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This study provides the first nationwide look at projects that combine land conservation and affordable housing. Learn about projects that meet a host of community deficiencies by helping provide much needed housing for young families, police officers and teachers, while conserving waterways and wetlands, wildlife habitat, farmland and forests and recreational areas. Fifteen profiles showcase projects initiated by developers, land trusts, local governments and housing organizations. The study also includes promising trends, lessons learned and the next steps to stimulate even more projects with great outcomes for the community, environment and the economy.

Green Infrastructure: Smart Conservation for the 21st Century takes readers from the origins and history of green infrastructure to its implementation and benefits today- demonstrating how green infrastructure plans can allow for both future growth and the protection of significant natural resources.

This publication, made possible through grants from the Henry M. Jackson Foundation and the Surdna Foundation, explains the history, purpose and future of the Land and Water Conservation Fund.

This Toolkit is designed to help local leaders spring from ideas to action; moving the Better Models principles into practice within Pennsylvania’s cities and towns. By utilizing the Toolkit, Pennsylvanians can create a better future for their communities by preserving their state’s natural, historical and cultural resources to improve local economies and enhance Pennsylvania’s cities and towns.

The book provides balanced and practical advice on key issues facing communities throughout Delaware, such as: how to protect the countryside, how to strengthen downtowns, and how to improve the suburbs.

This book illustrates the economic, aesthetic and environmental advantages of choosing smart growth over conventional haphazard development.

The Conservation Fund and USDA Forest Service authored a first-of-its kind study, The State of Chesapeake Forests, which reports on the health of Chesapeake Bay forests and on the forests’ impact on the bay’s health.

This document summarizes the work of the Loxahatchee Regional Greenways Project from 1992 through 1996, a cooperative effort of The Conservation Fund, 1000 Friends of Florida, and The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Advancing Strategic Conservation in the Commonwealth of Virginia: Using a Green Infrastructure Approach to Conserving and Managing the Commonwealth's Natural Areas, Working Landscapes, Open Spaces, and Other Critical Resources.