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INDEX Note: Page numbers in boldface indicate definitions; those in italics followed by the letter f or t indicate figures or tables. Abbott, Gordon, Jr., 132, 279 ABI. See Association for Biodiversity Information (ABI) Acadia National Park, 30 Acadian flycatcher (Empidonax virescens), 42, 119, 221 Ackelson, Mark, 284 ACRES, Inc., 36 Activism, 195, 216; community, and rail trails, 258, 259, 285; farmland advocacy and, 227, 236, 245. See also Land advocacy, groups Adams Brook, preserve, 274 Advertising, 48, 206 Aesthetic rationales: beauty in nature, 60–61, 261, 267, 289; land conservation and, 58–59, 93, 211; objections to, 244–245; scenic diversity, 220–221, 229, 244 AFT. See American Farmland Trust (AFT) Agent Orange, 125 Agribusiness, farming role in, 249–250 Agricultural conservation easements, 232–234, 239, 245, 251–252, 275 Agricultural land trusts, 97, 241–247; American Farmland Trust, 32, 224, 232, 241–243; Colorado Cattlemen’s Agricultural Land Trust, 245–247; Lancaster Farmland Trust, 238, 273; local, 243–247; Marin Agricultural Land Trust, 221, 243, 244–245; Monterey County Agricultural and Historical Land Trust, 231. See also Farmland conservation; Farmland conservation methods Agricultural preservation restrictions, 275. See also Agricultural conservation easements Agrotourism, 230 Alabama, property tax relief, 147 Albion College, 81–83 Alfalfa (Medicago sativa), 246, 252 Alien species: invasive plants, 110, 113, 123–125, 244, 247; management of, 124–126 Allegan State Game Area, 203 Allegheny Valley Trails Association (AVTA), 266–267 Allerton Park, 189 American Association of Highway and State Transportation Officials, awards, 256–257 American beech (Fagus grandifolia), 58, 103 American bison (Bison bison), 121–122, 246, 283 American Discovery Trail, planning, 263 American Farm Bureau, 262; state groups in, 245, 248, 262 American Farmland (magazine), 234–235 American Farmland Trust (AFT), 32, 224, 241–243; Farm Legacy Program, 234; PDRs and, 232, 236 American matsutake mushrooms (Tricholoma matsutake), 66 American Museum of Natural History, 188, 189 American Nature Study Association, 189 American Ornithologists’ Union, 188 Amethyst Brook, preserve, 274 Amherst, Massachusetts, 273–276 André, Eduoard, 14 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, 191, 200 Andrus, Cecil, 195 Animal populations, 107, 110, 119–120; loss of, 98–99, 105; self-sustaining, 108–109 Animal species: dependence on plant communities , 98–99, 103, 108; endangered birds, 99–100, 203, 280; geographic variation of, 99, 101; as invasive, 124, 125, 126 Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, 91 Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC), 16–17, 21 Appalachian Trail, 259, 267 Appraising Easements (LTE, LTA), 176, 179 Appurtenant easements, 148–149, 150–151 Archaeological sites, land conservation and, 211 Archbold Biological Station, 280 Arizona, 204, 271 Asia, 107, 124, 200 Aspens: bigtooth, 103; trembling, 103 Association for Biodiversity Information (ABI), 201 Atlanta, Georgia, 177 Audubon (magazine), 192 Audubon societies, 24–25, 185–186, 280; missions of, 5, 20, 79, 108. See also National Audubon Society (NAS) Austin, Richard Cartwright, 249–250 Australian melaleuca (Melaleuca quinquenervia), 126 Automobiles: sprawl and, 44–46, 51, 52; trails and, 256–257, 259, 260 Badè, William F., 27 Balsam fir (Abies balsamea), 88, 106 Bartell, Joseph, 87–89 Baseline documentation, conservation easements and, 151, 163–164, 183, 209, 292 Battle Creek College Biological Preserve, 81, 83 Bay Area Open Space Council (California ), 135, 137, 155, 163, 167 Beaver (Castor canadensis), 103 Bechtel, Kenneth and Nancy, 89 Beeches, as understory, 68 Beech–maple forests, 58, 78, 123, 127; as major ecosystem, 41–42, 101 Belt Woods (Maryland), 85–86 Benson, Ezra Taft, 228 Big Basin Redwoods State Park, 25 Big Sur Land Trust, 221, 281–283 Bigtooth aspen (Populus grandidentata), 103 Billboards, easement violations, 164–165 Biodiversity, 100, 207–208, 280; foundations , 78, 115, 226; gap analysis and, 103–104; loss of, 50, 98, 209; organizations , 186, 197, 199, 201, 203; preservation of, 212–213, 287–289, 290; preserves for, 67, 98–100, 101–102, 108 Biomass, 82, 120 Bioprospecting, 66, 67 Biosphere, 98, 106; bioreserve in, 211; human activities as part of, 209–210, 212, 225; as model, 103–104, 208–209 Biota, 271, 279, 284 Black bear (Ursus americanus), 92 Black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus), 203 Black Rock Forest (New York), 84–85 Black-tailed deer (Odocoileus hemionus), 119 Blackfoot River (Montana), public use along, 154–155 Blair, William D., 201 Bluegrass (Poa spp.), 57 Blunt, Terry, 275–276 Bohemian Grove (California), 28–29 Boren, Frank D., 201 Boston, Massachusetts, 14 Boston Metropolitan Park Commission, 18–19 Brandywine Conservancy, 176 Brazilian peppertree (Schinus terebinthifolius ), 124 Bread Loaf Mountain (Vermont), 87–89 Brenneman, Russell L., 33, 150, 193; publications by, 34, 139, 223 Brewster, Massachusetts...

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