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	<title>Forest Policy Research &#187; Nature Conservancy</title>
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		<title>Borneo: Large unknown population of Orangutans found in East 	Kalimantan</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/31/borneo-large-unknown-population-of-orangutans-found-in-east-kalimantan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Borneo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservation priorities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Deane's Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[good news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature Conservancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[orangutan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In December 2008, we found a significant population of  Bornean
orangutans. This is some welcome news on a generally gloomy
conservation agenda. Orangutans are among the rarest primates on
Earth. Populations are plummeting under the various pressures on their
forest habitats.
To see video: Get full text; Support da&#8217; word producer:
http://blog.nature.org/2009/03/a-new-orangutan-population-on-borneo/

All tree news about Borneo:
http://forestpolicyresearch.org/category/asia-se-asia-tree-news/borneo/

So, we all got pretty excited [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York: Lyme Timber&#8217;s Adirondack park &#8216;conservation easement&#8217; pays them to cut the forest down</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/29/new-hampshire-lyme-timbers-361000-acres-in-adirondack-park-has-a-conservation-easements-that-pays-them-to-cut-most-of-it-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[New Hampshire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consensus catastrophe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservation easement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fake sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gree]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature Conservancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thinning harms forests]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Getting paid to log the Adirondacks is fine by Peter Stein. Stein works for thestate&#8217;s largest landowner, New Hampshire-based Lyme Timber Co., whichhas grown by buying forests from old-line companies that used tomeasure success by how much timber was carried on log trucks rumblingout of the woods. Lyme owns 361,000 acres within the Adirondack Park, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West Virginia: Thunderstruck Con. sells Nature Con. easement for 272 acres in Monongalia NF</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2009/03/16/west-virginia-thunderstruck-conservations-sells-a-conservation-easement-to-nature-con-for-272-acres-surrounded-by-monongalia-nf/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:07:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[West Virginia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservation easement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forest protection purchased]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature Conservancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USFS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Nature Conservancy &#8211; with help from the state DOT &#8211; has purchased &#8220;a conservation easement&#8221; on 272 acres of property in Randolph County owned by Thunderstruck Conservation. It is surrounded by the Monongalia National Forest and is close to the Dolly Sods Wilderness Area, the Roaring Plains Wilderness Area and the Nature Conservancy&#8217;s Bear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>West Virginia: Nature Con &amp; ski resort to &#8220;protect &amp; restore&#8221; 233 acres of red spruce</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2008/12/30/west-virginia-nature-con-ski-resort-to-protect-restore-233-acres-of-red-spruce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 22:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[West Virginia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature Conservancy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nature Conservancy and Snowshoe Mountain Resort announced today a
cooperative agreement to protect and restore high quality red spruce
forest near the popular West Virginia ski area. As part of the
agreement, Snowshoe will set aside 233 acres of high quality habitat
in the heart of WV&#8217;s highlands. The deal between Snowshoe and The
Nature Conservancy represents the first conservation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maine: Timber Industry executive takes over Nature Con</title>
		<link>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2008/12/30/maine-timber-industry-executive-takes-over-nature-con/</link>
		<comments>http://forestpolicyresearch.org/2008/12/30/maine-timber-industry-executive-takes-over-nature-con/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 21:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deane Rimerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Maine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature Conservancy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[He can look at an Eastern White Pine and see the number of board feet
the tree could yield and what markets the timber could serve. &#8220;They
all seem important,&#8221; says Milliken, CEO of Cumberland-based Baskahegan
Co., which owns 100,000 acres of timberland in northern Washington
County. On Dec. 1, Milliken was elected chairman of Arlington,
Va.-based The Nature Conservancy, [...]]]></description>
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