Tools for Grassroots Organizing

• Click here to contact or to find your Maryland Legislators.
• Talking Points about Program Open Space - 2007 Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Baltimore Sun Op-ed: Now is time to restore funding for open spaces (PDF)
• Sample letter to the editor about Program Open Space published in the Baltimore Sun (PDF).
• Partners for Open Space Baltimore Sun opinion piece: Conservation Calculation (PDF)
• Phonebanking 101 (PDF): Includes a customizable sample phone script. Phone banking is a great way to let your members know you are actively involved in the issues they believe in through their membership dollars
• Tips for Communicating with Elected Officials from the Maryland League of Conservation Voters and Legislative Resources from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation
• Press Release 3-7-05 Statewide Radio Campaign Launched to Halt Diversion of Land Conservation Funds  (PDF)
• Listen to the 2005 First Base radio ad (.mp3)
• View/download How To Win Land Development Issues from the Community & Environmental Defense Services

State Information Links

• Maryland State Parks Funding Study - September 12, 2007

• Dept. of Natural Resource: Program Open Space
• Maryland Environmental Trust
  
• Maryland General Assembly
  
• Maryland Dept. of Budget & Management

Partners for Open Space - Steering Committee Websites

• American Farmland Trust
• Chesapeake Bay Foundation
  
• Maryland League of Conservation Voters Education Fund
  
• Maryland Recreation and Park Association
• Environment Maryland
  
• 1000 Friends of Maryland
  
• The Nature Conservancy
  
• The Trust for Public Land