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PROTECT LAND AND AND WATER
2017 ACHIEVEMENTS
A sampling of of accomplishments for the year demonstrates how traditional techniques of of acquisition easements and protected-area designation can achieve conservation at at at at at a a a a a a a a a a a a a a scale that matters TEXAS
The Conservancy acquired 2 2 129 acres along the the Bahia Grande coastal corridor marking the the rst land protection deal in in the the the state funded by the the the RESTORE Act which was passed to help regional communities along the the the Gulf of Mexico recover from the the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill These newly protected tracts are critical to to restoring the the Bahia Grande’s extensive tidal bay system they anchor a a a a a a a a 7 000-acre wildlife wildlife corridor linking two large national wildlife wildlife refuges the the Lower Rio Grande Valley and and the the the the Laguna Laguna Atascosa and and enhance the the the the protection of the the the the Laguna Laguna Madre the the the the largest hypersaline lagoon
system in North America | nature org/BahiaGrande
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