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Books and Reports

1: Urban Green: Innovative Parks for Resurgent Cities
This new book by Peter Harnik, director of The Trust for Public Land's Center for City Park Excellence, makes the case for cities to find innovative places to create new parkland.

2: White Paper: Agricultural Land Preservation and Land Conservation in Okanogan County
This white paper, Agricultural Land Preservation and Land Conservation in Okanogan County: Challenges, Opportunities, and Recommendations for Moving Forward, blends findings from an economic study conducted in 2008 (link to the other report) with prominent ideas and expertise of local ranchers, wildlife experts, local leaders, and long-time residents interviewed between May and November 2009.

3: Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge Viability Study
For years, conservation organizations across the greater Chicago metropolitan area have worked to identify key lands for conservation, open space, and greenways and create a new wildlife refuge. This report addresses the question of whether the idea of creating Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge make sense ecologically, economically, and socially.

4: 2009 Annual Report
TPL's 2009 Annual Report is now available. Download pdf here. (1MB)

5: New Book: The Conservation Program Handbook
Researched and written in response to requests from community leaders, this new publication includes all the information conservation professionals need to effectively and efficiently conserve local landscapes.

6: Wilmington Park Value Report
This new research study by TPL's Center for City Park Excellence explores the economic value of the parks and park programs of the city of Wilmington, Delaware.

7: City Parks Facts 2009 Report
This annual report published by TPL's Center for City Park Excellence offers park advocates a comprehensive set of data on national, state, county, regional, and municipal parks, and includes surprising and fun facts for the casual user, as well.

8: Conservation: An Investment That Pays
Conservation: An Investment That Pays can help agency personnel and community conservationists make the case for conservation as a long-term economic investment.

9: Chambers County Greenprint
Chambers County is experiencing new opportunities as development and economic growth march steadily east from Harris County. Without planning for growth, these same opportunities could jeopardize its rural character and natural assets. TPL facilitated a greenprinting project in Chambers County to create a vision for future growth and plan for protecting important natural resources.

10: Penobscot Valley Community Greenprint Report
Penobscot Valley Community Greenprint report identifies the characteristics of this rich gateway to the Great Northern Forest that make it special, sustain its quality of life, and attract people and businesses and uses mapping to prioritize strategies for protecting these parts of the landscape. 84 pages.

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