The Partnership for Conservation Development: Forging a New Standard of Excellence for Conservation Development

The Conservation Fund and the National Town Builders Association are leading the effort to demonstrate a new standard of excellence for conservation development by creating desirable communities linked to outstanding conservation outcomes.

The primary goal of the partnership is to develop projects that define the highest quality of conservation development through the use of traditional neighborhood development techniques, thereby creating desirable and successful new communities in which compact development patterns are joined with permanent conservation and stewardship of significant land and water resources.

Model projects will produce the following results:

Result 1: Outstanding Conservation

• Protecting significant natural areas, ecological or cultural resources, or working landscapes
• Connecting residents to their community’s unique natural and cultural environment

Result 2: Permanent Stewardship

• Providing permanent stewardship and management of conservation areas and natural resources

Result 3: Successful Development

• Creating mixed-use, whole communities for residents and commerce
• Enhancing communities by making neighborhoods walkable and providing public spaces
• Using energy and water efficient design and sustainable building materials

Result 4: Natural Connections

• Linking open space and natural areas for permanent green infrastructure
• Preserving natural terrain, water infiltration and drainage and native vegetation
• Restoring natural areas and minimizing the development footprint

Become a Model Conservation Development

Are you a landowner interested in the unique opportunity to realize outstanding conservation and development outcomes? The Conservation Fund and the National Town Builders Association invite you to contact us about model projects that would benefit from the dynamic expertise of the conservation and development professionals of our organizations. Contact Kendra Briechle, Manager, Center for Conservation and Development for more information.

• View the program brochure (Download PDF - 5.5MB)
• More about Becoming a Model Conservation Development

About the Partners

The Conservation Fund and the National Town Builders Association can provide landowners with dedicated expertise in top-quality conservation and development. The Fund specializes in creative, financially sound transactions that protect land, water and heritage resources by integrating economic and environmental goals and providing land advisory services to create exceptional places. The National Town Builders Association’s collaborative network of member builders are committed to developing compact, pedestrian-oriented communities that provide enduring economic, social and environmental value.