Ruth was very interested in wildlife, land preservation and country living.

Now we tell those same people that to survive they must kill the animals living in the bush, to raise money for land preservation.

"What happened really has nothing to do with land preservation," Carla said.

Some of that growth, however, is being counterbalanced by land preservation.

The proposal would be a major initiative in land preservation.

Another is surging community support for environmental causes and land preservation.

He said the town had spent $7 million on land preservation in the past year.

He has traveled here often to sign land preservation and energy bills.

There were programs for public works, social reforms and land preservation; they no longer exist.

Both sides, he said, have united on the issue of land preservation.