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TPL’s Role in Land Acquisition

TPL’s Role in Land Acquisition. Alex Size Cela Tega: December 8 th , 2008. Land for People:. The Trust for Public Land conserves land for people to enjoy as parks, gardens, and other natural places, ensuring livable communities for generations to come. Mission Statement.

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TPL’s Role in Land Acquisition

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  1. TPL’s Role in Land Acquisition Alex Size Cela Tega: December 8th, 2008

  2. Land for People: The Trust for Public Land conserves land for people to enjoy as parks, gardens, and other natural places, ensuring livable communities for generations to come. Mission Statement

  3. That’s the equivalentof one Connecticut…every year …or six acres inthe last minute The Challenge • America's privately owned open spaces are disappearing at a rate of three million acres a year (USDA)

  4. Conservation Transactions 3,011 projectstotal • 3,011 Projects • Over 2.05 Million Acres • $4.05 Billion 2.05 million acres protected $4.05 billion in land value conserved

  5. 1970’s 1980’s 1990’s 2000’s Conservation Transactions: 3,011 Projects

  6. Northwest Central New England Mid-Atlantic West Southeast Regional Office Field Office 6 Regions, 40+ Offices, 400+ People

  7. TPL’s Five Initiatives from inner city to wilderness

  8. Land & Water Working Lands Natural Lands Heritage Lands TPL’s Five Initiatives Parks for People TPL works in cities and suburbs across America to ensure that everyone—in particular, every child—enjoys close-to-home access to a park, playground, or natural area.

  9. Parks for People Playgrounds Community Gardens Parks Trails TPL works in cities and suburbs across America to ensure that everyone—in particular, every child—enjoys close-to-home access to a park, playground, or natural area.

  10. Land & Water Watersheds Coastal Water Rivers Lakes TPL preserves lands that protect clean drinking water and the natural beauty of our coasts and waterways.

  11. Working Lands Forests Fisheries Ranches Farms TPL protects farms, ranches, and forests that support land-based livelihoods and rural ways of life.

  12. Natural Lands Wilderness Wilderness Wilderness Wilderness TPL conserves places of natural beauty that preserve wilderness for our children’s children to explore and that support other species with whom we share the planet.

  13. Heritage Lands Cultural Historic Tribal African American TPL protects places of historic and cultural importance that keep us in touch with the past and who we are as a people.

  14. Conservation Finance Conservation Transactions Conservation Research & Education Park Design & Development Conservation Vision

  15. Conservation Vision: Setting Priorities TPL promotes proactive conservation by helping communities assess their conservation priorities and develop plans that lead to clear actions.

  16. Conservation Vision: • TPL provides communities with the information they need to prioritize land acquisition for parks, drinking water protection, wildlife habitat, and farmland conservation. • Constituency Building with key stakeholders • Greenprinting with Geographic Information System (GIS) • Conservation Finance Analysis • Action Plan for short-term success and long-term conservation strategy

  17. Greenprinting Overview Greenprinting is using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to make informed, strategic decisions about land conservation priorities. • Incorporates a broad range of conservation goals • Reflects unique community resources and priorities • Utilizes “best available” data and science • Identifies areas offering highest conservation benefit • Models developed using ESRI software • (ArcGIS 9.1 ModelBuilder & Spatial Analyst) • TPL gleans information from over 50 completed Greenprint projects across the country to date

  18. Greenprinting Results – Maps and Reports • Greenprinting visuals provide unique insight for formulating conservation acquisition strategies. Strategic analysis reports Parcel by parcel ranking maps Color-coded overview maps

  19. Conservation Finance: Securing Funds TPL helps agencies and communities secure the public and private funds that make conservation happen.

  20. Conservation Finance: • TPL’s conservation Finance team advises governments on conservation funding and helps to design, pass and implement measures that dedicate new public funds for parks and land conservation • Feasibility Research • Public Opinion Surveys • Measure Design • Program Design and Evaluation

  21. Conservation Transactions: Protecting Land TPL helps public agencies and communities acquire land for parks, playgrounds, and protected natural areas.

  22. Land Acquisition and Conveyance • Usually performed through a back-to-back transaction • Sometimes a buy and hold, or a lease purchase with a public agency is more appropriate • Ultimate goal is to convey the property to a public agency for management in perpetuity

  23. Conservation Research & Education:Improving Practices TPL conducts research to improve conservation practices and acquire knowledge about conservation issues; TPL shares these findings to create public support for conservation and encourage pro conservation public policy.

  24. Park Design & Development:Building Parks TPL helps agencies transform acquired lands into widely-used community resources.

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