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The Conservation Almanac covers land area conservation activity across the United States from 1998-2011. The project grew out of the many requests The Trust for Public Land has received for data to understand the "context" for land conservation and the growing conservation finance movement.
Please email us at almanac@tpl.org if you have any questions or suggestions.
General Help Topics
Map Tab
Map Navigation:
Pan: Use the Navigation tools in the upper left corner of the map or click on the map and drag to pan around the map.
Zoom: Use the Navigation tools in the upper left corner of the map or use the scroll wheel on your mouse to zoom in and out of the map.
Base map: You can change the underlying base map by clicking on one of the three buttons in the upper right corner of the map: (Street) Map, Satellite, Terrain.
Quick Zoom: Use the Quick Zoom tab to the left of the map to jump to a particular city, zip code or address. Alternatively, select a state from the dropdown list to jump to that state.
Map Layers:Under the Map Legend and Layers tab to the left of the map is a list of layers available for displaying on the map. To add a layer to the map, click on the checkbox next to the layer name. When a layer is displayed on the map, the legend will appear directly below the layer name. The following is a list of the available layers:
- Conserved Lands 1998 - 2011: This is the primary data layer for the Conservation Almanac map. This layer includes all conserved land parcels for which spatial data is available. To view information for an individual parcel, click within the parcel. A popup box will appear with a summary of information and a link to view a detailed report for that parcel. For more information on the Conserved Lands layer, see the Data Dictionary located under "Other Resources".
- Google Protected Lands: These lands are embedded on the Google basemap underlying this map and therefore cannot be removed.
- Cities & Towns, Points: Point locations of all (available) cities and towns
- Cities & Towns, Boundaries: Boundary lines of all (available) cities and towns
- Counties: County boundary lines
- States: State boundary lines
Map Query: The Map Query tab to the left of the map allows the user to highlight a subset of Conserved Land parcels according to the following variables:
Level of Government: The level of government from which the money to purchase the land is generated
Purchase Type: Purchase type is the way the land was conserved either as a conservation easement or an outright purchase through fee title
Funding Program: The program through which the conservation of the land was funded
Acquisition year: The year in which the land was acquired
Print Map: The Print Map tab to the left of the map allows the user to print the map to PDF. Because of limitations on the license with Google, the base map of the produced PDF may look different than the web version. For more information on Google's licensing policies and terms of use, click here.
Search Tab
Search By: Conservation activity can be listed by one or more of the following variables:
- Geography: State or county
- Acquisition Year
- Funding program
- Acreage: acreage of the individual area of conservation
- Level of Government: The level of government from which the money to purchase the land is generated
- Purchase Type: Purchase type is the way the land was conserved either as a conservation easement or an outright purchase through fee title
Results: The search results represent data from the entire Conservation Almanac database. Some of the protected parcels may not be spatially represented. To view an individual parcel on the map, click on "View on map". Click on "View detailed report" to view a PDF report for that parcel.
Tasks:
- View as graph: Click to view your search results as a graph. This will take you to the Stastics tab where you can view and print the resulting graph.
- View list on map: Click to view your search results on the map. This will take you to the Map tab and highlight all search results that have spatial attributes. NOTE: The search results represent data from the entire Conservation Almanac database. Some of the protected parcels may not be spatially represented.
- Print list: Click to print your search results as a PDF.
- Export data: Click to export your search results as an Excel-compatible CSV file.
Statistics Tab
The Statistics tab allows the user to view select subsets of the Conservation Almanac dataset as graphs and tables. To use, select a topic and a geography from the dropdown lists and then click "GO". Please note that the information in these graphs represents data from the entire Conservation Almanac database, not just spatially represented lands.
To print the resulting graph(s), click on "print" in the upper right corner of the graph.
FAQs
Why are some parks green and not highlighted in pink?
Why is there no data for my state?
Why are some parcels labeled "other" and "unknown" under purchase type?
How can I compare two different places?
How are acreages reported?
Why do some program activity summaries show zero acreage with corresponding dollar amounts greater than zero?
When I query a program under the "Search" tab of the mapping section why won't it provide an acreage total similar to the total dollar figure?
Quick Start Guide
- Zoom in to your area of interest or select a state from the dropdown list under "Quick Zoom".
- If data is available for that area, conserved parcels will appear as pink polygons. Click on a parcel to view information for that area.
Data Dictionary
The following is a list of fields included in the Conservation Almanac's Conserved Lands layer:
| Field Name | Field Description |
|---|---|
| Area Name | The name of the parcel. |
| Program Sponsor | The program or funding source that has made a contribution to acquire a parcel. When multiple contributions are made to a project the program sponsor that contributed the majority of funds is listed as primary. |
| Purchase Type | Purchase type is the way the land was conserved either as a conservation easement or an outright purchase through fee title. |
| Purchase Amount | The amount of money the program sponsor contributed to a parcel. |
| Level of Government | The level of government from which the money to purchase the land is generated. |
| Purpose | The conservation intent of a parcel broken down by the following categories:
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| Funding Mechanism | Funding mechanism used in purchase. For example, revenue from a bond, property tax, sales tax or real estate transfer tax. |
| Year Finance Mechanism Created | The last year in which a conservation measure took place in the jurisdiction. |
| Multiple ConFin Measures | List of various funding mechanisms used/passed in that jurisdiction. (i.e. bond, property tax, sales tax) |
| TPL Involved | Any parcel where TPL conveyed a property to the managing agency or was somehow involved. |
| Easement Holder Name | The name of the entity that manages the easement. |
| Easement Holder Type | Whether the holder of the easement is a federal, state, local, tribal, or other legal classification. |
| Co-Held | If two entities hold the easement (manage it) the other entity is listed here. |
| Landowner Type | Whether the owner of the underlying land is federal, state, local, tribal, or other legal classification. |
| Public Access | Identifies whether the easement is open to public access or not |
| Duration | Identifies whether the easement is permanent or term |
All states contain data from 1998 to 2005. Data for the following states have been updated through 2008: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah. And, data for the following states have been updated through 2011: South Carolina, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
