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Creating a Sustainable Land Use Plan for Sleepy Hollow Conservation Area - An Internship

Houser, David S
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6307-4240
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1434970516

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2015, Master of Environmental Science, Miami University, Environmental Sciences.
Sustainable land use planning is a practice to conserve natural resources for their ecological benefits while also bringing economic value to a piece of land. The 1400 acres of Sleepy Hollow Conservation Area were once farmed but had recently been scarred from the overuse of all-terrain vehicles. In 2015 the Northern Kentucky University Center for Environmental Restoration (CER) bought the old farmland to conduct a stream restoration and create a sustainable land use plan for the site. I was tasked with creating the sustainable land use plan for Sleepy Hollow Conservation Area that balanced environmental protection, protection of the stream restoration buffer, and bring economic value to the property. Using a variety of site surveys, GIS mapping, meetings with local stakeholders and environmental professionals I was able to determine activities that would bring economic benefits to future tenants while protecting the environmental value and stream buffer on the property. I then reached out to several potential tenants who were or might be interested in land to start or grow their sustainable businesses. Finally, I compiled proposals from sustainable farmers and hunters interested in leasing portions of the land for approval from the director of the CER.
Jerry Green (Committee Chair)
125 p.
Environmental Science
sustainability; land use; sustainable land use; environmental restoration

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  • Houser, D. S. (2015). Creating a Sustainable Land Use Plan for Sleepy Hollow Conservation Area - An Internship [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1434970516

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Houser, David. Creating a Sustainable Land Use Plan for Sleepy Hollow Conservation Area - An Internship. 2015. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1434970516.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Houser, David. "Creating a Sustainable Land Use Plan for Sleepy Hollow Conservation Area - An Internship." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1434970516

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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