Conservation Vision & GIS
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The Trust for Public Land's award winning Conservation Vision and GIS services use innovative research, planning, and spatial analysis (GIS) to help create parks and protect open space. Our methods and technologies bridge the gaps between science, planning, and implementation, and deliver community-driven conservation plans.
Conservation Planning
Greenprinting is a GIS-based service that provides communities with a framework to prioritize their park and conservation goals and implement funding and land protection strategies. Using GIS in a transparent mapping and modeling process, Greenprinting engages local residents in a thoughtful, place-based planning exercise.
Our greenway and trail planning services include sharing best practices for trail planning; helping communities articulate regional trail visions; and delivering the nuts-and-bolts of trail planning (e.g. estimating construction and maintenance costs, determining trail location through community input, fundraising consulting, and acquiring land and easements.)
For large landscape analyses we develop strategic parcel-level conservation plans that guide land protection work to achieve long-term objectives. We use mapping to demonstrate the importance of individual projects against landscape objectives and associated metrics.
Custom Research & Database Tools
TPL crafts custom research, analysis, and planning solutions to meet the unique needs of municipalities, foundations, and other private and public agencies. We offer a range of products focused on ecosystem services, project selection criteria, and opportunities for park improvement. We also equip conservation professionals with extensive and up-to-date information through our numerous research databases:
- Conservation Almanac: tracks dollars spent on land conservation and acres protected by states and federal government.
- LandVote: compiles conservation finance ballot measures detailed by state, finance mechanism, and jurisdiction type.
- The National Conservation Easement Database: provides a comprehensive national repository of conservation easements.
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Contact Vision & GIS:
Breece Robertson
Director, Conservation Vision & GIS
607 Cerrillos Road, Suite F-1
Santa Fe,
New Mexico
87505
P: (505) 988-5922
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