Land Conservation Financing provides a comprehensive overview of successful land conservation efforts including model state, local, and private programs. The book also describes successful campaigns to win ballot measures with case studies and lessons learned. The book concludes with an examination of the emerging concept of green infrastructure–a strategic approach to conservation that invovlves planning and managing a network of parks, natural areas, greenways, and working lands that can help shape growth, maintain ecological processes and contribute to the health and quality of life for America’s people and its communities.