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The Last 6%: Treasuring Our Open Spaces
This half-hour production of Twin Cities Public Television and Embrace Open Space reminds Minnesotans that each of us can play a role in daily decisions around land development and protection. Visitors with high-speed connections can watch the entire show online.
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Why we need to protect open space in the Twin Cities
Most of us have favorite outdoor memories of our childhood—a stream, a park, woods, our grandparents' farm. How many of those places are still around today? All but 6% of the native landscape in this region is gone. And we've lost a lot of open space just in the past five years.
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Who's working to protect our open space?
Get to know the open space advocacy organizations and citizen activist groups working in this region, then consider joining their efforts.
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Local places worth saving
Explore 10 beautiful spots in the Twin Cities that are the kind we need to permanently protect. They're scattered all over the region and one is probably near you. Too often we take these places for granted—until it's too late.
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Citizens who've made a difference
Here are ordinary citizens in the Twin Cities who have made extraordinary contributions to the protection of open space. Read about their stories and get inspired. They're living proof that a few people can make a big difference.
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