ABSTRACT
This case study describes a collaboration between Cornell University’s Department of Natural Resources and the Edward L. Rose Conservancy, a local land trust in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. The objective of the study is to inform community leaders, land trust volunteers and staff, and academic faculty about the promise of partnerships between universities and land trusts as an approach to helping communities address various landscape conservation and smart growth planning issues. Two basic goals of smart growth are demonstrated in this study: (1) preserving open space, farmland, natural beauty, and critical environmental areas; and (2) encouraging community and stakeholder collaboration in planning and development decisions.
