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• 2001 Open Space Results ■ In 2001, voters in 24 states agreed to spend almost $1.7 billion for parks and open space. Last year, voters OK'd 137 of 196 state and local ballot measures (7070), according to the Land Trust Alliance (lta.org) and Trust for Public Land (tpl.org). On Nov. 6 alone, voters approved $1.2 billion in funding for parks and open space in 86 of 115 ballot measures, a 7570 ap- proval rate. Among the larger measures approved Nov. 6: • $192 million in Morris County, N.J., for open space, recreation and farmland preservation, • $160 million in Santa Clara County, Calif., for parks, open space and trails, and • $115 million for the Great Outdoors Colorado program. On page 3 are open space measures approved Nov. 6. New Jersey listings are incomplete due to limited space. See Open Space page 3 Land Protected in Florida, Maryland and Georgia ■ The Conservation Fund recently helped the Suwannee River Water Management District obtain a conservation easement on the 32,000 -acre California Swamp in Dixie County, Fla., one of the largest ever placed on private property in the state. The Fund worked closely with land- owner Forest Systems in the $13.6 million acquisition, which culminated 20 years of effort by the state to protect the site. The easement permanently restricts development on the land, which borders the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge and acts as a freshwater filtration basin for the Lower Suwannee watershed. The company will con- tinue pine forestry operations on 15,000 acres of upland under new guidelines aimed at enhancing the swamp eco- system. Forest Systems retained rights to hunting leases but will allow public access for hiking and bird watching. See Land Protected, page 6 Ib Vol. 13, No. 1 January —March 2002 Editorial: The Conservation Fund's chairman calls for an American network of parks and open space. 2 Small Tracts: Oregon's growth management law faces another challenge, America steps up its recycling of brownfields, Coloradans 4 take steps to better manage growth and California links growth with water supply. Thank you: A grateful thank you to 140 readers who recently contributed $6,685 to the COMMON GROUND Research Fund. Corporate Notes: American Electric Power, BP and Alliant Energy are helping develop the nation's first carbon emissions trading 7 system, and Johnson & Johnson and Philip Morris are supporting Conservation Fund projects in several states. Personnel: Lawrence A. Selzer succeeds John Turner as president and CEO of The Conservation Fund. Databank: The South produces more timber than any country in the world (except the U.S., of course). 8