Prof. David Newburn
added a new Announcement
Posted June 27, 2017
University of Maryland report on conservation land-use policy options
The University of Maryland has released a report on the “Conservation Land-Use Policy Toolkit”. http://drum.lib.umd.edu/bitstream/handle/1903/19228/Chesapeake%20Land%20Use%20Policy%20Report_2017.pdf This report summarizes land-use policy options, incentives, and planning tools to reduce farmland and forest conversion in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Policy options discussed include zoning, urban service boundaries, conservation easements, impact fees, transfer of development rights (TDR), and…