Sentences with phrase «national land trusts»

On June 21 Scenic Hudson honored 13 local, regional and national land trusts for their outstanding work in safeguarding critically important land, farms and scenic wonders throughout the Hudson Valley.

Many staff present capacity building workshops at the Massachusetts Land Conservation Conference, the National Land Trust Rally convened by the land Trust Alliance, and at other venues.

One came for free, the result of a years - old consent agreement with National Grid as a result of problems with coal - burning power plants in Western N.Y; the other was the result of a $ 4.5 million purchase from a national land trust group.

Today Scenic Hudson is recognized as a regional and national leader in its field, recipient of the Eleanor Roosevelt Val - Kill Medal in 2007 and the Land Trust Alliance's National Land Trust Excellence Award in 2011.

She has been on the faculty at Rocky Mountain College for paralegal studies and the Land Trust Alliance's annual National Land Trust Rally.

Not exact matches

She plans to donate half the proceeds to a land trust to establish a national park in northern Maine and is now even weighing a run for that state's governorship.

Call upon the various religious groups bound by the same national fabric to address their mutual state of selective amnesia that blocks memories of centuries of joint and shared living on the same land; we call upon them to rebuild the past by reviving this tradition of conviviality, and restoring our shared trust that has been eroded by extremists using acts of terror and aggression;

But while neighborhood groups sometimes have helped raise money for such amenities as playgrounds and field houses, perhaps the district's most valuable alliance has been with the non-profit Trust for Public Land, a national group that helps local governments acquire land for parks and open spLand, a national group that helps local governments acquire land for parks and open spland for parks and open space.

In October 2015, Mass Audubon was awarded Land Trust Accreditation by the Land Trust Alliance, providing important independent confirmation that Mass Audubon's policies, practices, and programs meet or exceed national standards for excellence, uphold public trust, and ensure that our conservation actions will have permanTrust Accreditation by the Land Trust Alliance, providing important independent confirmation that Mass Audubon's policies, practices, and programs meet or exceed national standards for excellence, uphold public trust, and ensure that our conservation actions will have permanTrust Alliance, providing important independent confirmation that Mass Audubon's policies, practices, and programs meet or exceed national standards for excellence, uphold public trust, and ensure that our conservation actions will have permantrust, and ensure that our conservation actions will have permanence.

Then late last year, Trust for Public Land, a national non-profit conservation organization, bought a vacant building west of the park and held it for the Park District.

Mass Audubon is a member of the Land Trust Alliance, the national land conservation organization that led the campaign for permaneLand Trust Alliance, the national land conservation organization that led the campaign for permaneland conservation organization that led the campaign for permanence.

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They can't comment on the individual cases raised, but point out that a crucial question will be whether the councils concerned have the five year land supply to meet their housing need - which councils are require to have under the National Planning Policy Framework which together with its presumption in favour of sustainable development the National Trust, of which Jenkins is Chairman, apparently supported, along with the CPRE (claims my source, who also disputes Hastings's figures on the amount of land built on in any way).

The Daily Telegraph has thrown its full editorial weight behind a «Hands Off Our Land» campaign, with the support of the National Trust (an organisation once run by a certain Sir Jack Boles, father of the Trust's 21st century bogeyman).

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According to him, the only Government the Krobos can and should trust is the NDC, because its only The ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) Government that has expressed care, affection and developed the krobo land.

A study by The Trust For Public Land shows that 99 percent of New York City residents are within an 10 minute walk of a park — a much higher number than the national average of 54 percent.

Benepe plans to take a senior position for a national nonprofit, the Trust For Public Land, whose mission is to «create close to home parks in and near cities.»

The National Indian Gaming Commission allows Class 3 gaming, including slot machines, on tribal lands held in federal trust within the terms of compacts between states and independent Indian nations like the Oneidas.

«Diverse communities across the desert fought for over a decade to designate all three of our California desert national monuments,» Mojave Desert Land Trust Executive Director Danielle Segura told the Highland Community News in California on Wednesday.

«Information on climate change ranges in geographic and temporal scales, and is often hard to relate to forest management and planning,» said Patricia Butler, the report's lead author and a climate change outreach specialist with the Northern Institute of Applied Climate Science, a collaboration of the Forest Service, Michigan Technological University, the Trust for Public Land, the University of Minnesota, and the National Council for Air and Stream Improvement.

The program was later expanded to support any community with significant nontaxable federal property, including Indian treaty or trust land, federal low - rent housing facilities, and national parks and laboratories.

