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In 2005, Island Press celebrates its twenty-first anniversary as the leading provider
of timely and practical books that take a multidisciplinary approach to critical envi-
ronmental concerns. Our growing list of titles reflects our commitment to bringing
the best of an expanding body of literature to the environmental community
throughout North America and the world.
Support for Island Press is provided by the Agua Fund, The Geraldine R. Dodge
Foundation, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, The George
Gund Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Kendeda Sustain-
ability Fund of the Tides Foundation, The Henry Luce Foundation, The John D. and
Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Cur-
tis and Edith Munson Foundation, The New-Land Foundation, The New York Com-
munity Trust, Oak Foundation, The Overbrook Foundation, The David and Lucile
Packard Foundation, The Winslow Foundation, and other generous donors.
The opinions expressed in this book are those of the author(s) and do not neces-
sarily reflect the views of these foundations.
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NATURE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES
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NATURE-FRIENDLY
COMMUNITIES
Habitat Protection and Land Use
CHRISTOPHER DUERKSEN
and
CARA SNYDER
ISLAND PRESS
Washington • Covelo • London
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments..................................................................................................................................................ix
Introduction............................................................................................................................................................1
Chapter 1
The Benefits of Nature Protection....................................................................................................................11
Chapter 2
Key Program Elements and Best Tools .............................................................................................................46
vii
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Conclusion ..........................................................................................................................................................411
Index ...................................................................................................................................................................413
viii
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ix
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
It has been a privilege and pleasure to work with a distinguished consortium of con-
servation organizations to produce this book on nature-friendly communities. We
count the members of the project management team—Laura Watchman of Defend-
ers of Wildlife, Jim McElfish of the Environmental Law Institute, Bruce Stein of
NatureServe, and Kristy Manning of Island Press—as good friends and teachers.
Kristy Manning deserves special mention and thanks for her thoughtful orchestration
of this effort. It gives us great comfort to know that these bright and dedicated people
are working tirelessly to protect the wild things, and that institutions like the Doris
Duke Charitable Foundation are making this and other efforts possible with generous
financial support.
A number of leading lights in the fields of planning, law, and wildlife biology
offered invaluable counsel in helping us identify and select the case study communi-
ties. Paul Farmer and Bill Klein of the American Planning Association, Edward
McMahon, late of the Conservation Fund and now with the Urban Land Institute,
and Peter Howell, formerly of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and now at the
Open Space Institute, were particularly helpful. Kudos are also in order for the edito-
rial staff at Island Press, especially Jessica Poppe, Jeff Hardwick, and Mary Anne Stew-
art for their heroic efforts to make us sound more cogent and erudite, and James
Nuzum, for his invaluable help with graphics.
Several of our colleagues at Clarion contributed to the research and writing of the
case studies and helped keep the project on schedule. We are deeply in debt to Ben
Herman (Placer County), Matt Goebel (Austin), Craig Richardson and Chad Mead-
ows (Charlotte Harbor), and Marlise Fratinardo (Teton County and Powell County)
for their work and insights. Darcie White, Lesli Ellis, Elizabeth Boyd, Molly Mowery,
Renae Pick, Gretchen Wrede, and Jill Nobles also helped with graphics, illustrations,
and other important odds and ends.
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x TH E BE N E F I TS O F NAT U R E P R OT E C T IO N P
Indeed, we would like to dedicate this book to all the partners and associates at
Clarion for supporting this effort and allowing us to slip away and write and think
while they kept up the billable hours! They are a rare and inspiring bunch, and work
hard to make the world a little bit better place every day.
INTRODUCTION
T
he United States has a remarkable array of wildlife and wild places, equal to
those of any nation in the world. This astounding variety goes beyond those
unique and remote places like Alaska and Hawaii. From the coastal forests of
the West to the desert ecosystems of the Southwest to the rich marshes of Florida and
all those wetlands, prairies, and woodlands in between—we are blessed by nature’s
bounty.1 The more than 200,000 species of plant and animals in the United States
make up over 10 percent of species worldwide. America is the hotspot for many
species, especially aquatic species like freshwater turtles.
