Print Publications

Better Models for Development in Pennsylvania

This book, one of eight in a series, provides balanced and practical advice on growth issues facing communities throughout Pennsylvania, including how to protect the countryside, how to strengthen downtowns and how to improve the suburbs. Better Models for Development in Pennsylvania, jointly published by The Conservation Fund and the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, provides examples of how key development principles and ideas can be applied in the state.

Balancing Nature and Commerce in Gateway Communities

This publication provides important lessons on how to preserve the character and integrity of communities and landscapes without sacrificing local economic well-being.

Better Models for Development in Maryland

This book provides balanced and practical advice on key issues facing communities throughout Maryland, such as: how to protect the countryside, how to strengthen downtowns and how to improve the suburbs. Through extensive use of color photos and illustrations, Better Models provides examples of how key development principles and ideas can be applied to Maryland and elsewhere.

Green Infrastructure: Linking Landscapes and Communities

Those engaged in land conservation and management have increasingly come to envision and make use of a process that connects environmental, social and economic health: green infrastructure. For the landscape designer, conservation-minded planner and concerned citizen, The Conservation Fund publication Green Infrastructure: Linking Lands and Communities by Mark Benedict and Ed McMahon presents principles and practices to link landscapes and communities across the country.

Atlanta Campaign Guide

The Conservation Fund announces the "Atlanta Campaign Guide" a full-color fold-out brochure that includes the account of the Atlanta Campaign, a historic area driving map, and battle maps.

The Civil War Battlefield Guide

This new edition of the definitive guide to Civil War battles and battlefields has been greatly expanded to cover all of the 384 principal battles designated in the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission Report.

The Dollar$ and Sense of Battlefield Preservation: The Economic Benefits of Protecting Civil War Battlefields

This book is essential for community leaders and citizen activists concerned with how protected Civil War battlefields can function as basic industries, generating jobs and tax revenue for nearby communities.

Land Conservation Financing

Land Conservation Financing provides a comprehensive overview of successful land conservation programs around the country -- how they were created, how they are funded, and what they’ve accomplished.

Voices from the Environmental Movement: Perspectives for a New Era

A diverse group of dedicated environmental professionals offer thought-provoking essays on important aspects of conservation leadership.

Paddling the Wild Neches

Richard Donovan's new book, Paddling the Wild Neches, takes readers on a journey down a two-hundred-mile stretch of East Texas River. Proceeds from the book's sale benefit The Conservation Fund.
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