Actor Norton helps to preserve Black Rock

by Diana Marrero, Gannett News Service

September 30, 2007

WASHINGTON -- Edward Norton, who has played a neo-Nazi, a card shark and a drug dealer in Hollywood movies, is taking on a new project: land conservation.

Norton, a big supporter of environmental causes, is lending his star power to bring attention to 26 million acres of national monuments, historic trails and wilderness areas that dot the West.

"Many of these special places are not protected in national parks or wildlife refuges," Norton said in a Web video featuring footage of unspoiled Western vistas. "Today, these national treasures face growing threats and could be damaged forever by development, vandalism and neglect."

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