The Century Plan
The Century Plan-A Study of One Hundred Conservation Sites in the Barnegat Bay Watershed is a Report that describes 100 high-priority conservation and public access sites in need of protection. read more »
Books & Reports
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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California Water Acquisition Handbook
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
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 »
The Conservation Easement Handbook
The Land Trust Alliance (LTA) and TPL have revised and expanded The Conservation Easement Handbook, the definitive resource for land conservation professionals developing a conservation easement program to meet local acquisition needs. read more »
Path to Protection
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 »
Who's Going to Pay for this Park?
Many communities require developers to donate land or pay in-lieu fees ("developer exactions") for the acquisition of parkland. read more »
Atlanta Beltline Report
In 2004 TPL commissioned renowned park planner Alexander Garvin to produce this report: The BeltLine Emerald Necklace: Atlanta's New Public Realm. read more »
The Conservation Finance Handbook
The Conservation Finance Handbook is designed for communities seeking to raise conservation funds at the ballot box, from initial demographic research to post election analysis. read more »
Protecting the Source
The Protecting the Source report is part of an ongoing effort by The Trust for Public Land to promote land conservation as a critical approach to drinking Water Protection. read more »
Camden Parks Report
The Role of Parks and Greenspace in Redevelopment report looks at both the past and the future of parks in the city of Camden, including sites owned or managed by Camden County. read more »
