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While coordinated planning and policies can help reduce development pressure on natural resource lands, continued acquisition of priority areas will be necessary to preserve particularly vulnerable or valuable parcels, and to secure land for public use.  State agencies, municipalities, and private conservation initiatives will all need additional resources in order to accomplish MetroFuture’s ambitious land preservation goals.  In particular, it will be necessary to secure additional resources for land acquisition in urban areas and town centers, where land costs are higher, but the need for open space will be increasing. 

5)    Develop open space funding sources through use of a regional “Greenfield Fee” 

6)    The Commonwealth should provide adequate funding for open space

7)    Increase local capacity for open space acquisition