms over a possible land deal between the Forest Service and Yellowstone Club founder Tim Blixseth.
By Jonathan Weber , 7-22-09 on Newwest.net

http://www.newwest.net/city/article/idaho_forest_land_swap_riles_the_pal...

Read an engaging report "Conservation: An Investment that Pays" by the Trust for Public Land

http://www.lttv.org/index.php?q=system/files/EconBenefitsReport_7_2009.p...