Open Space Links
Open Space Plan presentation, May 21, 2008 (PDF, 9.34 MB)
Open Space Benefits
- A Landowner’s Guide: Conservation Easements for Natural Resource Protection
- Economic Benefits of Open Space Report (1999)
- Economics of Open Space Conservation
- Saving Pennsylvania For The Classroom Teacher’s Guide
Open Space Planning, Preservation and Protection
- Southeastern Pennsylvania Protected Lands Inventory
- Public (Mandatory) Dedication and Fees-in-Lieu
- Keystone Conservation Trust
- Land Trust Standards & Practices (2004)
- TDR Fact Sheet
- Sample Natural Resource Protection & Open Space Preservation Ordinances
- Conservation Easements: A Professional Guide
- Linking Landscapes
- Open Space Planning: A Guidebook for Municipalities
Parks
- American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration
- Chester County Parks and Recreation Department
- Community Parks and Recreation Handbook
- Health Benefits of Parks
- National Recreation and Park Association
- Pennsylvania Recreation and Park Society
Open Space Protected by Non-Profit Land Trusts
- Brandywine Conservancy
- French and Pickering Creeks Conservation Land Trust
- Land Trust Alliance
- Kennett Township Land Trust
- Natural Lands Trust
- North American Land Trust
- Pennsbury Land Trust
- Pennsylvania Land Trust Alliance
- West Vincent Township Land Trust
- Willistown Conservation Land Trust
Nature Preserves, Trails, Greenways and Wildlife Corridors
- Creating Connections: The PA Greenways & Trails How-To Manual
- Greenways 101
- PA DCNR Greenways Program
- PA Forest Lands Beautification Program
- PA Greenways Action Plan
- PA Rivers Registry - Online Rivers Conservation Plans
- Schuylkill River Greenway State & National Heritage Area
- Trail Utilization Study: Analysis of trail systems in Oil Heritage Region
Open Space Funding Issues
- A Guide to Funding Recreation & Conservation Projects
- Chester County Department of Open Space Preservation
- Chester County Open Space Grant Manuals
- DCNR Community Conservation Partnerships Program
- Financing Municipal Recreation and Parks
- Locally Funded Open Space Programs (Southeastern PA and Southern NJ)
- Open Space Financing 101
- Public Finance for Open Space: A Guide for Pennsylvania's Municipalities