Resources

Resources for Park and Recreation Professionals

With help from our members and research partners, we make the following resources and tools available to equip parks and recreation departments, municipalities, urban design and landscape architecture firms, and advocacy organizations to enhance capacity and build equitable, healthy, and engaged communities.

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    Plan

    Ten-Year Urban Forestry Action Plan: 2016 -2026

    By Kathy McGlauflin- American Forests Foundation, Tanya Denckla Cobb- University of Virginia Institute for Environmental Negotiation

    Developed to expand awareness of the benefits of urban forests as green infrastructure and increase investments in urban forest resources.

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    Agreement

    Wood River Valley MOU

    City of Ketchum Parks and Recreation Department

    Memorandum of understanding regarding the conservation and protection of the Wood River Valley, as well as the collaborative dissemination of educational mater…

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    Agreement

    Mt. Tamalpais Preservation MOU

    Marin Municipal Water District

    Memorandum of understanding between the listed organizations for the creation of the Tamalpais Lands Collaborative to serve the preservation and restoration of…

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    Agreement

    Muddy River Restoration MOU

    Commonwealth of Massachusetts - Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs

    Memorandum of understanding outlining the collaborative agreement between the listed organizations pertaining to responsibilities for the maintenance and manag…

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    Report

    Building Bridges: A Community-Based Stewardship Study for an Equitable East River Park

    The Trust for Public Land, James Lima Planning + Development

    Identifies park stewardship structures that depart from typical “conservancy” mode and makes recommendations on park equity and funding mechanisms.

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