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.