Open Space Preservation Publications
Multiple benefits, approaches to planning and financing
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A Handbook
for Public Financing of Open Space in New Jersey
( 1.6mb).
Order paper copy. Revised and updated from the Trust
for Public Land’s 1994 edition. 2001, 36 pages. $8.00. Options for local open space
funding and approaches to getting an open space financing referendum on the ballot with
sample resolutions, ballot questions and flyers for voter education.
Keeping Our Garden State Green: A Local Government Guide for Greenway and Open Space Planning. By Linda Howe. Order paper copy. 1989. 57 pages. $10.00. Benefits of greenways and how to preserve them, farmland preservation, trails and bikeways, public access and working with private land trusts. Specific planning tools, case studies, checklists.
The New Jersey Highlands
Water Protection & Planning Act Primer
( 798kb).
Order paper copy. 2005. 12 pages. Free. This booklet was produced
to aid municipal officials and residents in the Highlands region in understanding the Act and
how it relates to them.
Open Space
is a Good Investment - The Financial Argument for Open Space Preservation
( 207kb).
Order paper copy. 2004 update. 12 pages. $1.00. Summaries of
studies that demonstrate how open space preservation costs taxpayers less over the long term
than residential and commercial development. Includes an economic analysis worksheet to help
determine long term costs for specific proposals. Bibliography of major studies.
Open Space Plan
( 192kb).
Order paper copy. 2000.12 pages. $1.00. Putting an open space
plan together, with outline of subjects required for Green Acres Planning Incentive Program,
suggestions for funding, sources of information, factors for ranking lands for preservation,
and action plan elements.
Sample Ordinances for Protecting Significant Coastal Habitats. Order paper copy. 1998. 28 pages. $2.50. Provides tools and techniques for protecting coastal habitat for migratory birds.
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