Other Resources

Other Resources:

Governor's Gregorie Policy Brief - Working Lands Initiative

Washington Office of Farmland Preservation - Senate Bill 5108

Cascade Land Conservancy - The Cascade Land Conservancy works as a regional land trust, conserving great lands and creating great communities. The CLC has conserved more than 140,000 acres of working forests, farmlands and natural areas since its beginning in 1989.

Beyond Takings and Givings by Rick Pruetz, AICP - updates and expands the 1997 publication "Saved by Development," until now, the most comprehensive book on TDR. Beyond Takings provides a step-by-step guide to creating a TDR program and addresses the most commonly asked questions on this topic.

MRSC Links - The Municipal Research Services Center maintains links to information regarding land use programs to preserve farmland. It includes links to existing TDR programs that have been adopted in Washington State and other resources.