Ed McMahon is the Urban Land Institute/Charles Fraser Senior
Resident Fellow for Sustainable Development. As the Senior Resident
Fellow for Sustainable Development, McMahon's responsibilities
include leading ULI's efforts to conduct research and educational
activities related to green and sustainable development
practices.
McMahon, a nationally renowned authority on sustainable
development, land conservation and urban design, was formerly the
Vice President and Director of land use programs at The
Conservation Fund. McMahon is an attorney, community planner,
lecturer, author and expert on the topics of sustainable
development, land conservation, urban design and historic
preservation.
Other recent books include Land Conservation Finance and Better
Models for Commercial Development. He has organized successful
efforts to acquire and protect urban parkland, wilderness areas and
other conservation properties, and he has made numerous
presentations on the topics of tourism, conservation, land use
planning and historic preservation. McMahon is also the Cofounder
and former President of Scenic America, a national non-profit
organization devoted to protecting America's scenic landscapes.
McMahon has an M.A. in Urban Studies from the University of Alabama
and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law School, where he taught
law and public policy from 1976-1985.
Luther Propst co-founded and directs the Sonoran Institute, with
offices in Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona; Bozeman and Helena,
Montana; Grand Junction, Colorado; Cheyenne, Wyoming; and Mexicali,
Mexico. The Sonoran Institute's mission is to inspire and enable
community decisions and public policies that respect the land and
people of the West. Under his guidance the Institute has grown to
an annual budget of $5.2 million and is now recognized as a leading
practitioner of community-based, collaborative, and innovative
conservation efforts to integrate conservation and economic values
throughout the West. The Sonoran Institute also works throughout
the West on policies to improve the management of state trust
lands, to better integrate conservation into land development, and
to assist cities and counties better manage growth. Previously,
Propst practiced law, where he represented landowners, local
governments, and organizations nationwide in land-use matters, and
with World Wildlife Fund in Washington D.C. Propst received his law
degree and master's in regional planning from the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Propst has co-authored three books,
and frequently speaks and writes on Western conservation, growth
management, economic development, and state trust lands. In
addition, he serves on the boards of the National Conservation
System Foundation, High Country News, the Murie Center, the Rincon
Institute, and the Arizona League of Conservation Voters Education
Fund.
"It is a wonderful guide to community directed, ecologically
sensitive development."-- "Choice"
"With all its success stories, it is an optimistic book. It is
about people taking charge of their communities' future, working
with their neighbors to construct a vision, and implementing it by
building a consensus and putting their energy into making it
happen."-- "Audubon Naturalist News"
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