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Home Land Security is the latest in a series of collaborations between the FOR - SITE Foundation, the National Park Service, the Presidio Trust, and the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy that create new models for engaging park visitors through site - specific art presented on public lLand Security is the latest in a series of collaborations between the FOR - SITE Foundation, the National Park Service, the Presidio Trust, and the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy that create new models for engaging park visitors through site - specific art presented on public landland.

This solo - friendly luxury spa break is set on an expanse of 47 acres of private land, backing onto over 700 acres of National Trust Park making it the perfect backdrop for a singles health and fitness break.

Conservancy - funded projects, in partnership with the National Park Service and Presidio Trust, are visible across the parks» 80,000 acres — including the Presidio, Crissy Field, Muir Woods, Lands End, Alcatraz, and others.

The beautiful Barafundle Bay on National Trust land is perfect for couples looking for «us time».

BILL McKIBBEN JOINS SUSTAINABLE FOOD EXPERTS IN DISCUSSING «FOOD FOR THE PARKS» AT THE INSTITUTE AT THE GOLDEN GATE Co-hosted by Marin Agricultural Land Trust, Program Addresses Benefits of Local Food Systems in America's National Parks

Co-hosted by the Marin Agricultural Land Trust, this program addresses the benefits of local food systems in America's national parks.

Conservancy - funded projects, in partnership with the National Park Service and Presidio Trust, are visible across the parks» 80,000 acres - including the Presidio, Crissy Field, Muir Woods, Lands End, Alcatraz, and more.

Presented by the FOR - SITE Foundation in partnership with the National Park Service, the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, and the Presidio Trust, Home Land Security was exhibited from September to December of 2016.

Recent Awards included a Distinguished Alumni Award from the Washington University Architecture School, a National Trust for Historic Preservation Merit Award (for work at Cavallo Point), a San Francisco Beautiful Award (for Crissy Field, Lands End) and the San Francisco Chapter AIA Special Award (for Crissy Field).

His work has been exhibited all over the world, most recently in Object, National Portrait Gallery, London (2016 - 2017); Event Horizon, Hong Kong (2015 - 2016); Land, various Landmark Trust properties in the UK (2015 - 2016); Human, Forte Di Belvedere, Florence, Italy (2015); Another Time, Mardalsfossen, Norway (2015); Sculpture 21st: Antony Gormley, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany (2014 - 2015); Expansion Field, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern, Switzerland (2014); Firmament And Other Forms, Middelheim Museum, Antwerp, Belgium (2013).

Home Land Security FOR - SITE Foundation, National Park Service, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, Presidio Trust Fort Winfield Scott, the Presidio, San Francisco September 10 — December 18 Home Land Security, a group exhibition presented by the FOR - SITE...

