<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/5aa0ed4e-1db1-4afc-bbda-245e49cf04fd/3A89E7D3-BFF0-4DBD-91FE-5F615DDB425D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/stories/091027.html" href="http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/stories/091027.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.abcbirds.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/stories/091027.html">A broad coalition of conservation groups is asking Congress and the Obama Administration to create over 2,000 jobs and improve the environment by funding an innovative program to <A href="http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/releases/080409.html">reforest former mining lands</A> in Appalachia. Over one million acres in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains that were once forested now support mostly non-native shrubs and grasses following mining activities.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/stories/091027.html">The Green Forest Works for Appalachia program would result in the creation of 2,000 jobs by replanting 125 million trees on 175,000 acres of old mining lands over a five-year period. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.abcbirds.org/newsandreports/stories/091027.html"><DIV> As these forests develop, they will provide important habitat for birds and other wildlife, which will in turn create jobs from recreation and tourism as birdwatchers, hunters, hikers, and fishers begin to use these areas. Interior forest species such as the declining <A href="http://www.abcbirds.org/abcprograms/science/watchlist/cerulean_warbler.html">Cerulean Warbler</A> will particularly benefit. In addition, these forests will store substantially more carbon than the grasslands they will replace.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/3A89E7D3-BFF0-4DBD-91FE-5F615DDB425D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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