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	As land values soar and governments scramble to cope with growing populations and shrinking coffers, lands that were set aside for nature and open space are being sacrificed.
	Who We Are: RRI Institute Directors Bill Bryan Founder, Off the Beaten Path Yvon Chouinard Chairman, Lost Arrow Foundation Founder and President, Patagonia, Inc., Chouinard Equipment Ltd., and Great Pacific Iron Works Christian P. Erdman, Treasurer Vice President, Ulupalakua Ranch, Inc. Trustee, Carol Buck Sells Foundation Annette Gellert, Chair Trustee, The Fred Gellert Foundation Alfred E. Heller Editor and Publisher, World's Fair Board of Directors, Clarence E. Heller Charitable Foundation The Nature Conservancy, California Chapter Huey D. Johnson Founder and President, Resource Renewal Institute Former Secretary for Natural Resources, State of California Founder and former President, Trust for Public Land Sylvia McLaughlin, Secretary Cofounder, Save San Francisco Bay Association Richard Silberman President, Operating Advisors, Inc.

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As land values soar and governments scramble to cope with growing populations and shrinking coffers, lands that were set aside for nature and open space are being sacrificed.