This primer is designed to assist communities and open space advocates in crafting a compelling case for open space protection, find funding and start meaningful dialogue and assessment on this topic. The primer focuses on activities, information sources, talking points about the benefits of open space, successful local case studies, and key messaging strategies that can be incorporated in a case statement.

This primer is designed to assist communities and open space advocates in crafting a compelling case for open space protection, find funding and start meaningful dialogue and assessment on this topic. The primer focuses on activities, information sources, talking points about the benefits of open space, successful local case studies, and key messaging strategies that can be incorporated in a case statement.

The Greenprint was developed to support local jurisdictions, land managers, and other natural resource stakeholders in understanding their natural resource assets. This reports outlines the data in the tool and suggests some ways in which it supports planning and prioritization, communications and marketing, and as a tool for stakeholder engagement processes.

Take a look at the CAZCA Fact Sheet.

The Central Arizona Conservation Alliance brought together ecological data and expert opinion to describe what a hypothetical network of open spaces could look like through the identification of conservation opportunity areas (COAs).