The Long
Island Pine Barrens Society has concluded a six-month study of Long
Island's land preservation efforts and found that Long Islanders
have put up nearly $1.2 billion to preserve close to 60,000 acres of
open space and farmland. The study celebrates this achievement and
describes the challenge of saving open space and farmland in a
region where land prices are high and government programs are
fragmented.
Entitled
"On Course for Failure: A Call to Action on Land Preservation," the
report offers an island-wide strategy and makes specific
recommendations for accelerating the purchase of open space and
development rights on farmland. It concludes that absent a dramatic
increase in the rate of land preservation, Long Island will fail to
secure the necessary 25,000 acres of open space and 10,000 acres of
farmland before final build-out in 2015.
To
download the report, click here.
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