The new funds also will be used
to maintain and restore the Reserve's many important habitats.

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It contains
parks, beaches, permanently protected open space , habitats and wildlands set
aside over the years for the enjoyment of citizens of Orange County, Southern
California and the world.
To protect endangered forests, Bank of America will require suppliers of
paper products to warrant that neither their products nor product inputs,
whether sourced from internal operations or third party suppliers, were
derived from the harvesting of primary tropical moist forests, or primary
forests in temperate or boreal forest regions that are not managed using
sustainable forestry practices as verified by an independent third party
audit.

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"These efforts will help protect forest ecosystems, conserve natural resources
and reduce pollution. Bank of America's new policy is a big step forward for
the financial services industry, and we hope other firms will follow its
lead. The company serves clients in 150 countries and has
relationships with 98 percent of the U.

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The
Nature Conservancy's California Program, which manages The Irvine
Company's wilderness land on the Reserve, also received an Award of
Excellence from Secretary Norton."

"This award validates the significance of the diverse land protected on
the IRLR, and the remarkable cooperation between our company and government,
community and environmental organizations whose collective efforts created and
sustain the Reserve," Bren said in response.
(2) Sustainable Forest Practices -- Ensure that source forests from which
virgin wood fiber is procured are managed using environmentally
preferable practices ."
As part of the policy, the bank will continue its existing efforts to
reduce paper consumption , maximize recycled content where paper elimination is
not feasible, and recycle the paper it uses in internal operations and
receives from external sources.

For more information on the bank's paper procurement policy, click on the
link below.

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"
The IRLR Trust's goal is to mobilize people and organizations with a
special interest in the Reserve; continue a common approach to stewardship;
agree to a more ambitious vision for what the Reserve might become, and to
focus new financial resources and energy toward restoring, managing and
providing access. It passes through the sphere of Anaheim, and the cities of
Orange, Tustin, Irvine and Newport Beach."

* Accept on behalf of the Reserve's landowners/stewardship partners, a
2004 Award of Excellence from the Joint Venture Partners in
Stewardship Program sponsored by the U.bankofamerica.

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, Irvine Ranch Land Reserve,
Vowing to create a "new standard" for conservation stewardship and outdoor
recreation , Irvine Company Chairman Donald Bren today unveiled an ambitious
vision to enhance the protection , management and expansion of public access to
the 50,000-acre Irvine Ranch Land Reserve on the historic Irvine Ranch.
Today's announcements build on Bren's donation in November 2001 of an
additional 11,000 acres of pristine wildlands -- most of it in the North Ranch
in the spheres of the cities of Anaheim and Orange -- for permanent
protection. Since then,
40 miles of new trails have opened on the Reserve, bringing to more than
200 the miles of trails on the reserve."
O'Connell said the many tasks of the Irvine Ranch Land Reserve Trust will
include:

* Accelerating public access to many new areas of the Reserve, with a
focus on outings and access that do not require guides;

* Funding in perpetuity the management, maintenance and improvement of
the natural resources on the Irvine Ranch Land Reserve;

* Mobilizing people and organizations with a special interest in the
Reserve to help build upon the unified approach to stewardship that
The Nature Conservancy and public agencies have developed over the
past decade;

* Creating and carrying out an ambitious long-term vision for the
Reserve and focusing new financial resources and energy to restoring,
managing and providing access to what Bren called "this spectacular
place."

The bank will require its suppliers to work with their third-party
suppliers of wood fiber to encourage and monitor compliance with conversion
requirements and promote retention of high conservation value forests and
natural forest ecosystems .

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Before joining the Trust, O'Connell held a number of key positions
with The Nature Conservancy in California, including managing director
of the South Coast Ecoregion and senior advisor for Science and
Policy. "The Irvine Ranch Land Reserve
is gaining national recognition as a spectacular natural and recreational
resource unmatched in its variety."
The Reserve stretches from the mountains to the sea in central Orange
County and covers more than 145 square miles."
Regarding forest practices, the bank will not align with suppliers engaged
in the conversion of high conservation value forests or natural forest
ecosystems to tree farms or plantations , on any scale, on lands that they own
or manage. Bank of America is the No.

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Donald Bren Unveils Long -Range Vision for Expanded Public Access Wildlands Protection on 50 000-Acre Irvine Ranch Land Reserve

* Invite the public to celebrate completion of a significant hiking,
jogging , walking and bicycling trail that now stretches more than
22 miles from one end of The Irvine Ranch to the other. Department of Interior to
encourage public/private cooperation to improve parks and wildlands. 1 overall Small Business Administration
(SBA) lender in the United States and the No.bankofamerica.

