Synopses & Reviews
Written by two of the nation's leading experts on land conservation. "Land Conservation Financing provides a comprehensive overview of successful land conservation programs--how they were created, how they are funded, and what they've accomplished--along with detailed case studies from across the United States. The authors present important new information on state-of-the-art conservation financing, showcasing programs in states that have become the nation's leaders in open-space protection: California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and New Jersey. They look at key local land protection efforts by examining model programs in counties across the nation. Then they examine how hundreds of communities have created hundreds of millions of dollars in funding by developing successful campaigns to win land conservation ballot measures. They offer case studies and pull together lessons learned as they lay out how to run to successful campaign. The book concludes with an examination of the emerging concept of green infrastructure--a strategic approach to conservation that involves planning and managing a network of parks, natural areas, greenways, and working lands that can help support native species, maintain ecological processes, and contribute to the health and quality of life for America's people and its communities.
Review
"Land Conservation Financing…provides state and local government officials, landtrusts, foundations, universities, and others who are interested in how to finance land conservation with new information on state-of-the-art conservation financing."
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-214) and index.
About the Author
The Conservation Fund, a national nonprofit organization, acts to protect the nation's legacy of land and water resources in partnership with other organizations, public agencies, foundations, corporations, and individuals. Since its founding in 1985, the Fund has helped its partners safeguard wildlife habitat, working landscapes, community greenspace and historic sites totaling more than 3.4 million acres throughout the nation. Its headquarters are in Arlington, Virginia.
Mike McQueen is an environmental writer and editor of The Conservation Fund's newsletter Common Ground.
Ed McMahon is vice president and director of land use planning for The Conservation Fund and co-author of Balancing Nature and Commerce in Gateway Communities(Island Press, 1997).
Table of Contents
About the Conservation Fund
Foreword \ Lawrence Selzer
Acknowledgments \ Edward McMahon
Acknowledgments \ Mike McQueen
Chapter 1. Protecting Open Space
-The Land and Water Conservation Fund
-State Grant Funding
-Development Pressures
-Grassroots Response
-Land Trusts on the Rise
-Private Foundation Support
-Demand for Open Space Funding
-The Rise of Green Infrastructure
Chapter 2. Financing State Land Conservation Programs
-Massachusetts
-New Jersey
-Maryland
-Florida
-Minnesota
-Illinois
-Colorado
-California
-Conclusion
Chapter 3. Financing Local Land Conservation Programs
-Cape Cod, Massachusetts
-Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
-DeKalb County, Georgia
-Jacksonville, Florida
-Lake County, Illinois
-St. Louis, Missouri
-Douglas County, Colorado
-Marin County, California
-Conclusion
Chapter 4. Creating Local Conservation Funding
-To Campaign or Not to Campaign
-Getting Started
-Coalition Building
-Polling
-Ballot Language
-Running a Campaign
-Winning Proposition 40 in California
-Creating Regional Park Districts in the St. Louis Area
-Conclusion
Chapter 5. Conserving Land with Private-Sector Funding
-The Richard King Mellon Foundation
-The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
-The Gordon I. and Betty E. Moore Foundation
-The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation
-The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
-The Turner Foundation
-Conclusion
Chapter 6. Financing Green Infrastructure: Smarter, More Cost-Effective Land Conservation From Ad Hoc to Comprehensive Land Conservation
-Green Infrastructure versus Traditional Land Conservation
-What Does Green Infrastructure Look Like?
-Principles and Strategies
-Examples of Green Infrastructure
-Conclusion
Chapter 7. Protecting Land Conservation Funding in Tough Economic Times Notes
Appendix A: State Conservation Funding Mechanisms
Appendix B: Useful Web Sites
Selected Bibliography
Index