Not-for-Profits Team Up to Increase Clout, Cash

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The Nature Conservancy, the Long Island Pine Barrens Society and dozens of civic groups have long worked on their own to stop open space from being snapped up and developed. Talking to one another was preaching to the choir.

But a few weeks ago they, along with more than 100 other environmental and civic groups and government agencies, joined forces to launch Long Island's Last Stand, a coalition to protect 25,000 acres of open space, 10,000 acres of farmland and help manage tens of thousands of acres of additional open space.

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Not-for-Profits Team Up to Increase Clout, Cash

They're betting that together they can wield more clout and collect more cash than on their own.

While it's too early to tell whether they're right, th...

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