Twice each month TPL’s Conservation Finance service publishes links to state and local conservation finance stories from around the nation. This first posting after the election, includes stories on some of the measures voters faced on November 2. Of the 35 measures on last-week’s ballots, 28 were approved, generating more than $2 billion in new conservation funding. As always, TPL’s online LandVote database provides the best source of data on conservation finance measures since 1988.
Colorado
Boulder County continues to hold slim lead
Lawmakers approve conservation easement review
Iowa
Despite statewide trust fund success, GOP leaders do not plan on increasing sales tax
Massachusetts
Middleboro CPA to be delayed until next summer
More on Middleboro CPA
State is buying land at a rate of 54 acres a day
Sunderland one of 4 communities to approve CPA on election day
Michigan
Meridian Township renews open space tax
Minnesota
Public access to open space a key question in Washington County
Missouri
Columbia voters approve parks sales tax
New Jersey
Southern NJ gaining farms while losing farmland
Old Bridge Township voters end open space tax after 10 years
South Carolina
Despite overwhelming support Dorchester County open space bond may be delayed
Texas
Dallas preparing new parks bond package
Utah
Snyderville Basin voters overwhelmingly approve open space bond
West Valley voters reject open space bond
Washington
Sustaining Seattle parks during tight budgets
Wisconsin
Iowa success leads the way for Wisconsin conservation funding
Tags: Colorado, conservation funding, Iowa, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin
