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So many of us watch helplessly as local farms are converted into McMansions, or a patch of woods becomes a shopping mall, or a new network of subdivisions and roads carve up aquifer recharge lands. But through direct political action, there is a way to rein in sprawl. A nationwide grassroots movement seeks to preserve our connection to nature and the character of our communities through voter initiatives that dedicate new public funding for land conservation. You can make a difference in your own community by using a new web-based portal of tools, information, and advice called the Conservation Campaign Toolkit—available via www.conservationcampaign.org.

The Toolkit was created by the Conservation Campaign (TCC), which is the only national organization that focuses solely on political action to gain public funding for conservation. Since TCC was founded by The Trust for Public Land (TPL) in 2000, it has supported more than 300 conservation funding initiatives in communities around the country, while helping to generate billions of dollars for land conservation. The Toolkit draws on lessons learned by these local campaigns as well as the expertise of TCC and TPL field staff. The current lull in development offers a last chance in many places to acquire and protect open space, at prices that may never again be so low. The Toolkit can help you get the funds needed to preserve the natural and human ecosystems that sustain your community.

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