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"
Bren said he imagines "a world-renowned park, restored and managed to a
standard that inspires other conservation areas and land managers -- and a
place where people can enjoy nature and open space close to their homes, and
where visitors from around the world come to experience the best of Southern
California., Bank of America, the nation's
largest retail bank, and one of the world's largest consumers of paper
products, has devised a new paper procurement policy that reduces impacts on
the world's forest ecosystems and promotes sustainable forestry practices . Fortune 500 companies and 85 percent
of the Global Fortune 500.

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Bren also used the historic event to:

* Say the $20 million gift will be used to accelerate public access to
more areas of the Reserve, including opening nearly 30 new trails
during the next three to five years. "My hope is that the other organizations
with an interest in parts of the Reserve will join us in a permanent
and unwavering commitment to ensure that the land protected in the
Reserve is managed, improved and enjoyed in perpetuity, regardless of
ownership ," Bren said.

* Introduce Michael O'Connell as executive director of the IRLR Trust. Bren said the new donation
announced today will help fund his "highest priority and personal
passion": The creation of two more mountains-to-sea trails "that
allow people to hike, bike or ride from the mountains to the ocean
unimpeded as they experience the magnitude , magnificence and diversity
of the Irvine Ranch Land Reserve. It captures and protects the
historic beauty and natural diversity of Southern California. That donation increased the amount of protected lands in the
Irvine Ranch Land Reserve to more than 50,000 acres -- more than half of the
historic 93,000-acre Irvine Ranch." O'Connell said the Irvine Ranch Land
Reserve Trust will fulfill Bren's vision of the Reserve as a world-class
natural and recreational asset by forging strong partnerships with landowners,
managers and other Reserve stakeholders.S.

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These would be organizations working internationally or on multiple environment issues.

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"I
commend the company, The Nature Conservancy and the many other
partners involved in the Irvine Ranch Land Reserve for creating a
model of public-private partnership that will conserve our natural
heritage for both people and wildlife.
"Maintaining the ecological health of forests is a key factor in
sustaining the cultures, local communities and economies relying on this
resource," said Greg Taylor, Supply Chain Management executive."
In addition to simply encouraging best practices that protect endangered
forests, the new policy has teeth and aligns with the bank's forest practices
lending policy, Taylor said.com

* Serving more middle market banking clients than any other bank.

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The Reserve includes renowned areas such as
Limestone Canyon, Crystal Cove State Park, Fremont Canyon, Round Canyon and
Laguna Coast Wilderness Park.
"Partnerships will form the very heart of the Trust, guiding virtually
everything we do," he said .

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Secretary of the Interior recognizes the joint stewardship
efforts of landowners on the permanently protected parks and open
spaces on the IRLR

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"Through its far-sighted
conservation ethic and public-mindedness, The Irvine Company has given
the people of Orange County and California a treasure for all
generations to enjoy," Norton said in presenting the awards."
The new procurement policy, implemented on April 1, has three primary
goals:

(1) Source Reduction and Recycling -- Minimize the bank's consumption of
paper products containing virgin wood fiber, in order to reduce
demand on forests.

The bank developed the policy in partnership with a group of key
suppliers, such as International Paper, and environmental organizations such
as Metafore, a non -profit group that works to conserve, protect and restore
the world's forests, and the non-profit organization, Environmental Defense. The company
provides unmatched convenience in the United States , serving 33 million
consumer relationships with more than 5,800 retail banking offices, more than
16,700 ATMs and award-winning online banking with more than 12 million active
users.

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"To achieve that, we must assure that the globally
important natural resources of the Reserve will be managed and cared for in
perpetuity, and that the Reserve also will provide a stunning array of outdoor
opportunities to experience Southern California as it was many years ago.

Bank of America Implements Paper Procurement Policy

To reduce paper
sent to outside parties, it now offers online banking customers the option of
electronic statements in place of paper statements, for which over 1 million
customers have signed up.

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"While the Trust is just beginning to evolve, we
are committed to an important principle: We will work with everyone who wants
to accomplish this long-term vision for the Reserve. Working together, we
will help transform the Reserve into an internationally acclaimed treasure of
conservation management and recreation, so it will one day enjoy the level of
reverence bestowed on our national parks. Bank of America Corporation stock (NYSE: BAC) is
listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

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Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton praised the Reserve as "a model of
public-private partnership that will conserve our natural heritage for both
people and wildlife . Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton presented the award.
"We applaud Bank of America's commitment to use less paper, buy post-
consumer recycled paper and promote sustainable forest management among its
paper suppliers," said Environmental Defense senior economist Robert Bonnie.com/newsroom/press /pdfs/Paper_Procurement_Policy.

