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The Health Benefits of Parks:
How Parks Help Keep Americans and Their Communities Fit and Healthy
Trust for Public Lands, 24 pp, 2007 |
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RAIN Gardens - A Design Manual for Homeowners in Connecticut
(Univ of Connecticut Cooperative Extension System , 12 pp, )
A comprehensive, well illustrated guide for homeowners
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Getting Your Feet Wet with Social Marketing: A Social Marketing Guide
for Watershed Programs
(Utah Dept of Agriculture and Food, 2007, 140 pp)
- designed to teach individuals or groups how
to successfully promote behavior changes in their local area to targeted
groups of people. Though this guide specifically addresses soil and
water conservation and water quality efforts, it is based on principles
that can be used in any aspect of society. |
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Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) - A Watershed Planning Tool For Counties
(National Association of Counties, 2006, 14 pp)
Provides help navigating the US Environmental Protection Agency's Total Maximum Daily Load Program. |
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After the Storm– A
Citizen's Guide to Understanding Stormwater (USEPA,
2003, EPA 833-B-03-002, 8p brochure)
Pictures and text to describe stormwater pollution solutions.
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Backyard Buffers
(Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, 2003, 5 pp.)
If you own property along a stream, river, lake, or wetland, then you could
be the proud owner of a backyard buffer. Learn all about buffer in the publication. |
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Establishment
of Riparian and Shoreline Buffers and the Taxation of Property
Included in Buffers
(Rhode
Island Rivers Council, 2005, 12 pp) Recommendations for state
programs to improve riparian buffer protection. |
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From the Woods: Watersheds
(Penn State Cooperative Extension, 2001, 4 pp)
An educational brochure about forestry for youths |
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Getting in Step: Engaging and Involving Stakeholders in Your Watershed
(US EPA,
2003, 75 pp)
Information
on how to generate participation in watershed assessment,
planning and management.
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Parking Spaces / Community Places: Finding the Balance Through Smart Growth Solutions
(US EPA 231-K-06-01, 2006, 70 pp.)
Discusses costs of parking, innovative alternatives and provides case studies that go beyond generic requirements. |
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Protecting Water Resources With Higher Density Development
(US EPA 231-R-06-01, 2006, 46 pp)
Development that uses land efficiently and protects undisturbed land allows a community to grow and still protect its water resources. |
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Using Smart Growth Techniques as Stormwater Best Management Practices
(US EPA 231-B-05-002, 2005, 112 pp.)
Discusses stormwater as the nexus between land development patterns and water quality and quantity, and gives specific development techniques that serve as BMPs. |
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Water Quality Antidegradation Implementation Guidance
(PA DEP, 2003, 134 pp)
Manual for DEP staff and the public on implementing the state’s Antidegradation program.
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We All Live Downstream - A Homeowners' Guide
(PA Chesapeake Bay Office and the Jennings County Soil and Water Conservation District)
This residential guide contains practical information which will aid homeowners in the economical care and maintenance of their property while protecting nearby streams. This publication can be modified to fit your area, or specific messages. |
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West Branch
Susquehanna Sub-Basin Survey, A Water Quality and Biological
Assessment, July-Nov 2002 (Susquehanna River Basin
Commission, 2003, 20 pp) Identifies healthy and polluted watersheds
in the Basin. |
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