New Report on Land Use in Sonoma County
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New Report on Land Use in Sonoma County |
Greenbelt Alliance is very excited to announce the release of a new report that
examines the past, present, and future of land use in Sonoma County. The report,
Preventing Sprawl: Farmers and Environmentalists Working Together, is the result
of a joint effort by Greenbelt Alliance and the Sonoma County Farm Bureau.
For the last two years, Greenbelt Alliance and the Sonoma County Farm Bureau
led a committee of agricultural and environmental leaders in an unprecedented
collaboration to survey land-use patterns in the County in an effort to prescribe
strategies for preventing sprawl and protecting agriculture.
The report makes four key recommendations to address the challenges of future
growth and development:
1. Maintain a strong County general plan.
2. Support policies that achieve higher densities within existing urban boundaries.
3. Encourage Cloverdale to adopt an urban growth boundary.
4. Extend funding for the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space
District.
Download the report.
Download the maps here:
1.
Land Cover and Use
2. Agricultural
and Urban Land
3. Parcelization
4. Urban
Growth 1850-2000
