April 18, 2012 Natural Resource Areas (Preservation/Conservation Areas) Purpose and Intent 

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• Ecology
• Economics
• Resource
• Green infrastructure
• Natural resource management
• Conservation communities
• Environment
• Earth
• Biology

United States Environmental Protection Agency Some of the communities featured here had to develop impressive solutions to daunting challenges before their

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• Recycling
• Water conservation
• Waste Management
• Inc
• Pay as you throw
• Municipal solid waste
• Kerbside collection
• Waste
• Electronic waste
• Recycling in the United States
• Waste management
• Sustainability
• Environment

Rainwater Harvesting What can we do with rainwater? Rainwater is often treated like wastewater in our communities. Our rooftops and yards are designed to shed rainwater runoff to the street, down the storm drain, 

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• Earth
• Irrigation
• Containers
• Water pollution
• DIY culture
• Rainwater tank
• Rainwater harvesting
• Cistern
• Barrel
• Environment
• Water
• Water conservation

The continued development of local and regional food systems presents exciting opportunities for economic growth in rural communities. Many of the Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) most popular programs can be better

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• Economy of the United States
• Conservation Reserve Program
• Farm ownership loans
• Farm Service Agency
• Agritourism
• CREP
• Food
• Conservation
• and Energy Act
• Farm operating loans
• Farm Credit System
• United States Department of Agriculture
• Travel
• Agriculture

NEWS New Award Memorializes Land Conservation Leader Nancy Natoli’s leadership benefitted the Department of Defense, land conservation, and natural resources U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, Greenville, SC

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• Knowledge
• Science
• Conservation communities
• Biology
• Conservation biology

The Native Conservation Corps program increases cooperation between Native American communities and the National Park Service, a partnership that is necessary for maintaining balance in the environment and harmony in com

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• United States National Park Service
• Public Land Corps
• Conservation in the United States
• Environment of the United States
• National Park Service

Bandelier National Monument Working with New Mexico By the Numbers Almost every American city and town claims a little bit of the National Park Service. Communities invite us to help them. Together we build trails and p

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• Environment of the United States
• National Park Service
• National Register of Historic Places
• National parks of Canada
• Bandelier National Monument
• National Heritage Area
• National Park Foundation
• Parks Canada
• New Mexico
• Conservation in the United States
• Historic preservation

INTERNATIONAL CONCEPTS IN PROTECTED LANDSCAPES Exploring Their Value for Communities in the Northeast Proceedings of a Public Forum and Workshop on Landscape Stewardship 18 June 1999

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• Environment
• Ecology
• Ecoregions
• Land use
• Protected area
• Conservation biology
• Shelburne Farms
• Conservation
• Biology
• Vermont

Environmental Stressors in Freshwater Ecosystems: Consequences for Communities and Conservation Angela Strecker Associate Professor Dept. of Environmental Sciences and Management Portland State University

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National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Natural Resource Stewardship and Science Economic Benefits to Local Communities from

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• Economics
• United States
• Conservation in the United States
• National Park Service
• MIG
• Inc.