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The Trust for Public Land's books and reports explore strategies for conservation at every stage, from fundraising and planning to park design and stewardship.
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This white paper from 2008 brings new data and methodologies to study the impact of the decline of forest cover and the increase of agriculture or urban land cover in a drinking water source drainage area. read more »
This handbook is designed to assist those interested in using California's developing water market and water acquisition as a tool to improve environmental conditions for fish and wildlife, and water quality for human populations. read more »
The Source Protection HandBook: Using Land Conservation to Protect Local Drinking Water Supplies provides local governments, water suppliers and agencies, and community drinking water advocates with the tools to identify source water conservation opportunities, implement funded source water conservation programs, and acquire and protect the lands that will help keep our drinking water clean. read more »
This white paper from 2008 brings new data and methodologies to study the impact of the decline of forest cover and the increase of agriculture or urban land cover in a drinking water source drainage area. read more »
This Report produced by TPL and the National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals identifies five smart growth approaches that can improve water quality: land conservation, waterfront brownfields revitalization, urban and community forestry, low impact development, and Watershed management. read more »
Protecting Land to Safeguard Connecticut's Drinking Water is a "tool kit" for Connecticut communities seeking to use land conservation to protect their drinking water supplies read more »
Keeping our Commitment: Preserving Land in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, a report published by TPL and the Chesapeake Bay Commission, details the results of regional watershed land conservation initiatives in Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania intended to guide the next decade of restoration in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. read more »
