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Tennessee Expands the Cumberland Trail January 12, 2010 (ENS) - Tennessee officials announced today they have closed a land acquisition that will add more than 3,200 acres and 10 linear miles of trail to the Cumberland Trail State Park, the state's newest park. The acquisition of the Graysville Mountain area in Hamilton and Rhea counties was funded through a grant from the Heritage Conservation Trust Fund, federal grants and private funds raised by the Cumberland Trail Conference. Brokered by the Land Trust for Tennessee, the land deal was cemented with $3.5 million in federal grants, a $1 million grant from the state's Heritage Conservation Trust Fund from fiscal 2008, and a $300,000 contribution from the Cumberland Trail Conference, state officials said. The deal includes a 2,197 acre conservation easement that will be held by the Land Trust for Tennessee. "This acquisition speaks to the power of leveraging resources and cultivating partnerships to accomplish more than we could do alone," said Governor Phil Bredesen. "I'm pleased that a variety of agencies and organizations were able to come together to accomplish an acquisition that will benefit Tennesseans for generations to come."
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