Preserving Open Space and Natural Resources in Perpetuity
(1.25 hour panel; 2:45-4:00)
- A Strategy that Works, Mike Whitfield, Heart of the Rockies
- Partnering with Municipalities and Creative Funding for Land Acquisition, Kathryn Goldman, Wood River Land Trust
- Setting up Open Space to Work for You, Frank Martin, Martin Community Development and Hidden Springs
- Exploring the tool box for conservation strategies: Encouraging, requiring and buying your way to vibrant communities and healthy lands, Tim Breuer, Land Trust of Treasure Valley
Ms. Goldman will explain how partnerships with municipalities to protect their open spaces can be mutually beneficial, leading to easy-care maintenance and even unforeseen restoration opportunties. And, she’ll provide how-to steps to successful passage of a levy to fund land acquisition.
The Heart of the Rockies Initiative to preserve large landscapes will be explained by Mike Whitfield.
He will share his experience in funding and preserving lands important to all of us.
Mr. Breuer will discuss tools for conservation of lands regardless of economic circumstances. He will touch on regulatory, incentive-based and funding mechanisms that help communities conserve natural areas and quality of life.
These presenters will be available to brainstorm other approaches to ensure growth in Idaho is compatible with one of Idaho’s most treasured assets: wildlife.
Tags: community development, Land Trust
September 27th, 2008 at 5:17 pm
Will people using this site be able to comment on these notes and topics before and after the Summit? If so, how long will the web site continue to be available in the future?
Thank you,
Henry
October 3rd, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Yes, starting now people can begin to comment as you have done here, and this will continue during and after the Summit this November. The goal is to create networking communication opportunities that will go on indefinitely into the future, not only with this web site but by connecting with other similar networking projects that may already exist or may exist in the future.
One example of another network that was started after the 2007 Summit meeting provides opportunities to discuss and network ideas, projects and other conferences related to the 15 different environmental topics that were part of the 2006 and 2007 Summit meetings. Below is a link to that project.
http://idenvironet.ning.com/