In relation to their task of promoting regional zoning and preservationist controls on land-use, the wealth and resources of the non-profit interest groups is not the controlling factor. For that task, their resources are limitless.
Their challenge is to effectively use these resources to mold minds and influence legislation. The non-profit interest groups work through an array of studies, conferences, organizations, publications, legislation, media influence, federal and state funding, federal, state and regional agencies and their own dispersal of grants of every nature to individuals, groups and local and state government to achieve their objectives. They pay government officials’ salaries, bring lawsuits so that enforcement settlements go to others of their ilk, buy and sell land on the basis of insider deals with government agencies, contract with every state in the nation to secretly analyze biodiversity on government and private land, and so much more. For instance, in the case of Heritage Areas, the American Heritage Area Coalition to lobby for over 100 Heritage Areas sought around the country (as of 1994) was created with funding from National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) and the Countryside Institute. The funding for the newsletter and annual conference on Heritage areas planned by personnel at the NTHP were made possible with a cooperative agreement with the National Park Service.
Promoting National Heritage Areas |
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Advisory Council on Historic Preservation American Association for State and Local History American Association of Museums American Conservation Association (Rockefellers) American Cultural Resources Association American Farmland Trust (includes Rockefeller, Mellon, and The Conservation Fund interests) American Folklore Center American Rivers American Society of Landscape Architects Archeologists Unlimited Canal Corridor Association The Conservation Fund (and Richard King Mellon Foundation) The Countryside Institute Historic America Engineering Record Historic American Building Survey International Institute for Peace through Tourism International Institute of Tourism Studies, George Washington University |
Jackson Hole Preserve (Rockefellers) Land Trust Alliance The Meadows Foundation National Association of Development Organizations National Coalition of Heritage Areas National Conference of State Historic Preservation Offices National Council for Urban Economic Development National Main Street Center (NTHP) National Parks and Conservation Association National Rivers Coalition National Trust for Historic Preservation The Nature Conservancy Open Space Institute Preservation Action Protect Historic America Rails-To-Trails Conservancy Scenic America, Inc. Scenic Hudson and Scenic Hudson Land Trust Trust for Public Land |
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Regional, state and local historical and cultural
preservation associations such as Maryland Historical Trust and
the Center for Rural Pennsylvania Specialized and geographical museums and restorations, such as the B&O Railroad Museum and Historic Hudson Valley (Rockefellers) |
Regional canal and river preservation organizations
such as Canal Corridor Association (Upper Illinois Valley Association) American Indian groups such as Oneida Indian Nation (NY) |
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