Web Links, continued

Chapter 12 weblinks:

• Information on soil quality, see the USDA, NRCS Soil Quality Data Sheets (http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/survey/SQI/sqiinfo.html).
• The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, in partnership with Microsoft, Compaq, and ESRI, has developed a number of Internet tools to enhance access to soils information, especially in digital form. This so-called Lighthouse Project (http://www.lighthouse.nrcs.usda.gov/lighthouse/) includes three tools to deliver data and user software.
• The Geospatial Data Gateway (http://www.lighthouse.nrcs.usda.gov/gateway/) is being developed to provide a single access point to a variety of geospatial data. The Toolkit provides a collection of software tools (now for USDA employees only).
• The Soil Data Viewer (http://lighthouse.nrcs.usda.gov/lighthouse/websdv/WebSDVHelp/viewer.htm) provides on-line access to soils information. It is built as an ESRI ArcView extension to provide soils suitability maps in the same way as Box 12.2 and Figure 12.7. As of late 2001, this service is available only for those dozen or so counties for which detailed SSURGO data is available (http://ims2.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/statusmaps/ssurgo_nasis.jpg), but coverage will likely improve rapidly.

Useful Soil Survey Web Sites:

• Map of soil survey coverage in U.S.: http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/soils/soildiv/sslists/sslisthome.html
• Soil survey manual: http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/soils/ssm/gen_cont.html
• National Soil Survey Center: http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/soils/nssc/
• NRCS homepage: http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/
• The USDA National Sedimentation Laboratory has developed analytical software for use of RUSLE (version 1.06b released January 2001) (http://www.sedlab.olemiss.edu/rusle). The RUSLE 2 is a more advanced windows-based version released in summer 2001 (http://www.bioengr.ag.utk.edu/rusle2). Michigan State University provides a nice on-line interactive RUSLE for use with Michigan soils (http://www.iwr.msu.edu/~ouyangda/rusle). Finally, the Water Erosion Prediction Project (WEPP) is a simulation model that provides more detailed assessment than RUSLE at both field and watershed scales (http://topsoil.nserl.purdue.edu/nserlweb/weppmain/wepp.html).

Chapter 12 References with websites

• USDA, Forest Service Southern Region. 2001. Urban Forestry: A Manual for the State Forestry Agencies in the Southern Region. Retrieved June 27, 2003, from http://www.urbanforestrysouth.usda.gov.
• USDA. NRCS. 2001a. National Soil Survey Handbook. Counties Soil Source (one example) http://www.statlab.iastate.edu/soils/nssh/
• USDA, NRCS. 2001b. National Resources Inventory. Washington: U.S. GPO. http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/NRI/.
• U.S. EPA. 1998. A Citizen’s Guide to Phytoremediation. Retrieved from http://www.clu-in.org/products/citguide/phyto2.htm.
• U.S. EPA. 2002a. Municipal Solid Waste in the United States: 2000 Facts and Figures. Retrieved from http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/report-00/report-00.pdf.
• U.S. EPA. 2002b. Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems Manual. EPA 625-R-00–008. Office of Water. Retrieved from http://www.epa.gov/ORD/NRMRL/Pubs/625R00008/625R00008.htm.

Chapter 13 Weblinks:

• TR-55 documentation: http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/water/quality/common/tr55/tr55.pdf
• WQS for each state see http://www.epa.gov/ost/wqs/
• Water quality data from STORET (1999 and after) and the Legacy Data System (before 1999): http://www.epa.gov/storet/about.html

Chapter 13 References with Weblinks

• Federal Interagency Stream Restoration Working Group (FISRWG). 1998. Stream Corridor Restoration: Principles, Processes, and Practices. 15 Federal agencies. U.S. GPO 0120-A; Docs No. A 57.6/2:EN 3/PT.653. Retrieved from http://www.usda.gov/stream_restoration/.
• National Weather Service (NWS). 2002. Hydrologic Design Service Center. Retrieved June 23, 2003, from http://www.nws.noaa.gov/oh/hdsc/studies/prcpfreq.html.
• Ohrel, R. 1996. "Simple and Complex Stormwater Pollutant Load Models Compared." Article 13 in The Practice of Watershed Protection. Ellicott City, MD: • Center for Watershed Protection. Retrieved June 27, 2003, from
  http://www.stormwatercenter.net/Database_Files/Publications_Database_1Page470.html.
• Prince George’s County. 1999a. Low-Impact Development: An Integrated Design Approach. Largo, MD: Prince George’s County, Maryland, Department of Environmental Resources. Retrieved from ftp://lowimpactdevelopment.org/pub/LID_National_Manual.pdf
• Prince George’s County. 1999b. Low-Impact Development Hydrologic Analysis. Largo, MD: Prince George’s County, Maryland, Department of Environmental Resources. Retrieved from ftp://lowimpactdevelopment.org/pub/LID_Hydrology_National_Manual.PDF
• USDA. National Resources Conservation Service. 1998. Stream Visual Assessment Protocol. Technical Note 99-1. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved June 27, 2003, from http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/ECS/aquatic/svapfnl.pdf.
• USDA. Soil Conservation Service. 1986. Urban Hydrology for Small Watersheds. Conservation Engineering Division. Technical Release 55. Retrieved June 27, 2003, from ftp://ftp.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/downloads/hydrology_hydraulics/tr55/tr55.pdf.
• U.S.EPA. 1997. Volunteer Stream Monitoring: A Methods Manual. EPA-841-B-97-003. Office of Water (4503F). Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved June 27, 2003, from http://www.epa.gov/owow/monitoring/volunteer/stream/.
• U.S. Weather Bureau. 1961. Rainfall Frequency Atlas of the United States. Technical Paper No. 40, Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved June 23, 2003, from http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/hq/Tp40s.htm.

