Twice each month TPL’s Conservation Finance service publishes links to state and local conservation finance stories from around the nation. As always, The Trust for Public Land’s online LandVote database provides the best source of data on conservation finance measures since 1988.
Colorado
Erie tests April 2012 open space tax extension
Connecticut
Granby voters approve bond for town projects including preservation of farmland
New Jersey
Cape May County Freeholders continue to pass up state open space funds
Somerset County protects nearly 1,000 acres in 2011
New York
Suffolk County legislators consider raid on open space sales tax
North Carolina
Cary looking at November bond package which could include park funding
Cumberland County looks at 2013 park bond measure
Pennsylvania
Growing Greener Coalition pushes for passage of Marcellus Shale bill
Texas
El Paso considers November “quality of life” bond, including open space, parks and trails
San Antonio prepares May bond package which includes park funding
Virginia
Legislation introduced to promote easements through tax credit program
