I do not know many details yet but learned from a friend that the Trust for Public Land (TPL) received an appropriation from the NOAA Coastal & Estuarine Land Protection Program for $2 million to be used towards the purchase of 198-acres for preservation that include part of the Green Spring battlefield of the Revolutionary War. In a very difficult budget year, this is quite an accomplishment and a critical step toward necessary $12.5 million goal needed to complete the purchase by December 2006. For more information on Green Spring, go to www.battleofgreenspring.org. To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html