Sentences with phrase «additional acres of»

Diverse studies of global land cover and potential productivity suggest that anywhere from 600 million to more than 7 billion additional acres of underutilized rural lands are available for expanding rain - fed crop production around the world, after excluding the 4 billion acres of cropland currently in use, as well as the world's supply of closed forests, nature reserves, and urban lands.

If funded, nearly 500 additional acres of highly productive farmland will be protected.

The property is adjacent to Lloyd's Berean Park as well as 270 additional acres of town - owned watershed land and 47 acres previously protected by the Wallkill Valley Land Trust, a partner in the Saving the Land That Matters Most initiative.

Initially slated for June 3, the reopening of the newly - renovated Minneapolis Sculpture Garden at the Walker Art Center was supposed to introduce the community to five additional acres of green space and works by such major contemporary artists as Katharina Fritsch and Theaster Gates.

This farm, which would eventually include 30 additional acres of surrounding land, was used as a shelter for lost, abandoned and abused pets.

Besides working for eight years to overturn the Clinton administration's «Roadless Rule» that prevented road building (and the logging that usually follows) on 58.5 million acres of national forests, the Bush White House has opened up 45 million additional acres of public land across the American West to oil and gas drilling during its tenure.

The continued preservation of Mass Audubon's extensive conservation land in Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden counties, including 8,000 acres owned and nearly 1,500 additional acres of conservation restrictions, through which we collaborate with cities and other land owners to preserve open space.

Farm must produce at least $ 500 in gross sales per year for the first five acres plus $ 5 for each additional acre or 50 cents per each additional acre of woodland and / or wetland.

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Several large and as - yet uncontained wildfires have burned 1,500 homes and more than 53,000 acres in Napa County, as well as thousands of additional acres in Sonoma County — both of which comprise California's wine country.

The study, conducted by Eli Lilly's (lly) Elanco Animal Health division at the request of the National Chicken Council, said that if one - third of U.S. broilers switched to slower growing breeds, that would mean 33.5 billion pounds more feed, 7.6 million acres / year more land, 28.5 billion pounds of manure, and 5.1 billion additional gallons of water.

The deal for an 18 - acre block owned by the City of Brantford, is expected to close on March 28, and represents an additional investment of about C$ 2.2 million.

In fact, the demand had grown so large, the company recently leased an additional 3,000 acres of groves just to keep up.

Currently, he grows grapes on 5 acres, recently planted an additional 28 acres and expects by 2016 to have approximately 40 acres of producing wines in northern Arizona.

Building climate resilience among forest communities is an urgent imperative in Guatemala, a country that lost 17 percent of its forest cover between 1990 and 2005 alone and has since then lost an additional 321,000 acres (130,000 ha) per year, mainly due to agricultural conversion.

Angove currently has 172 acres of organic vineyard spread across the Riverland and McLaren Vale with an additional 136 acres in conversion and more to follow the three year process as demand continues to grow.

The Lin family owns an additional 200 acres of property at the corner of De Portola Road and Monte de Oro, of which approximately 50 acres are currently planted with Chardonnay, Cinsault, Mourvedre, Muscat Canelli and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes.

An informal assessment of the potential acreage that might participate if a packing house were established indicates several thousand acres in the areas surrounding both Kankakee and Peoria, and additional acreage throughout the state.

Pechanga Resort and Casino finalizes its $ 285 million expansion this spring, with an exciting new lobby, additional meeting space, an entire 568 room wing of AAA Four - Diamond rooms and suites, luxury 25,000 square foot spa and additional 4 1/2 acre pool complex with lagoon, swim - up bar and waterslides, doubling down on the already award - winning resort.

They ate two acres of pods and severely damaged three additional acres.

Patrick took cuttings from the existing Cabernet vines to develop an additional 12 acres of vineyard.

Grape Growing Expansion Constellation Brands is purchasing and / or leasing over 750 acres of additional land to be developed in the Lodi Delta area of San Joaquin County.

Built on two 12 - acre sites expanding on both sides of Eureka Road (main club on NORTH side — Registration and additional courts on SOUTH side), featuring 32 tennis courts between the neighboring sites.

