Protecting Forests From Urban Sprawl

Anti-sprawl efforts in King County, WA, use an innovative financial model

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March 18, 2003, 2:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"King County has been subject to relentless development pressures over the past several decades, and we've paid a heavy price...The Evergreen Forest Trust a private conservation group pursued purchasing the tree farm to ensure that it remains an undeveloped and natural area in perpetuity....The trust developed the idea of buying [lands] using tax-exempt bonds...The key here is that the 104,000 acres would never be converted to highways, strip malls or cookie-cutter housing developments."

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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