Land Use

The Chesapeake Bay Funders Network has convened a land use workgroup to explore and discuss where there are possible points of leverage to improve land use practices to better protect the Bay and its watersheds, based in part on what is being done elsewhere and what is currently underway in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

MEETINGS

9/26/2008 Land Use Workgroup Meeting - Agenda

Check back soon - more information from this meeting to be posted. 

9/14/2007 Land Use Workgroup Meeting - Agenda

Meeting Materials & Presentations

 CBFN Land Use Work Group Report

 Stromwater Presentation by Tom Schueler

 Agua Fund and Shenandoah Valley Network Presentation

 Next Steps for workgroup document

LAND USE RESOURCES

Check out the Essex County Forum - The Essex County Forum (Massachusetts) is a privately-sponsored program that offers elected officials throughout the county (36 towns and villages) access to information about issues relating to growth and development. Their mission is to advance stewardship of Essex County's natural resources while working with others to help make better decisions about how we grow.

 Center for Public Integrity's Land Use Accountability Project LOI

CBFN Land Use Workgroup

 Chair - Megan Gallagher, Hillsdale Fund, Inc.

Abell Foundation, Agua Fund, Inc., Baltimore Community Foundation, Biophilia Foundation, The Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment, Chesapeake Bay Trust, Corina Higginson Trust, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, William Penn Foundation, Prince Charitable Trusts, Rauch Foundation, Town Creek Foundation, and Wallace Global Fund