Between 1996 and 2002, the Trust for Public Land’s Conservation Finance Program helped states and communities design and promote ballot measures that created more than $25 billion in new park and open space funding. Out of the program’s experience comes a handbook that explains the complex process of securing federal, state and private conservation funds, including how to research and design a local, voter-approved conservation finance measure. The first chapter is provided here (in .pdf format), the full 156 page handbook is available for purchase through The Trust for Public Land.