Selected Exhibitions 2009 Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, For Real, group exhibit 2008 Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, What Remains: The American Landscape Portfolio Edition, solo exhibit Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, Trees of Life, 30th Anniversary Show, group exhibit 2007 Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, What Remains: The American Landscape, solo exhibit 2006 Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, 28th Anniversary Exhibition, group exhibit 2005 Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, Into the Minds of Nine, group exhibit Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, La vie quotidienne: Scenes from Paris to Provence, solo exhibit Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 22nd Annual Portrait Show 2004 Land Trust of Virginia, Middleburg, VA, Vanishing Landscapes 2004, group exhibit Parker Gallery, Washington, DC, Beyond Brittany: 1977 - 1979, group exhibit Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 21st Annual Portrait Show Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, Zenith Style: Art & Craft for Home & Office, group exhibit Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land, group exhibit 2003 Bermuda National Gallery, Hamilton, Bermuda, Inside & Out, House & Home, group exhibit Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, Near and Far: Recent Landscape Paintings, solo exhibit Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 20th Annual Portrait Show 2002 Land Trust of Virginia, Middleburg, VA, Vanishing Landscapes Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, The Dog Days of Summer Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, New Artists... New Space, Summer Show 2002 2002 Hilligoss Galleries, Chicago, IL, Oil Painters of America, Eleventh Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 19th Annual Portrait Show 2001 National Park Academy of the Arts, Jackson Hole, WY, Arts for the Parks Top 100 Tour Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association, Alexandria, VA, Contemporary Realism: A Survey of Washington Area Artists Zantman Art Galleries, Palm Desert, CA, Oil Painters of America, Tenth Annual National Juried Exhibition of Traditional Oils Howard / Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA, Paintings of the American Landscape Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 18th Annual Portrait Show 2000 National Park Academy of the Arts, Jackson Hole, WY, Arts for the Parks Top 100 Tour Rock Creek Gallery, Washington, DC, Studio 310 Reunion Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 17th Annual Portrait Show Spectrum Gallery, Washington, DC, Spectrum Plus Howard / Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA, Paintings of the American Landscape Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, Zenith Gallery at 22 1999 National Park Academy of the Arts, Jackson Hole, WY, Arts for the Parks Top 100 Tour, recipient of the Steven L. Aschenbrenner Collector's Award Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, New Works for the Millenium Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 16th Annual Portrait Show Howard / Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA, Paintings of the American Landscape 1998 Byrne Gallery, Middleburg, VA, Lightmotifs, solo exhibit Mystic Maritime Gallery, Mystic, CT, 19th Annual International Marine Art Exhibition Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 15th Annual Portrait Show Howard / Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA, Paintings of the American Landscape Howard / Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA, Paintings of the American Landscape 1997 Arts Club of Washington, Washington DC, Luminous Journeys, solo exhibit Ballantyne & Douglass Fine Art Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR, featured artist The Artists» Museum, Washington, DC Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 14th Annual Portrait Show Morgan Peyton Fine Arts, Charleston, WVA, Journeys through the Virginias, solo exhibit Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, faculty exhibit Howard / Mandville Gallery, Edmonds, WA, Paintings of the American Landscape 1996 Howard / Mandville Gallery, Kirkland, WA, Pleasures of the Garden Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Portraits North, Lexington, MA, 13th Annual Portrait Show Howard / Mandville Gallery, Edmonds, WA, 2nd Annual Paintings of the American Landscape Gallery 4, Alexandria, VA, Landscapes Cudahy Gallery, Richmond, VA, 15th Anniversary Celebration Charles County Community College, La Plata, MD, Landscapes, solo exhibit 1995 Cudahy Gallery, Richmond, VA, Landscapes 1994 Hollis Taggart Gallery, Washington, DC, Portraits Montgomery County College, Rockville, MD, George Washington Faculty Exhibit DeMatteis Gallery, Annapolis MD, The Figure Fine Arts Gallery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, Portraiture, co-curator 1993 Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, faculty exhibit 1992 Fine Arts Gallery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, faculty exhibit Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, faculty exhibit 1991 Fine Arts Gallery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, faculty exhibit 1989 Plum Gallery, Kensington, MD, Capital Image 1989 Cudahy Gallery, Richmond, VA, National Portrait Exhibit Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, faculty exhibit 1988 Fine Arts Gallery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, Images of Georgetown, A Bicentennial Celebration 1986 Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, Alumni Juried Exhibition 1985 Gallery 4, Alexandria, VA, Washington Landscapes Plum Gallery, Kensington, MD, The Capitol Image Today 1985 The Times Journal Co., Springfield, VA, In and Around Washington 1984 St. Petersburg Historical Society, St. Petersburg, FL 1984 Dimock Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, Alumni Juried Exhibition Strathmore Hall, Rockville, MD, Metro Art Fairfax County Council of the Arts, Fairfax, VA, juried exhibit curated by Michael Botwinick, director, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC World Bank Art Society, Washington, DC 1983 Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA, Areawide Painting Exhibition, juried by Frederick Brandt, curator, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA American Artists Professional League, New York, NY, Juried Grand National Exhibition Twentieth Century Gallery, Williamsburg, VA

Also part of the Woodlawn complex, though entirely unrelated historically, is the Frank Lloyd Wright - designed Pope - Leighey House, which the National Trust for Historic Preservation relocated from its original site in Falls Church to land it owns adjacent to Woodlawn.

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-- Consistent with its authorities under other laws and with Federal trust responsibilities with respect to Indian lands, each Federal department or agency with representation on the National Resources Climate Change Adaptation Panel shall consider the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification and integrate the elements of the strategy into agency plans, environmental reviews, programs, and activities related to the conservation, restoration, and management of natural resources.

These vegetation shifts will undermine much of the work the conservation community has accomplished to date, with the potential to permanently change the face of Conservancy preserves, local land trusts, and even our national parks.

Paul has served on the board of many environmental organizations, including Center for Plant Conservation, Shelburne Farms, Trust for Public Land, Conservation International, and National Audubon Society.

For those of you not yet familiar with Will or with his organization, Growing Power is a national nonprofit organization and land trust that inspires communities to build sustainable food systems that are equitable and ecologically sound, creating a just world, one food - secure community at a time.

A 13,000 head dairy concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) to be sited next to Minidoka has landed it on the National Trust for Historic Preservation's list of American's Most Endangered Historic Places.

