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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: Staff Huey D. Johnson, Founder and President, Resource Renewal Institute hdj@rri.org Huey D. Johnson is a former Secretary for Resources for the State of California (1978-82). During this time he was responsible for creating and implementing one of the first comprehensive approaches to resource management, the 20-year "Investing for Prosperity" program. Mr. Johnson founded and served as President of the Trust for Public Land (1972-1978). He is the former Western Regional Director of the Nature Conservancy. In 2001, Mr. Johnson was awarded the prestigious United Nations Sasakawa Environment Prize. He received the Frederick Law Olmsted Award of the National Arbor Day Foundation in 2005. He has a long record of success building political coalitions to achieve substantive policy change.

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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.