Establishing the Greenways and Open Space Network

Planning Greenways | Implementing Greenways | Managing Greenways | Funding Greenways

Planning Greenways

• Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) County Greenways and Open Space Plan Resources
  • County Greenways and Open Space Network Planning Fact Sheet
  • County Greenways and Open Space Network Planning Scope of Work
  • DCNR Map of Major Greenway Corridors (8MB PDF)
  • County Planning Office Contacts
  • County Natural Areas Inventories Fact Sheet
    
    
• Examples of County Greenways and Open Space Network Plans
  • Chester County, Linking Landscapes
  • Cumberland County Open Space Plan
  • Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties, Open Space, Greenways & Outdoor Recreation Master Plan
  • Mercer County Open Space Plan
  • Monroe County Open Space Plan
  • Montgomery County Open Space Plan
  • Schuylkill County Open Space Plan
    
    
• Examples of Other Greenways-Related Plans
  • The Mainline Canal Greenway: Pennsylvania’s Millennium Trail
    
    
• Other Greenways Planning Resources
• Pennsylvania’s Greenways are Creating Connections
• Green Infrastructure: Smart Conservation for the 21^st Century
• SmartConservation™
• Important Bird Area (IBA) Program
• Pennsylvania Heritage Park Program
• Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access (PASDA)

Implementing Greenways

• Growing Greener: Putting Conservation Into Local Codes 
• Using Conservation Easements to Preserve Open Space
• Pennsylvania Stream ReLeaf Program
• Pennsylvania Stream ReLeaf: Forest Buffer Toolkit
• Trail Town Handbook (Coming Soon!)
  

Managing Greenways

• PA CleanWays: Greenways Cleanups; see the PA CleanWays PowerPoint Presentation under Greenway Presentations and Video.

Funding Greenways

• Federal Funding Sources
• Local Government Funding Sources
• PA-Related Funding Source