In Fraser (No 2) the land was conveyed in 1866 on trust for the education of poor persons but was additionally confined to (i) persons in the ecclesiastical district of St Philip; and (ii) education in accordance with the Church of England precepts of the National Society.

Business Development: Brokering various business dealings that further the diversification of Indian economies Developing and accessing commercial financial programs and services for tribal governments, including tax - exempt offerings and federally - guaranteed housing loans Serving as issuer or underwriter's counsel in tribal bond issuances Ensuring tribal compliance with Bank Secrecy Act and other federal financial regulatory requirements Handling federal and state income, excise, B&O, property and other tax matters for tribes and tribal businesses Chartering tribal business enterprises under tribal, state and federal law Registering and protecting tribal trademarks and copyrights Negotiating franchise agreements for restaurants and retail stores on Indian reservations Custom - tailoring construction contracts for tribes and general contractors Helping secure federal SBA 8 (a) and other contracting preferences for Indian - owned businesses Facilitating contractual relations between tribes and tribal casinos, and gaming vendors Building tribal workers» compensation and self - insurance programs Government Relations: Handling state and federal regulatory matters in the areas of tribal gaming, environmental and cultural resources, workers» compensation, taxation, health care and education Negotiating tribal - state gaming compacts and fuel and cigarette compacts, and inter-local land use and law enforcement agreements Advocacy before the Washington State Gambling Commission, Washington Indian Gaming Association and National Indian Gaming Commission Preparing tribal codes and regulations, including tribal court, commercial, gaming, taxation, energy development, environmental and cultural resources protection, labor & employment, and workers» compensation laws Developing employee handbooks, manuals and personnel policies Advocacy in areas of treaty rights, gaming, jurisdiction, taxation, environmental and cultural resource protection Brokering fee - to - trust and related real estate and jurisdictional transactions Litigation & Appellate Services: Handling complex Indian law litigation, including commercial, labor & employment, tax, land use, treaty rights, natural and cultural resource matters Litigating tribal trust mismanagement claims against the United States, and evaluating tribal and individual property claims under the Indian Claims Limitation Act Defending tribes and tribal insureds from tort claims brought against them in tribal, state and federal courts, including defense tenders pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act Assisting tribal insureds in insurance coverage negotiations, and litigation Representing individual tribal members in tribal and state civil and criminal proceedings, including BIA prosecutions and Indian probate proceedings Assisting tribal governments with tribal, state and federal court appeals, including the preparation of amicus curiae briefs Our Indian law & gaming attorneys collaborate to publish the quarterly «Indian Legal Advisor ``, designed to provide Indian Country valuable information about legal and political developments affecting tribal rights.

We have advised a number of national and regional land trusts, providing representation in matters involving land conservation and resource protection.

In 2005 and 2006, working closely again with tribal attorneys and outside counsel, we prepared land - into - trust applications with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and management contract filings and declination requests with the National Indian Gaming Commission

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Member, National Community Land Trust Network, Institute for Community Development • Member, Project Management Institute • Member, United States Green Building Council • Member, Urban Land Institute • Member, Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, Loan Review Committee, 2011 — Present • Public Health Volunteer, Amigos de Las Americas, San Benito, Nicaragua.

Other commitments include appointment to a range of national, state and local committees and bodies: Deputy Chair of the Indigenous Land Corporation, Chair of the National Centre for Indigenous Excellence, Chair National Aboriginal Sports Corporation, member of the NSW Aboriginal Trust Fund Repayment Scheme, Western Catchment Management Authoritynational, state and local committees and bodies: Deputy Chair of the Indigenous Land Corporation, Chair of the National Centre for Indigenous Excellence, Chair National Aboriginal Sports Corporation, member of the NSW Aboriginal Trust Fund Repayment Scheme, Western Catchment Management AuthorityNational Centre for Indigenous Excellence, Chair National Aboriginal Sports Corporation, member of the NSW Aboriginal Trust Fund Repayment Scheme, Western Catchment Management AuthorityNational Aboriginal Sports Corporation, member of the NSW Aboriginal Trust Fund Repayment Scheme, Western Catchment Management Authority of NSW.

He is also involved in many community organisations including current positions as: President of the Torres Strait Islanders Regional Education Council (TSIREC), member of the National Advisory Committee for the Indigenous Youth Leadership Program, President of the Urapun Tubudalgal Land Trust, President of Magani Lagaugal Registered Native Title Body and Secretary of the Torres Strait Islanders Media Association.