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Fund Quiz Answer 6

C. Upper Mississippi Forest Project, Minnesota

Minnesota's Northwoods The Fund conserved its 6.5 millionth acre with the Upper Mississippi Forest project, encompassing seven counties in Minnesota. The project was the largest conservation effort ever undertaken by the state of Minnesota and conserved more than 187,000 acres of the state's northern forests—saving wildlife habitat, timber-related jobs and public access for outdoor recreation.

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Green River Valley: A swath of wide-open private ranchlands in Wyoming's Upper Green River Valley is the best hope for conserving the region’s rich wildlife resources. In an exciting new effort, ranchers are collaborating with the Fund, public and private partners, and community leaders to protect and enhance more than 150,000 acres. Our efforts will preserve Wyoming’s unique wildlife habitat and traditional ranching economy.

Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge: In 2010, with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, we launched an effort to protect more than 3,900 acres at Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge in northern Louisiana. The project area connects to 13,000 acres of refuge lands. Preservation of this area not only protects habitat for wildlife, such as tens of thousands of migratory ducks and geese, it also provides open space for public recreation, enhances air and water quality and reduces flooding and erosion.

Three Sisters Springs: The Fund worked more than two years with numerous public and private partners to complete a conservation project that protects a 57.8-acre property in Crystal River, Florida. The property, known as Three Sisters Springs, contains five pristine, naturally occurring springs, which are home to more than 150 endangered manatees during the winter. The property will be preserved from development and managed as a wildlife refuge.

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Fund Quiz Answer 5

C. Virginia

Manassas Battlefield In partnership with the National Park Service, the Commonwealth of Virginia and several local land trusts, the Fund has conserved 25 Civil War battlefield properties, contributing to more than 10 Civil War battlefields in Virginia. Totaling 4,200 acres, conserved properties contributed to Manassas National Battlefield Park, Petersburg National Battlefield Park, and Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial among others.

Overall, with our partners, the Fund has conserved more than 9,200 acres in 14 states through its Civil War Battlefield Program.

Learn more about our Civil War battlefield campaign and our efforts to conserve other historic places across America.

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Fund Quiz Answer 4

D. 1 million trees

Marais des Cygnes NWR Manager, Ryan Fhroling, plants a tree for Go Zero. As of March 2010, our Go Zero program has planted 1 million trees. Go Zero works with national wildlife refuges to replant trees in areas that were once forested but were converted to other land use and now no longer support that use. Our millionth tree was planted as part of the effort to restore 367 acres of walnut, hickory, oak and cypress trees at Mingo National Wildlife Refuge near Puxico, Missouri. As the forest matures, it is expected to trap an estimated 100,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent from the atmosphere.

Go Zero is now working to restore 814 acres of forestland in Louisiana’s Lake Ophelia and Grand Cote national wildlife refuges. Restoring native forests in the Gulf Coast region is more important than ever, as birds forced from oil-contaminated marshes must look for healthy habitat nearby to rest and feed.

Since 2000, the Fund has restored 20,000 acres of forestlands with 6 million trees through its carbon sequestration programs—including the Go Zero program. Learn more about our other carbon programs, including carbon sequestration projects and sustainable forest management.

Pictured at left, Ryan Frohling, manager of Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge, plants a tree for Go Zero.

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Fund Quiz Answer 3

D. More than 1.5 million acres

Garcia River Forest in California / Photo: Matthew Gerhart The Fund has conserved just over 1.5 million acres of forestland across the United States. Many of these acres were contributed directly to national and state forests in 37 states.

In addition to adding to national and state forests, we have been a leader in forest conservation through our sustainable forestry work. With this approach, we are demonstrating that sustainable forestry can be used as an effective tool to protect water, wildlife and jobs.

In 2010 we completed several major forestry projects, including the conservation of nearly 188,000 acres of forest in Minnesota, the state's largest land conservation deal ever, and we assisted with the creation of Gilchrist State Forest, the first addition to Oregon’s state forest system in more than 60 years.

The Fund's largest forestland conservation project was in Washington County, Maine, with the acquisition of a working forest conservation easement affecting 311,000 acres. The property was acquired in 2005 in partnership with the New England Forestry Foundation and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and remains a working forest.

Learn more about our forestry work >>

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Fund Quiz Answer 2

A. Arizona

Grand Canyon / Photo: Grand Canyon Trust The Kane and Two Mile Ranch project in Arizona, completed in 2005, is the largest project—in terms of acres—the Fund has completed. In collaboration with the Bureau of Land Management and the Grand Canyon Trust, we acquired about 1,000 acres and grazing leases affecting about 850,000 acres.

The resource values of this property are tremendous. The property shares a 100-mile boundary Grand Canyon National Park along the North Rim, and much of the ranch is made up of the "sky island" of the Kaibab Plateau, which is home to the highest density of old-growth ponderosa pines in the Southwest.

The land also is being successfully managed to ensure the protection of critical wildlife habitat in the area. The Vermilion Cliffs National Monument is enclosed completely within the Two Mile Ranch and is the epicenter of the reintroduction efforts for the endangered California condor in Arizona.

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Fund Quiz Answer 1

D. West

Oregon coast

Regionally, we have conserved the most property in the West, protecting about 1.2 million acres across Washington, Oregon, California and Nevada.

We have worked with federal, state and local entities to complete 120 projects in the region, protecting local lakes and rivers as well as adding to national forests, wilderness parks and wildlife refuges.

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Quiz: "Fun" Fund Facts

In 2010 the Fund is celebrating 25 years of conservation work! We've helped protect more than 6.7 million acres across the United States, but how much do you know about our work? See if you can answer the questions below!