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New Resources and Links Riparian Buffer Resources Potential Economic Benefits of Riparian Buffers National Agroforestry Center 2008 The document was produced by Gary Bentrup, a Forest Service Landscape Architect. His research, covering over 1400 scientific papers, is synthesized into easily understood design guidelines. You can view, down load as pdf and order the free document at the Buffer Guidelines website - The references can also be down loaded as pdf document. Planners Guide to Wetland Buffers for Local Governments Coastal Riparian Buffer Analysis A study by the Center for Land Use Education and Research (CLEAR)
CT DEP Inland Wetland and Watercourse Website
Coastal Riparian Buffer AnalysisA study by the Center for Land Use Education and Research (CLEAR) A public summary (highly recommended), interactive map (ditto), and extensive data tables (not recommended for the faint of heart) are posted on the project website Here's a direct link to the public summary.
Watershed Forestry Resource Guide WebsiteThe website, launched by the Center for Watershed Protection, serves as a central source for resources related to forests and watersheds, including fact sheets, slideshows, training exercises and other tools, as well as links to research papers, reports and relevant websites. Launched in cooperation with the USDA Forest Service - Northeastern Area, with supplemental funding from The Home Depot Foundation, the URL for the site is http://www.forestsforwatersheds.org/
Green & Growing Connecticut's Office of Responsible Growth Links to tools (grants, loans, technical assistance) for Conservation, Municipal, Non-Profits, Farmer, Developer and others.
New website permits easy mapping of natural and cultural resources. The University of Connecticut (UConn) and the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) today unveiled a new website that will allow local land use decision makers to practice better landscape stewardship and protect important natural resources in their communities. The site, the Community Resource Inventory (CRI) Online (http://nemo.uconn.edu/tools/cri) enables visitors to create a series of key natural and cultural resource maps for any of the state’s 169 municipalities, without any specialized knowledge of mapping or computer mapping technology. These maps provide essential information for land use planning at the local level. The maps are based on CT DEP and UConn statewide data. They include water resources, land cover, protected open space, and wetland and farmland soils, in addition to such cultural information as roads and utility service areas.
OUR BETTER NATURE A new educational website with articles about conservation, open space, pollution prevention, wildlife and general environmental protection topics is available at http://www.ourbetternature.org. The site also has a comprehensive list of acronyms and a glossary of environmental terms. Organizations are welcome to link to the site, and to reprint articles from it for their hard copy newsletters. Suggestions for future articles, or comments or corrections can be emailed to Bet Zimmerman at ebluebird@charter.net
The Green Valley Institute Has a New and Improved Website! GVI's new website is easy to navigate and provides a lot more information for those addressing natural resource and community growth issues in the Quinebaug-Shetucket Heritage Corridor and other areas of the state. Information on the website is organized by topics for municipal leaders, conservation commissioners, landowners and land trusts. There is a new planning and design section that focuses on plans of conservation and development and master plans, land use regulations, community design, smart growth and sustainable development. The conservation commission page has a great new example of a local natural resource inventory and a subdivision review checklist - just to name a few. There is also a publications page with downloadable fact sheets and brochures. Please visit GVI's new website at www.thelastgreenvalley.org/gvi
FARMLINK Helping land owners, towns and land trusts to find farmers that want to sell their farms and farmers that wish to sell their land with potential buyers. Go to http://www.farmlink.uconn.edu/ , or contact Jane Slupecki for more info: 860-713-2588. Farmlink is another success due to PA 228, the Community Investment Act.
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