Forever Wild Land Trust Board Meeting

Press Release

June 10, 2015

Contact: State Lands Division, 334-242-3484

Forever Wild Board Meets June 25 in Huntsville

The Alabama Forever Wild Land Trust board of trustees will hold its next meeting June 25, 2015, at the Huntsville Museum of Art, 300 Church St. SW, in Huntsville, Ala. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m.

Forever Wild Land Trust administrators will update program activities and tract assessments at this meeting. The meeting will also serve as a public hearing for anyone who would like to make comments concerning the program.

Quarterly meetings of the Forever Wild Land Trust board are held to maximize citizen input and the public is encouraged to attend. Anyone can submit comments on and nominations of tracts of land for possible Forever Wild Land Trust acquisition. Written nominations may be made through the Forever Wild Land Trust website, www.alabamaforeverwild.com, or by letter addressed to the State Lands Division, Room 464, 64 N. Union St., Montgomery, AL 36130.

Alabama’s Forever Wild Land Trust program was established in 1992 by constitutional amendment to provide for the purchase of public lands. Since its inception, the program has purchased more than 245,000 acres for recreation, nature preserves, and additions to wildlife management areas and state parks. The program is administered by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and is funded by a portion of the profits generated from natural gas fields located within 3 miles of Alabama’s coastline in the Gulf of Mexico.