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Reports:

• Written Testimony of D. Reid Wilson, Executive Director, Conservation Trust for North Carolina, in support of the Blue Ridge Parkway Protection Act, delivered before the Subcommittee on National Parks of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (March 17, 2010)
  
• Written Testimony of D. Reid Wilson, Executive Director, Conservation Trust for North Carolina, in support of the Blue Ridge Parkway Protection Act delivered before the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands of the House Committee on Natural Resources (February 25, 2010)
  
• Unfulfilled Promise: The Million Acres Initiative and the Need to Protect North Carolina's Open Spaces (Environment North Carolina, January 2010)
  
• From Rural to Suburban in Less Than a Century: Changes in Housing Density in North Carolina from 1940 - 2030 (pdf, 1.5 MB) (Conservation Trust for North Carolina, July 17, 2007)
  
• No End in Sight: Price of Conserving Land in North Carolina 1996-2005 (June 12, 2007)
  
• Losing Our Natural Heritage: Development and Open Space Loss in North Carolina (pdf, 900 KB) (Environment North Carolina, April 25, 2007)
  
• Conservation Grants By County:
• Listing of Grants from NC's Conservation Trust Funds: 2006 (aka "The Green Book") (March 2007)
  

Presentations:

• Land for Tomorrow Main Presentation (PowerPoint, 28 slides, 2.5 MB, Updated 5/21/07)

Documents:

• NCTrust Fund grants 1986-2007 Highlights
• NC Trust fund grants 1986-2007 Summary
• 2008 Conservation Report
  
• The North Carolina Treasurer's Office February 2007 Debt Affordability Study (pdf, 150 KB)
  
• Land for Tomorrow's Needs Assessment: Saving the Goodliest Land: A Five-Year Plan for Investing in North Carolina's Land, Water, History and Future:
• 2-page Executive Summary (PDF, 128KB)
• Main Body of Plan (PDF)
• Maps (PDF)
• Appendices A-D --A: Growing the Economy andProviding Jobs; B: Protecting Public Health; C: Enhancing Quality of LIfe Through Recreation, Historic Sites and Scenic Beauty Natural Area Recreation; D: Protecting NativePlants and Wildlife
• Appendix E --Summary of NC Financing Study
• Appendix F --Survey Results from Local Parks and Recreation Departments
• Appendix G --Summary of Survey Results from Farmland Owner Poll, Nov. 2003
• Appendix H --Summary of Survey Results from Public Poll, March 2004
• Appendix I --State Land Conservation Spending, 1999-2004
  
• Program Recommendations -- May 2006
• Landing Jobs Program Recommendations (pdf, 90 KB)
  
• Land for Tomorrow Q&A (pdf 112 KB)
• Why the State Can Afford Land for Tomorrow Bonds: A Memorandum
  
• Costs and Financing Options for the North Carolina Million Acre Initiative (PDF) by Richard Whisnant, Richard Norton and Jeremy Firestone. 2001. Environmental Finance Center, The Univeristy of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
• NC Land Conservation Financing Study (pdf, 825 KB) from the Trust for Public Land.
• "What are we waiting for" pocket card (pdf, 105 KB)
  

• 2007 Senate Bill 1522: Land and Water Conservation Bond Act of 2007
  
• 2007 House Bill 990: Land and Water Conservation Bond Act of 2007
  
• 2006 Senate Bill 1122: Land and Water Conservation Study
  
• 2006 Senate Bill 1907: Land and Water Conservation Bond Act of 2006
  
• 2006 House Bill 2827: Land and Water Conservation Bond Act of 2006
  

• Radio Ad Running May 22 - June 2, 2006 (mp3, 1 MB)
  

• This print ad for the Partnership for North Carolina's Future ran in the News & Observer on May 23, 2007.

• WRAL's Focal Point: Green Acres, which aired on August 9, 2006 featuring some of Land for Tomorrow's leaders.
• UNC-TV's Making Connections with Dr. David Jones, which aired on November 15, 2006.

• Land and Water Conservation Commission meeting materials and more

Videos

• Protecting our Land and Water: This is a 30 second public education piece describing the importance of protecting North Carolina's way of life.
  
• Land for Tomorrow: What does it mean for Durham?
  In this 7-minute video, local residents speak about how the Land for Tomorrow campaign can improve quality of life for all citizens of Durham
  
• Every Day: This 30 second advertisement and call to action is from the Partnership for North Carolina's Future: http://www.ncfuturenow.org/every-day/

Audio/MP3s

• Listen to Bill Friday urging the General Assembly to join in the Land for Tomorrow movement this session.
• Listen to Representative Lucy Allen describing the opportunity that Land for Tomorrow provides North Carolina's future.
  
• Listen to Kip Godwin reminding lawmakers about our beautiful state and the importance of its protection.