Local News Open Space Authority celebrates 30 years, 30,000 acres Agency’s goal is to form permanent Santa Clara Valley greenbelt ...

Most of Jeffco was developed decades ago, before CAP’s study was conducted. And yet the county still lost open space to development at 143 percent of the average rate in the West from 2001 to 2011.

Many of the prior open space purchases had been made using designated funding provided by Montgomery County and, as such, it came with strings attached, most often in the form of deed restrictions ...

“Thirty-five years of investment in preserving open space has truly resulted in a win-win for Chester County.” To contact staff writer Michael P. Rellahan, call 610-696-1544.

Longmont’s Public Works Department owns 139 acres on the Tull property; this is where this development should take place, not on City Open Space. City Council, from a land preservation ...

The Legislature should revisit the open-space law to ensure more cases like this do not happen. In this case, the Homer Township board wants to sell off two farms totaling 140 acres that have been ...