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A large portion of the park's acreage is forest.
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The current plans for the redevelopment imagine a third of the acreage set aside to expand the park and rewild a wetlands habitat that could support endangered species populations and expand the ecosystem near the Santa Cruz River.
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John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 1 Nov. 2024
In 2020, the company signed a letter of intent with the land trust to conserve acreage southwest of the development.
—Stacy Ryburn, arkansasonline.com, 29 Oct. 2024
The vast majority of shale acreage in the U.S., however, is on private land, according to a Morgan Stanley report from August.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2024
The federal government owns less than 5% of the land east of the Mississippi River, but nearly half of the acreage in 11 Western states in the Lower 48, controlled mostly by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
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John Leos, The Arizona Republic, 1 Nov. 2024
In 2020, the company signed a letter of intent with the land trust to conserve acreage southwest of the development.
—Stacy Ryburn, arkansasonline.com, 29 Oct. 2024
The vast majority of shale acreage in the U.S., however, is on private land, according to a Morgan Stanley report from August.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2024
The federal government owns less than 5% of the land east of the Mississippi River, but nearly half of the acreage in 11 Western states in the Lower 48, controlled mostly by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service.
—James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Acreage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acreage. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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acreage
noun
acre·age
ˈā-k(ə-)rij 
: area in acres
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