national landscape conservation initiative

The Center for Natural Resources and Environmental Policy - in partnership with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and leaders in large landscape conservation - is coordinating a multi-year initiative to advance the theory and practice of large landscape conservation in North America. The human footprint of development and associated climate change has reached a scale of impact that requires an agenda for large-scale solutions. This initiative integrates three complementary components that advance large landscape conservation through participatory stakeholder engagement (People), enabling policy (Policy), and implementing place-based solutions (Place).

National Policy Dialogue

Toward a National Framework for Landscape Conservation: A Concept Paper Based on the National Policy Dialogue on Landscape Conservation (PDF)

National Policy Dialogue on Landscape Conservation: Convening Materials (PDF)

Other Resources

Matthew McKinney, "The Realities of Regional Stewardship: From Urban Issues to Natural Landscapes," Public Land and Resources Law Review (2008), 123-140. (1.91 MB)

 

Petra Todorovich, America 2050: An Infrastructure Vision for 21st Century America (Regional Plan Association 2008). Available at America 2050.

 

Large-scale Initiatives for Endangered Species Recovery and Ecosystem Restoration (MRRIC Planning Group, June 19, 2007). (954 KB)

Frederick Steiner and Robert Yaro, "A Land and Resources Conservation Agenda for the United States," (Regional Plan Association, 2007): 14 pages. (647 KB)

Regionalism. Western Consensus Council (2002) (283 KB).

Roundtable on the Crown of the Continent (website)

Regional Collaboration (website)