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 DeKalb County, Georgia; Douglas County, Colorado; Jacksonville, Florida; Lake County, Illinois; Lancaster County, Pennsylvania; Marin County, California; the St. Louis metro area in Missouri and Illinois, and on Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
The authors then 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 a successful campaign. The authors also consider the role of private foundations, which have made immense contributions to land conservation over the past two decades.
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.
Land Conservation Financing is an indispensable resource for land conservationists in the public and private sectors who are looking for a detailed, national portrait of the state of land conservation in America today.
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
"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."