This largesse adds much to our quality of life. Survey after survey in cities as well
as rural areas confirms that wildlife occupy a special place in the hearts of Americans
of every age group, every income level, and every region of the country. Americans
want wildlife protected and are willing to pay for it. And increasingly there is hard evi-
dence that living in harmony with nature and protecting habitat make good sense in
dollars and cents. As documented later in this book, protecting our natural habitat
helps generate tourist dollars, can in fact save local governments money in terms of
the cost of providing services and infrastructure, and actually increases private prop-
erty values in many instances.
However, the signs are mounting that the country is truly at a crossroads when it
comes to preservation of this largesse. Unlike the last century, when overfishing and
1
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2 IN T R O D U C T IO N
overhunting and the large-scale exploitation of timber and minerals were the culprits
in the demise of many species, today the main threat is well documented: the destruc-
tion and degradation of habitat, often associated with conversion of vast stretches of
land to housing and commercial development and transportation projects. Scientists
tell us that about one-third of the best-known groups of plants and animals are at risk
and that more than 200 species of U.S. flora and fauna are already extinct. More wor-
risome is the fact that, according to a 1995 report issued by the National Biological
Service, 27 ecosystems have declined by 98 percent or more since the European set-
tlement of this country. Prairies, sagebrush steppe, and oak savannas are just a few of
the ecosystems that have been almost completely wiped out, along with the wildlife
that called them home. No part of the nation has been immune.
In addition, the first “State of the Birds USA” report, released by the National
Audubon Society in 2004, documents significant declines for almost 30 percent of
North American bird species. These declines are abnormal, are not part of any natural
population cycle, and are due to outside factors such as loss of wetlands, loss of native
grasslands, and poor land use decisions.
NAT U R E -FR I E N D LY CO M M U N I T I E S 3
4 IN T R O D U C T IO N
Invasion of nonnative species is another major and growing threat across the
United States. Everyone is familiar with how English sparrows and starlings have
crowded out native birds, but the problem is far more serious—especially with plants.
Nonnative species now make up about 5 percent of the total U.S. continental biota,
and in some states almost 50 percent of the flora.
But there is no denying that, at the state level, gains of the 1970s and 1980s are
being eroded. As the case studies amply illustrate, states like Wisconsin have cut back
on funding for habitat acquisition programs, and others, like Colorado, have weak-
ened state protective standards or hog-tied local governments and made their ability
to enact protective regulations and funding programs ever more difficult. This is a
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NAT U R E -FR I E N D LY CO M M U N I T I E S 5
dramatic reversal from the state of affairs in the early 1970s, when, as documented in
books like The Quiet Revolution in State Land Use Controls, many state governments,
such as Wisconsin, Maryland, and Washington, actually took the lead in wildlife
habitat protection and in urging local governments to act. They provided regulatory
authority and funding for a host of innovative programs. Some, like Florida, took a
direct role in protecting critical natural areas.
The same story has played out with most regional governmental efforts. Taking a
regional approach to nature protection is absolutely essential until wildlife learn to
read maps and can tell where one jurisdiction starts and another stops. But just as
state government initiatives in wildlife habitat protection peaked in the 1970s, so did
efforts to promote regional land use planning. Indeed, in many ways, regional gover-
nance is probably at its weakest point in this country in the last 40 years. In some of
the case study communities, regional land use planning agencies have been abolished.
In others, they have been neutered or silenced when it comes to effective regional land
use planning and growth management. The absence of effective regional land use
planning agencies often leaves local governments to their own devices when it comes
to coordinating habitat protection programs with their neighbors.
The pressures on wildlife and habitat are not likely to abate. Alone among Western
industrialized nations, the population of the United States will continue to mushroom,
growing from around 280 million people today to almost 400 million by 2050—an
increase of over 40 percent. In many places, the easy development sites are gone, and
now projects are being proposed along streams, on steep slopes, and in other spots
whose remoteness and inaccessibility provided protection for flora and fauna. Places
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