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Contents below:
· NGOs
· Networks
· Land uses
· Protected areas & parks
· Private lands land conservation
· Landscape design & gardens
Also see:
· USA climate & forests initiatives @ Forests & climate change
Nongovernmental organizations & initiatives
National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA)
National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA)
Partnership for Conservation (P4C)
Networks
· Formerly "Partners in Conservation"
Sentinel Landscapes Partnership [USA]
· a coalition of federal agencies, state and local governments, and non-governmental organizations
that works with private landowners to advance sustainable land management practices around
military installations and ranges.
· “...helping young people protect local nature by building lasting relationships with communities.”
Land uses
American Communities Project (ACP)
· Aims to " enable better policy and land management decisions and the effective enforcement of
regulatory responsibilities." The website provides acessible data lilke topographic maps and geospatial
data.
Agriculture & food
· Its three initiatives are: "protecting agricultural land, promoting environmentally sound farming
practices, and keeping farmers on the land." It works to promote better agricultural policy and
sustainable land practices.
ATTRA Sustainable Agriculture Program @ National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT)
Farm and Energy Initiative @ Vermont Law School
· Provides "a variety of academic and clinical programs with expertize in food, agriculture, nutrition
and the environment to provide research and recommendations that cut across traditional
boundaries in order to promote the ideas proposed by expert organizations as well as seek novel
solutions."
FarmDocDaily → Environmental Policy Archive
National Family Farm Coalition (NFFC)
New Entry Sustainable Farming Project
· “an initiative of Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, works locally,
regionally, and across the country to strengthen local food systems by supporting new farmers. We
serve and collaborate with the people, communities, and organizations in Massachusetts, the Northeast,
and beyond!”
Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA)
Northeast Farmers of Color Land Trust
· Is a nonprofit organization that, "powered by an influential network of the nation's leading
business, nonprofit, foundation, and government leaders committed to reducing U.S. food waste."
United States Biochar Initiative (USBI)
Water and Agriculture Information Center Bibliographies
· A collection of bibliographies on agricultural practices in the United States
Western Agricultural Economics Association (WAEA)
Protected areas & parks
Coalition to Protect America's National Parks [USA]
Private sector land conservation
LandVote @ Trust for Public Land
· A compilation of the history of "conservation finance measures that have been placed on the ballot."
The website aims to highlight the state and local governments that "vote to raise public funds in
support of land conservation."
· “...brings people, working landscapes and communities together in conservation to sustain natural
resources and human communities. We are a landowner-led organization that connects private
landowners to partner organizations and agencies that share a common purpose to sustain working
lands for people, wildlife and natural resources through voluntary conservation partnerships.”
Gardens & landscape design
History of Early American Landscape Design
Infrastructure
Report Card for America's Infrastructure
· Produced by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Land types, land use & land conservation