The plan also calls for an additional 10 acres of parks and walking trails and 13 acres of bordering wetlands and woodlands.

But in voting against the plan, Byrne and Trustees Thom Koch Jr. and Rick Duros cited neighborhood concerns.Parents living near the Warrington Road entrance of the 68 - acre park said they were concerned the additional cars entering the expanded parking lot would pose a safety threat to children playing in the area.

The district will gain an additional 2.4 acres of open space if the Streamwood Village Board approved Southwicke on Sutton, a 269 - townhouse and commercial subdivision on 51 acres northwest of Illinois Highway 59 and U.S. Highway 20.

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District owns thousands of acres of river - edged properties; perhaps some additional land can be leased to the Park District for public parks.

In 1923, James Hobb donated 23 acres along Hickory Creek, adjacent to Pilcher Park and, in 1924, the Higginbotham family donated an additional 239 acres of cutover timber land east of Pilcher Park.

The resort plans on opening up to 15 additional trails with a total of up to 300 skiable acres by Saturday.

However, the fight went on for acquisition of an additional 26 acres.

Harvard Forest and the state Department of Conservation and Recreation are also project partners in acquiring an additional 108 acres adjacent to the Mass Audubon property, thus linking the renowned research forest and the sanctuary and furthering the region's environmental integrity.

With the restoration nearly complete, Mass Audubon has the opportunity to establish a wildlife sanctuary on 479 acres of wetlands, woods, and grasslands and to partner with the Town of Plymouth to protect an additional 139 acres, for a total of 618 acres conserved.

The village and the Park District also won a grant from the Illinois Department of Natural Resouces to buy an additional 40 acres to the west.

Those additional 38 acres are land on which the Wheeling Plan Commission recommends building a Wal - Mart and Sam «s Wholesale Club discount store - much to the chagrin of Buffalo Grove residents.

In the same location, at an additional cost of $ 5.8 million, the Park District is constructing a new 60 - acre Community Park.

The Warrenville Park District received $ 171,800 for the acquisition of an additional 5 acres west of Summer Lakes Park, and the Winfield Park District received $ 176,900 to redevelop a creekside park at East Street Park with a water play area and other amenities.

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Under the proposal by the Chicago Park District, 5.9 acres of land by the Charter One Pavilion may be reconfigured to feature lawn - style seating and additional trees.

Over the last decade, Mass Audubon saved an additional 10,000 acres from development, according to Director of Land Protection Bob Wilber, who also serves as the current President of the Board of Trustees for the Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition.

With a vote last Thursday, the East Hampton Town Board approved the $ 4 million purchase of an additional layer of development rights over almost 30 acres of farmland in Wainscott, allowing restrictions to be placed on the land that will permit its...

The Port Authority controls an adjoining 22 acres which Genting is considering for an additional 2,000 hotel rooms and approximately a half million more square feet of convention and meeting space.

The Bloomberg administration is attempting to push through three major projects that would permanently seize more than 50 acres of public parkland for commercial projects that will also have enormous additional impacts on the surrounding communities.

While earlier intervention by the Cuomo administration would have been welcome, its recent demand for additional dredging of at least 136 acres of contaminated sediment is both timely and important.

Part of the additional state funding this year is going to a research program that involves planting hemp seeds on 2,000 acres from Erie County to Long Island.

Phase II envisions acquiring up to an additional 250 acres of land to clear the way for future growth.

Mr. Ahomka - Lindsay also asked the district assemblies to secure at least 50,000 acres of litigation - free land for plantation agriculture and additional 4,000 acres for industrial parks and other business projects.

An additional 10 million acres of national forest surround the Frank, making central Idaho the least developed tract outside of Alaska.

That means an additional 25,000 acres of new plantations each year.

The Department of Interior has estimated that those canals, averaging 12 to 15 feet deep and 150 to 500 feet wide, resulted in the loss of an additional 369,000 acres of coastal land.

The expansion of almonds has also consumed 16,000 acres of wetlands and will likely put additional pressure on already stressed honeybee populations.