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Greenprinting Services

The Trust for Public Land's greenprinting services are practical and action oriented, informed by more than 30 years of experience in real estate transactions and conservation funding. Many communities continue to work with TPL on the conservation finance and land protection strategies that follow a greenprinting effort.

The Trust for Public Land (TPL) uses state-of-the-art computer models created with Geographic Information System (GIS) software to analyze community-based data. Greenprinting helps communities make informed decisions about land conservation. It can galvanize public support and encourage partners to work toward common goals. Through a close working relationship with ESRI, the world leader in GIS software, TPL has developed GIS models that combine layers of spatial information to guide growth-management efforts:

Conservation Priorities

A community defines its own criteria for the lands it wants to protect. Its highest priority lands are then mapped on a greenprint.

Parks Gap Analysis

Mapping reveals which neighborhoods are most in need of parks and where land in those neighborhoods might be available to create parks.

Watershed Protection

By mapping stream buffer areas, slope profiles, soil types, and other data, greenprinting shows where land conservation can protect water quality.

Fragmentation Modeling

These models identify lands whose conservation would create continguous natural resources such as forests, wetlands, and wildlife habitat.

Trail Linkages

Greenprinting finds opportunities to link or expand existing trail systems.

Development Forecasting

Models project which lands—including important conservation lands—are most likely to be developed for commercial or residential uses.

The Trust for Public Land also offers:

• Analysis: Are you planning your conservation priorities? Learn more
• Planning: Are you forging a community vision for parks and open space? Learn more
• Facilitation: Do you need partnerships? Learn more
• Funding: Do you need help with private and public fund-raising for parks? Learn more
• Acquisition: Do you need real estate expertise? Learn more
• Research and Education: Learn More

Updated 9/2006