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In this Tuesday, July 25, 2017 photo, Sasha Gennet, left and Elliott Wright, both of The Nature Conservancy, study some of the wild flowers in the Lower Carpenter Valley near Truckee, Calif. Hidden from public view from more than a century, the valley has recently been purchased by the Truckee Donner Land Trust, The Nature Conservancy and others, will be opening for tours. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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In this photo taken Tuesday, July 25, 2017, standing in the North Fork of Prosser Creek, Elliott Wright, left, of The Nature Conservancy and Kathy Englar, of the Truckee Donner Land Trust, celebrate the recent acquisition of property in the Lower Carpenter Valley near Truckee, Calif. Recently purchased by the Truckee Donner Land Trust, The Nature Conservancy and others, this meadow, hidden from public view for more than a century, is opening for tours. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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In this photo taken Tuesday, July 25, 2017, Elliott Wright, senior associate director of philanthropy for the Nature Conservancy, walks through tall grass in the Lower Carpenter Valley near Truckee, Calif. The wild Sierra Nevada meadow hidden from public view for more than a century is opening for tours after it was purchased by conservation groups. Officials with the Nature Conservancy and Truckee Donner Land Trust call it a “secret garden.” (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)
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This undated photo provided by The Nature Conservancy shows fly fishermen on Silver Creek at The Nature Conservancy's Silver Creek Preserve near Picabo, Idaho. The reputation of what is generally considered Idaho's premier and nationally renowned fly fishing destination has taken a beating with three years of drought. But Silver Creek could get its groove back this opening weekend of the 2017 fishing season with a good water year that is filling the creek and, anglers hope, drawing back trout. (Ami Vitale/The Nature Conservancy via AP)
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This undated photo provided by The Nature Conservancy shows birds flying over Silver Creek at The Nature Conservancy's Silver Creek Preserve near Picabo, Idaho. The reputation of what is generally considered Idaho's premier and nationally renowned fly fishing destination has taken a beating with three years of drought. But Silver Creek could get its groove back this opening weekend of the 2017 fishing season with a good water year that is filling the creek and, anglers hope, drawing back trout. (Hamilton Wallace/The Nature Conservancy via AP)
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This May 6, 2009, photo provided by the Nature Conservancy shows scientist Maurice Hall on the Amargosa River in Death Valley National Park, Calif. Scientists will fan out across a California desert valley to take an inventory of everything that lives there, including birds, bats, toads, crickets, coyotes and native plants. (Bill Christian/The Nature Conservancy via AP)
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In this Nov. 1, 2016 photo, Keith Fisher of the Nature Conservancy shows colleague Abigail Strassman the start of the Cheat River Canyon near Albright, West Virginia. The conservancy and other environmentalists joined with the state to buy the canyon and its eight-mile stretch of the once badly polluted river. (AP Photo/Michael Virtanen)