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Speaking in Irvine Regional Park to 200 invited environmentalists , city,
county, state and federal officials, Reserve landowners, and outdoor and
environmental advocates, Bren announced creation of the Irvine Ranch Land
Reserve Trust. The
non-profit organization will encourage far-reaching and cooperative efforts
among more than 30 public entities involved with the Reserve."
"I want the Irvine Ranch Land Reserve to set a new standard for
conservation stewardship and public access that will be understood and
appreciated not just in Orange County, but throughout the United States," Bren
told the assembled guests.S. If the link is not live, please copy and paste into your browser.

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- Non-profit Irvine Ranch Land Reserve Trust created to fulfill vision
for land as world-class natural and recreational resource

- Additional $20 million donated to expedite expanded public access and
enhanced conservation resource management; brings to $50 million
amount Bren Foundation has donated to enhance Reserve

- First of three Mountains-to-Sea Trails is complete, stretching from
Anaheim Hills to Back Bay of Newport Beach; two more are planned

- U. "This new
policy expands on Bank of America's heritage of environmental stewardship to
address climate change, biodiversity and conservation of natural systems. "Suppliers of paper products to the bank must
remain in compliance with applicable laws and regulations governing timber
harvesting and ensure their third party suppliers also comply with applicable
laws and regulations.
During the same time period in which the bank's assets have grown from
$670 billion in 2000 to more than $1 trillion in 2004, it has decreased the
amount of paper used in internal operations by 32 percent.

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Industry leading initiative aims to reduce virgin fiber demand and protect
endangered forests

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"The Nature Conservancy is looking forward to working closely
with the new Irvine Ranch Land Reserve Trust to manage and protect this
valuable natural treasure while giving millions of residents the opportunity
to experience the great outdoors.C.

The work may be in local, national or international areas.

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The
Bren Foundation gift brings to $50 million the amount Bren has donated
to fund long-range recreation and conservation activities on the
Irvine Ranch Land Reserve. Meanwhile, more than 1,500 hikes and
other outings sponsored by The Nature Conservancy have been enjoyed by in
excess of 50,000 people of all ages.
(3) Protection of Endangered Forests -- Require the bank's suppliers of
paper products to identify and appropriately manage endangered and
high conservation value forests.

About Bank of America
Bank of America is one of the world's largest financial institutions,
serving individual consumers , small and middle market businesses and large
corporations with a full range of banking, investing , asset management and
other financial and risk-management products and services. 1 SBA lender to minority-owned
small businesses.

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In 2004, the bank recycled 28,268 tons of paper,
effectively recycling all the paper it uses internally, plus the same amount
again received from external sources.

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The product
of years of cooperative planning and implementation across multiple
jurisdictions, the "Mountains to Sea Trail" connects the rugged
Anaheim Hills above Irvine Regional Park with the Back Bay of Newport
Beach.S. The bank has set
a goal that 90 percent of total paper purchases contain a minimum of 20
percent post-consumer recycled content by 2006.
"We believe our paper reduction and recycling efforts are already best in
class, but we are eager to raise the bar," Taylor said. "Efficient use of
resources reduces environmental impacts and expenses, driving benefits for
both our shareholders and the communities in which we do business.

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This award suggests to me that we are well
on the way to creating a national treasure here for all to enjoy.
Mark Burget, executive director of The Nature Conservancy in California,
praised today's announcements, calling them "a milestone in public-private
collaborative efforts" to expand both the protection and public enjoyment of
some of Southern California's most significant natural resources.
In 2004, 70 percent of the paper purchased by the bank contained recycled
content, at an average of 20 percent post-consumer content.

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S. He said the Bren Foundation would make a $20 million gift to
the Trust to support enhanced conservation and recreation on the Reserve.
U.
At the time of the 2001 land gift, the Bren Foundation committed
$30 million to fund both accelerated public access and the long-term
maintenance and restoration of the Reserve's sensitive habitats.
"From a biological perspective, the Reserve is extraordinarily diverse,
with numerous species of wildlife and some of the richest stands of native
grasslands , oak woodlands and coastal sage scrub left in Southern California,"
Burget said.pdf