As part of our Regional Conservation Initiative, the Houston-Galveston Area Council catalogues conservation practices available to local governments and their partners.
These include
- Policies and Practices
- Parks Dedicatation Requirements
- Tree Ordinances
- Low-Impact Development
- Detention Volume Banking on Impact Fee
- Mitigation Banks
- Green Space Requirements
- Partners
- Districts
- Municipal Utility Districts
- School District Joint-use Agreements
- Philanthropic Organizations
- Non-profit Organizations
- Municipal Management Districts
- Funding Mechanisms
- Donations and Easements
- Debt Financing
- Lease-Purchase Agreement
- Taxes
- Tax-Increment Financing
- Checkout Campaigns
We are compiling a list of communities using these and other tools to showcase successes around the region to expand our online toolbox and facilitate peer exchanges. For reference, you can view a map of some of the communities with Parks Dedication Requirements.
Please help us grow and maintain this list. If your organization has a conservation practice or policy in place, works with partners, or makes use of funding mechanisms please let us know below. Or share any other conservation tools your organization uses.