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hills around the sprawling nearby Homestead resort at Warm Springs. This is the latest in a series of projects that have protected 240,000 acres across Virginia, from the 220acre Fraser s Woods Preserve in Fairfax to Wildcat Mountain in Fauquier County and the vast southeast Virginia wetlands of the Great Dismal Swamp.
And anyone who has walked on the Billy Goat Trail at Great Falls can thank the Conservancy and its corporate partner, PEPCO, for ensuring that this spectacular section of the Potomac River remains forever intact. How many other communities can boast such an oasis of wilderness less than a dozen miles from its city center?
Conservancy President Steve McCormick concedes they have taken on a tall order mission—"to preserve the plants, animals and natural communities that represent life on Earth by protecting the lands and waters they need to survive. I like that It's bold stuff. At the radical center
The Nature Conservancy has achieved results by operating from the radical center— without litigation, regulation,
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