Economic Benefits Of NY’s Environmental Protection Fund: Executive Summary

The Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) is New York’s funding source for critical environmental programs. The EPF supports a diverse number of programs in the broad categories of Open Space; Solid Waste; and Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation. The Trust for Public Land conducted research summarizing and quantifying the significant economic benefits to local communities throughout the state of EPF investments to protect New York’s environment. This is an executive summary of the full report.