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a " �; TM c ;ti� ' L44 s "kI F V. r 40 fai u Vol. 10, No . 4 May /June 1999 State and Local - ®�� } . ;f MRia tives Thrive gram ro Editorial: The Better America Bonds p proposed ri by the Clinton administration aims to raise billions for ® Lawmakers from Maine to Arizona are state and local land conservation efforts , seeking tax breaks and bond sales to save open space and manage growth . Model Project: After a decade of effort, Cape Cod Use of open space as a growth manage- ment tool continues to gain popularity conservationists won support from legislators and voters around the country. for their land bank proposal . Florida: In March, voters in Palm Beach County OK' d a $ 150 million open space Conservation Fund News : A Georgia conservationist bond measure by a 24 margin . The county joins the board, plus new courses on fish farming and the will devote $ 100 million to protect farmland from sprawl in a 20, 923-acre reserve border- preservation of endangered species on non-federal lands . ing the Everglades . The county also will . spend $50 million to acquire up to 38 park and open space sites totaling 12, 784 acres . Small Tracts : Good news from no-take zones in Florida, Meanwhile, the state Senate unani- bad news from the Carolina wetlands and proof that mously approved a $3 billion successor to open space pays its way in New Hampshire , the state's key land acquisition program . The House bill, which earmarks half the money for water resources, needs to be reconciled Corporate Notes : International Paper will open the first with the Senate 's before going to Gov . Jeb mitigation bank for endangered species in the Southeast . Bush, who wants to sign a bill this session, which ends April 30 . Utah : On March 11 , Gov , Michael Leavitt signed the Quality Growth Act, which will pump at least $2 . 88 million into Organization Profile : Montana Land Reliance hopes to the state ' s new land conservation fund . have 600, 000 acres under conservation easement by 2003 . The fund provides loans and grants to state and local governments and nonprofits to Thank you : 358 donors have given $ 18,424 . 55 to the buy easements and fee title for open space COMMON GROUND Research Fund this year . and farmland preservation. The law also created a commission to administer the program and develop new growth manage- ment legislation . I Databank : American Forests tracks tree loss in the Arizona: On March 24, Phoenix Mayor Chesapeake Bay watershed using satellite photos taken Skip Rimsza proposed a $200 million plan to over 25 years . 8 buy and protect 20, 000 acres of state and pri- vate land from development . The proposal, Continued on page 7