Twice each month TPL’s Conservation Finance service publishes links to state and local conservation finance stories from around the nation.
According to TPL’s LandVote database, since 1988 states and communities nationwide have approved 2263 conservation finance measures that have generated nearly $54.2 billion in funding for local parks, greenways, and natural areas.
This year, there are statewide measures on the ballot in California, Iowa, Maine, Rhode Island, and Oregon. And communities in more than a dozen states will vote on conservation funding measures.
Now, here are today’s conservation finance links. We’ll be back on the other side of the election.
California
Redlands look at ways to preserve open space
Colorado
Opinion piece on Boulder County open space measure
Florida
Amendment 4 would require voter approval for land use decisions
Iowa
Iowa set to vote on conservation trust fund
More on Iowa measure
Massachusetts
After defeat in the Spring, Sunderland set to vote again on CPA
Middleboro voters set to decide on CPA
Marborough voters to decide on CPA as well
Vineyard towns track falling CPA match
Missouri
What the Columbia sales tax would buy
New Jersey
Public to get say on Cumberland County open space plan
More on Cumberland County plan
Park Ridge voters to see open space tax tomorrow
Old Bridge voters prepare for open space tax
Oregon
Tigard bond editorial
Rhode Island
More on Rhode Island statewide open space bond
Opinion piece on Narragansett open space bond
More on Narragansett open space bond
Utah
West Valley open space bond touted as economic development tool
