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About $7 million, most of it from a former Fayetteville Shale drilling company, will go toward conservation efforts in a part of north-central Arkansas where oil and gas drillers once were prevalent. Australian energy company BHP Billiton will provide $6 million to be used by the Nature Conservancy for the creation of recreational opportunities near Clinton and improvements around one of the state’s largest sources of drinking water. The project emerged as a result of natural-gas drilling has left the area and tourism became seen as the next economic opportunity.
Full story at arkansasonline.com.
