How to Save a Forest Toolkit

Is there a forest in your community that you would like to protect from logging or development? Our How to Save a Forest Toolkit provides guidance on the basic protection process and a variety of protection measures to consider.

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Toolkit Resources

Easements and Deed Restrictions

• Maryland “Forever Wild” Easement Language Example (PDF)

• Connecticut “Forever Wild” Easement Language Example (PDF)

• Forever Wild Toolkit for the Easement Writer - Harry White, Forest Ecologist, May 26, 2017

• Conservation Easement v. Deed Restriction (PDF) - Land Trust Alliance Fact Sheet

Roadless Rule - Federal Land Protection

• The Roadless Rule: A Tenth Anniversary Assessment - Michael Anderson, The Wilderness Society, 2011

• Timeline of the Roadless Rule - Earthjustice

Florida Environmental Lands Programs - State and Municipal Examples

• Florida Forever Program

• Environmentally Endangered Lands (EEL) Program, Miami-Dade County County Code

• EEL Program Brochure, Miami-Dade County

• EEL Covenants Program, Miami-Dade County

• Environmental Lands Acquisition and Protection Program (ELAPP), Hillsborough County

• ELAPP History Project, Hillsborough County

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