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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fritz the Cat" data-source="post: 413618" data-attributes="member: 605">I see the Abraham Lincoln Foundation is still at it. They tried a similar move called the Northern Plains Natural Heritage Area. Effecting 500,000 acres along the Missouri River counties Burleigh, McLean, Mercer, Morton, and Oliver. $10 million for:• Increase recognition of unique resources.• Development of a strong sense of place.• Linking of resources to improve management.• New opportunities for funding and partnerships.• Sustainable place-based economic development.• Balanced preservation and promotion.Northern Plains Heritage Foundation Director and North Dakota State Senator Tracy Potter organized a lobbying effort to get the designation by the US Congress without disclosing such efforts to the IRS, which is required by law. He also convinced a congressional subcommittee, in 2007, that such a designation had widespread public support, when it did not.Well, Tracey Potter used federal grant money to fly to DC to lobby for more federal grant money. And then the shit hit the fan.<a href="http://dakotabeacon.com/entry/northern_plains_national_heritage_area_and_you_did_not_know_it/" target="_blank">http://dakotabeacon.com/entry/northern_plains_national_heritage_area_and_you_did_not_know_it/</a>The Abraham Lincoln Foundation hasn't changed its spots. How to is in the article. Form town hall public meetings.</blockquote>