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Article: The Nature Conservancy Partners With New York State to Protect 44,650 Acres; $9.1 Million for Largest-Ever Conservancy Land Acquisition in New York.
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- June 10, 2002
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TUG HILL PLATEAU, N.Y. -- The Nature Conservancy of New York announced today a landmark deal to preserve 44,650 acres of forest lands in the Tug Hill Plateau in Lewis County, approximately 30 miles north of Syracuse, marking the largest land acquisition that the Conservancy has negotiated in the state of New York. The Conservancy, with the help of New York State, will buy the property for $9.1 million from Hancock Timber, a private timber investment company that has owned the land since 1996.
Henry Tepper, New York state director of The Nature Conservancy said, "This purchase, bringing together New York State, The Nature Conservancy and a private timber ...