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(1.60 MB) A
Handbook for Public Financing of Open Space in New Jersey.
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.
(798KB) The
New Jersey Highlands Water Protection & Planning Act Primer.
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.
(207
KB) Open
Space is a Good Investment- The Financial Argument for Open Space
Preservation. 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.
(192 KB) Open
Space Plan.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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