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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Just in case <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:City> loses its battle to Super Wal-Mart:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;
font-weight:bold'>National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and Wal-Mart<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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Invites Proposals for Acres for <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region
w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place> Program<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;
font-weight:bold'> Deadline: April 1, 2006 (Pre-proposals)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;
font-weight:bold'> A partnership between Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;
font-weight:bold'> ( <a href="http://www.wal-mart.com/">http://www.wal-mart.com/</a>
) and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation ( <a
href="http://www.nfwf.org/">http://www.nfwf.org/</a> ), the Acres for
America program was established to provide funding for projects that
conserve important habitat for fish, wildlife, and plants through
acquisition of interest in real property. The goal of the Acres for <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>
program is to offset the footprint of Wal-Mart's domestic
facilities on at least an acre-by-acre basis through these acquisitions.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;
font-weight:bold'> Through the program, approximately $3.1 million will
be made available annually, for ten years, for conservation
investments.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;
font-weight:bold'> To be considered for funding through the Wal-Mart
partner- ship, acquisitions of interest in real property should
have the endorsement of appropriate federal, state, and local government
agencies as an acquisition with high conservation value;
endorsements by nonprofit conservation organizations are also a primary
consideration. Acquisi- tions that contribute to "landscape
level" conservation efforts that help reduce fragmentation are
preferred over isolated acquisitions. In addition, important fish,
wild- life, and/or plant resources such as endangered species or
areas of significant biological diversity, as identified by credible
conservation agencies or organizations, should be conserved through the
acquisition. The fee transfer or perpetual easement must qualify for
"conservation purposes" <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;
font-weight:bold'> as defined by Internal Revenue Code Section 170(h).
Access to the land by the public is preferred but not required.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;
font-weight:bold'> All grant awards require a minimum 1:1 match of cash
or contributed goods and services. Federal funds may be considered
as match. Higher ratios of matching funds will at times aid in making
applications more competitive.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;
font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;
font-weight:bold'> Visit the NFWF Web site for complete program
information and application procedures.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;
font-weight:bold'> RFP Link: <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=2 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue;
font-weight:bold'> <a
href="http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10001072/nfwf">http://fconline.fdncenter.org/pnd/10001072/nfwf</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Chris Storhok<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>North Pole, AK<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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