PARK AND CONSERVATION ACCOMPLISHMENTS Fiscal Year 2011-2012
DARCY KIEFEL Young soccer players celebrate the opening of Denver’s New Freedom Park.
CONSERVATION VISION AND GIS The Trust for Public Land helps agencies and communities define conservation priorities, identify lands to be protected, and plan parks and networks of conserved land that meet public needs. Our experts use a community-driven, GIS-supported process called Greenprinting.
Current fiscal year Projects completed: 20
Since 2000 Projects completed: 157
CONSERVATION FUNDING The Trust for Public Land helps agencies and communities identify and create funds for conservation from federal, state, and local government sources.
Current fiscal year
State and local ballot measures adopted with our help: 7—a 100 percent success rate
Since 1996
State and local ballot measures adopted with our assistance: 425
PARK DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT The Trust for Public Land helps agencies and communities plan for, design, and construct parks, playgrounds, and gardens.
This fiscal year Projects completed: 83
CONSERVATION TRANSACTIONS The Trust for Public Land helps structure, negotiate, and complete land transactions that create parks, playgrounds, and protected natural areas.
Current fiscal year Transactions completed: 104 Acres protected: 43,379
Fair market value of land protected: $224,481,403
Since 1972 Transactions completed: 4,348 Acres protected: 3,108,039 Fair market value of land protected: $7,147,487,494
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
The Trust for Public Land acquires and shares knowledge of conserva- tion issues and techniques to improve the practice of conservation and promote its public benefits.
Fiscal year 2010–2011 saw the national launch of The Trust for Public Land ParkScore ProjectTM
(
parkscore.org), the most
comprehensive rating system ever developed to measure how well the 40 largest U.S. cities are meeting the public’s need for parks. We published Land&People magazine, made updates to the Conservation Almanac (
conservationalamanac.org) and LandVote database (
landvote.org), and compiled City Park Facts 2012.
46 ANNUAL REPORT 2012
46 LAND&PEOPLE Fall/Winter 2012
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