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COMMON GROUND VOL, 10 NO. 4 MAY /DUNE 1999 State (continued from page 1 ) the state.. King asked state legislators to use funded by a 0 . 1 cent hike in the sales tax for the state budget surplus to pay for the deal . 10 years, also expands the city park system. Lawmakers also held hearings on pro - The state sells trust land to support educa- posals to issue up to $ 110 million in bonds to tion. If approved by the city council in June, reactivate the state ' s land acquisition pro - the proposal will go to voters in September . gram . Another proposal dedicates 45 % of the Separately, a coalition of 17 groups real estate transfer tax for 10 years to raise ( 602 / 254-8581 ) has resurrected an effort to $50 million for acquisitions . The legislature place a Citizens Growth Management Initia- will decide by June which approach to take . tive on the ballot. If enough signatures are New Jersey: The Senate is debating a gathered and voters approve it in November constitutional amendment that gives a tax New jersey 2000, the measure would require all cities break to farmers who place conservation legislators are and counties in the state to develop growth easements on their land . The amendment, management plans that include urban which passed the Assembly, lets farmers deciding how to growth boundaries . Voters would approve skip property tax payments until they re- implement the $ 1 . 5 the plans and any major amendments . coup 25 % of the lost value of their land . The Developers would be required to pay billion open space impact amendment also requires voter approval , fees for roads, schools and other public facih- Legislators are deciding how to imple- plan approved by ties that their projects require . The initiative ment the $ 1 . 5 billion open space plan voters in November. also gives cities and counties more authority approved by voters in November . One bill to regulate so-called " wildcat subdivisions " allots $60 million for historic preservation being built in unincorporated areas . and directs 60 % of the remainder to the state Maine : On March 25, Gov . Angus King Green Acres program for state and local announced a $5 .26 million agreement to parks . State and local agencies and protect 65 miles of shoreline on Moosehead nonprofits will get 40 % to preserve farmland . Lake—the state ' s largest—and other water- Wisconsin : Gov . Tommy Thompson ways . Plum Creek Timber Co . , which proposed spending $345 million over 10 acquired nearly 1 million acres of Maine tim- years for a state stewardship program that berland last fall, will receive 15 , 000 acres of acquires land for habitat protection, water land with conservation easements as partial quality improvement and local parks . The payment . Additionally, the Trust for Appala- state money would leverage $ 170 million Chian Trail Lands will buy 4, 000 acres on Mt . available from the federal Conservation Abraham from the company and donate it to Reserve Enhancement Program , Owen Schmidt Rosemary Weber American Land Conservancy Indiana Dept. of Natural Res. Sanctuary Forest April & John Scholtz Bill Webster Audubon Society of R.I. Iowa Natural Heritage Fdn. Sempervirens Fund Henry & Peggy Sharpe John Weeden Ausbon Sargent Land Jackson Hole Cons . Alliance Society for the Protectiop of N. H. Forests Kimball Simpson Georgia Welles Preservation Trust Johnson & Johnson Society for the Pres'n of N .E. Antiquities Bruce & Barbara Sims Dewey Wells Baldwin County Trailblazers Kentucky Down Under Sonoma Land Trust William Sizemore Gary Werner Bonnyvale Env. Educ. Center Land Trust Alliance Sonoran Institute Edith & Bruce Smart Mr & Mrs. David West Bowdoin Col. Env. Studies Pg. Land Trust for Santa Barbara County S.C. Coastal Conservation League Gretel Smith Otto Wetzel Catskill Center for Conserva- Leelanau Conservancy S.C. Parks, Recreation & Tourism John L. Smith J.C. Whetzel tion and Development Louisville & Jefferson County Metro. Stetson Hardwoods Peg Smith Barbara & David White Chattooga R. Watershed Coal. Soil District Tall Timbers Research Station Sandra Sparks Bob Whitney Chesapeake Bay Foundation Margaret W. Reed Foundation Terrene Institute James St. Pierre Lynn Weigand Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage Margo Cutler Ltd . Real Estate The Nature Conservancy x 2 Mr. & Mrs. Charles Steffens Andrew & Stephanie Wilbur City of Lakewood, Colo. Marin Agricultural Land Trust Trust for Public Land John Strickler Elsa Williams Civil War Trust McGrath, Basciani & Assoc. Tudor Farms Kenneth Svitko Alex & Jerelyn Wilson Columbia Land Conservancy Mitchell Energy & Development Corp. Vermont Land Trust John Syverud Marillyn Wilson Delaware Greenways Mont. Dept, of Fish, Wildlife & Parks Wenk Associates James Taylor Fran & Arlene Wolff Delta Waterfowl Foundation Montgomery County Lands Trust Western Images Elizabeth Tilbury C. Wortz Dorsey & Kirschner Mundy & Associates Wildlife Management Institute Clinton Townsend John Wright Ducks Unlimited National Committee for the New River William Smith Properties Jeanne & Raymond Turner Gene Wunderlich Eastern Shore Land Conserv. National Park Service Williams College Center for Env. Studies John Vickery Stephen Yarabek The Ed & Marianne Pollak National Waterways Conf. Winslow Management Co. Edward Voss Philip Zalesky Fund of the Ayco Char. Fdn. N.H. Assn. of Cons. Commissions Woodlot Alternatives Richard Watkins Robert Ziegenfus Equestrian Land Cons. Res . N.J. Conservation Foundation The Yosemite Fund William Watson The Adirondack Council U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service N.J. St. Fed. of Sportsmen's Clubs Jean Watt American Hiking Society Gallatin Writers N.Y.-N.J. Trail Conference A lead grant from Elizabeth Wattles American Forest & Paper Assn. Garden Club of America N.Y. Parks & Conservation Assn. Philip Morris Companies The Garden Conservancy Northland Forest Products helped finance this issue. Grand Canyon Trust Oak Foundation If you have not made your gift to the Greenbelt Land Trust The Orton Family Foundation COMMON GROUND Research Fund, Group for the South Fork Ozark Regional Land Trust Hamilton County, Ia . Pa. Fish and Boat Commission please don't delay. We need your help . Henry A. Wallace Institute for Pheasants Forever Send your check to 940 Stillwater Lane, Alternative Agriculture RMI Associates Historic South Dakota Fdn . St. Dennis Development. Inc . Earlysville, VA 22936 . Holland & Hart St. John River Water Man. District Indian Creek Nature Center San Juan Preservation Trust