Resources - Farm and Forest Protection

• American Farmland Trust.  Forging New Protections:  Purchasing Development Rights to Save Farmland, American Farmland Trust, 1996, 80 pages, paperback. (INT)
• American Farmland Trust.  Saving American Farmland, American Farmland Trust, 1997, 334 pages, paperback. (ADV)
• Ardent, Randall. Rural by Design, APA Planners Press, 1994, paperback
• Brewer, Richard. Conservancy; The Land Trust Movement in America, University Press of New England, 2003, 348 pages, paperback
• Heyer, Fred. Preserving Rural Character (PAS 429) APA Planning Advisory Service, 1990, paperback
• Misseldine, Carol.  “Planning for Prime and Unique Farmlands,” Michigan Planner, Winter 1992, p. 8. (BAS)
• Skjaerlund, David and Sheridan, Stacy.  “Designing Farmland Preservation Programs to Complement Planned Growth,” Planning and Zoning News, February 2003, p. 10-13. (INT)
• Skjaerlund, David and Sheridan, Stacy.  “The Practical Implementation of Transfer of Development Rights,” Planning and Zoning News, March 2003, p. 14-17. (INT)
• Sorenson, A. Ann; Greene, Richard; and Russ, Karen.  Farming on the Edge:  High Quality Farmland in the Path of Development, American Farmland Trust, 1997. (INT)
• Southeast Michigan Greenways.  Greenways:  A Vision for Southeast Michigan,1998, 84 pages, paperback. (INT)
• Thomas, Holly.  “The Economic Benefits of Land Conservation,” Planning and Zoning News, January 1993, p. 12-15. (INT)
• Tibbetts, John.  Open Space Conservation, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 1998, 34 pages, paperback. (BAS)
• Wagoner, William D., et al. Open Space Planning:  Techniques, Design Guidelines, Case Studies and Model Ordinance for Protection of the Environment, Agriculture and Rural Landscape, Livingston County Department of Planning, 1996, 211 pages, paperback. (ADV)
• Warbach, John.  “Hamburg Township Successful in Protecting Open Space Using Open Space Zoning,” Planning and Zoning News, November 1993, p. 16-17. (INT)
• Williams, Kristine.  “Purchasing Development Rights:  An Innovative Proposal for Michigan,” Planning and Zoning News, August 1991, p. 16-19. (BAS)