• What We Do
  • Conservation Initiatives
  • Federal Programs
  • TPL Services
    • Conservation Finance
    • Conservation Transactions
    • Conservation Vision
    • Park Design & Development
  • Climate Conservation Program
  • Working With TPL

TPL Services

The Trust for Public Land (TPL) helps communities take action on parks and land conservation by providing objective advice based on extensive experience, the latest technology and analytical frameworks, and a proven approach to realizing parks and conservation goals. TPL's primary services are:

Conservation Vision
TPL helps agencies and communities define priorities for new parks and land conservation, identify lands to be protected, and plan networks of conserved land that meet public need, often employing specialized Geographic Information Systems (GIS) techniques.

Conservation Funding
TPL helps agencies and communities identify and generate funds for conservation from federal, state, local, and philanthropic sources. TPL's Federal Affairs staff works with Congress and administration officials to secure federal funding. TPL's Conservation Finance Program helps states, counties, and municipalities design legislation and ballot measures that will dedicate public funds for new parks and land conservation. TPL works with foundations and private donors to encourage philanthropic support.

Conservation Funding includes:

Federal Affairs
The Federal Affairs department promotes federal land conservation policy and funding partnerships with a wide range of interested parties, including congressional and federal agency staff, the White House, state and local conservation organizations and government officials, national conservation groups and private landowners. Federal Affairs staff work with these partners to ensure that federal policies, programs, and funding support land conservation at the federal, state, and local levels.

Conservation Finance
TPL's Conservation Finance team advises state and local governments on conservation funding and helps to design and adopt measures that dedicate new public funds for parks and land conservation. TPL's services identify the right funding source and amount, and create measures aligned with public priorities.

Conservation Research & Education
TPL acquires and shares knowledge of conservation issues and techniques to improve the practice of conservation, promote its public benefits, and encourage pro-conservation public policy.

Conservation Transactions
TPL helps structure, negotiate, and complete land transactions that create parks, playgrounds, and protected natural areas. TPL serves as an independent agent, buying land from willing landowners and then transferring it to public agencies, land trusts, or other groups for protection. In some instances, TPL will protect land through conservation easements, which restrict development but permit traditional uses such as farming and ranching.

Park Design & Development
TPL helps transform newly acquired or existing sites into parks, playgrounds, or restored natural areas. TPL employs a participatory design process and solicits the viewpoints of all stakeholders. Where no steward for the new park exists, TPL trains community stewards in park programming and parkland management.

The Conservation Campaign
Created as an affiliate of The Trust for Public Land in 2000, The Conservation Campaign (TCC) is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization that mobilizes public support for ballot measures and legislation that create public funds to protect land and water resources. TCC's website is the premier resource for conservation campaigns across the country.

 

Updated 3/2009