Decision Support Tools – Project Gallery

Metro Denver Nature Alliance (mDNA)
Metro Denver Nature Alliance (MetroDNA) is an emerging alliance of organizations with a compelling vision: Within one generation, the Metro Denver area will be a thriving place for both people and nature.
Climate-Smart Cities Nashville
The Trust for Public Land’s national Climate-Smart Cities™ program is providing key planning and decision-making support to help the city achieve the goals laid out by the City of Nashville. Together with city and community partners, we’re bringing cutting-edge science, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) planning, and innovative design to prepare the entire region for a climate-resilient future with a particular emphasis on underserved populations and critical at-risk infrastructure.
Climate-Smart Cities – New Orleans
Our Climate-Smart Cities™ process bring together a team of experts to research, design, and build the infrastructure and tools that help increase our resilience to climate change.
Lake Chelan Greenprint
Our Climate-Smart Cities™ process bring together a team of experts to research, design, and build the infrastructure and tools that help increase our resilience to climate change.
Central Arizona Conservation Alliance
Through community engagement, collaboration, and strategic regional coordination, CAZCA works to ensure a sustainable regional preserve system that supports healthy ecosystems and healthy communities.
Bernalillo County Greenprint
The Bernalillo County Greenprint is a community driven conservation plan managed by The Trust for Public Land and Bernalillo County Parks and Open Space. The purpose of the Greenprint is to guide where mill levy funds should be spent to acquire new open space in Bernalillo County.
Community Assessment Tool
The Trust for Public Land’s Community Assessment Tool (CAT) is a web-based decision support tool for identifying communities that exhibit different environmental, socioeconomic, and community characteristics.
Western Pennsylvania Business Plan
The Western Pennsylvania Restoration Plan is a comprehensive strategy to guide investment that will improve and protect critical aquatic and forest habitat in Pennsylvania’s western counties.
Sustainable San Gabriels
The San Gabriel Mountains and Foothills are the lungs of Los Angeles County, cleaning our air, filtering our water, and providing a close to home place for Angelenos to experience the rugged wilderness. The Trust for Public Land is working to keep these mountains and foothills safe from development and open for everyone to enjoy.
Healthy Connected Chattanooga
The Planning for a Healthy, Connected Chattanooga initiative uses Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to develop a detailed strategy to take this work to the “next level,” demonstrating how strategic green space planning contributes to a resilient Chattanooga.
Houston SPARK School Park Evaluation
The Trust for Public Land, with funding from the Houston Endowment, has worked through the “SPARK School Park 2014 Evaluation” project to assess the impact of SPARK Parks and develop best practices for schoolyard joint use projects.
Climate-Smart Cities – New York City
The purpose of this study was to investigate what role NYC coastal green infrastructure (GI) played in building damages during Sandy. Specifically, the researchers wished to determine whether damages can be adequately predicted using only discrete physical relationships, such as topographic, distance to the coast, or proximity to a green space.
Harris County ParkServe™ Analysis Portal
The Trust for Public Land ParkServe™ analysis looks at public access to existing parks and open space within Harris County.