Chapter 14 Weblinks:

• Center for Watershed Protection: www.cwp.org.
• Stormwater Manager’s Resource Center. The virtual center run by CWP is perhaps the single best source of stormwater management information (http://www.stormwatercenter.net/).
• Bellevue, Washington stormwater utility: http://www.ci.bellevue.wa.us/page.asp?view=2156

Chapter 14 References with Weblinks:

• Center for Sustainable Design, Mississippi State University. Undated. Water Related Best Management Practices in the Landscape. Prepared for USDA, NRCS. Water Runoff Management (http://www.abe.msstate.edu/csd/NRCS-BMPs/water.html); Stream System Protection, Restoration, and Resestablishment (http://www.abe.msstate.edu/csd/NRCS-BMPs/stream.html); Tree Protection and Restoration (http://www.abe.msstate.edu/csd/NRCS-BMPs/tree.html). All retrieved June 28, 2003.
• Center for Watershed Protection. 2000. A Review of Stormwater Management Practices (slideshow). Retrieved June 28, 2003, from http://www.stormwatercenter.net/Slideshows/smps%20for%20smrc/sld001.htm.
• Federal Interagency Stream Restoration Working Group (FISRWG). 1998. Stream Corridor Restoration: Principles, Processes, and Practices. 15 Federal agencies. U.S. GPO 0120-A; Docs No. A 57.6/2:EN 3/PT.653. Retrieved from http://www.usda.gov/stream_restoration/.
• USDA. NRCS. Undated. National Conservation Practices Standards website. Retrieved June 28, 2003, from http://www.ftw.nrcs.usda.gov/nhcp_2.html.
• USDA. NRCS. 1999. CORE4 Conservation Practices Training Guide: Conservation Tillage, Nutrient Management, Pest Management, Buffers. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved June 28, 2003, from http://www.ctic.purdue.edu/Core4/Core4TechnicalManual.pdf.
• USDA. NRCS. 2002. Streambank and Shoreline Protection Manual. Lake County, IL. Retrieved June 28, 2003, from http://www.co.lake.il.us/planning/pdfs/StrmManual.pdf.
• USDA. Soil Conservation Service. 1986. Urban Hydrology for Small Watersheds. Conservation Engineering Division. Technical Release 55. Retrieved from http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/water/quality/common/tr55/tr55.pdf.

Chapter 15 with Weblinks:

• Federal Interagency Stream Restoration Working Group (FISRWG). (1998). Stream Corridor Restoration: Principles, Processes, and Practices. GPO Item No. 0120-A; SuDocs No. A 57.6/2:EN 3/PT.653. ISBN-0–934213–59–3. Retrieved June 27, 2003, from http://www.usda.gov/stream_restoration/.
  Hamilton to New Baltimore (OH) Groundwater Consortium. 2003. Description of Programs. Retrieved June 28, 2003, from http://www.govconsortium.org.
• Tiemann, M. 2003. Safe Drinking Water Act: Implementation and Issues. Congressional Research Service. Library of Congress. Issue Brief for Congress. Order Code IB10118. Retrieved June 28, 2003, from http://www.ncseonline.org/nle/crsreports/03Jul/IB10118.pdf.

Chapter 16 weblinks:

• Tree protection and urban forestry ordinances, see International Society of arborists (http://www.ISA-arbor.com) and U.S. Forest Service (http://www.urbanforestrysouth.usda.gov).

Chapter 16 References with weblinks:

• American Forests. 1999. Urban Ecosystem Analysis, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Metropolitan Region: Calculating the Value of Nature. Washington, DC: • Author. Retrieved June 28, 2003, from http://www.americanforests.org/resources/rea/.
• American Forests. 2001a. Gray to Green: Reversing the National Urban Tree Deficit. Retrieved June 27, 2003, from http://www.americanforests.org.
• American Forests. 2001b. Urban Ecosystem Analysis, Atlanta Metro Area: Calculating the Value of Nature. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved June 28, 2003, from http://www.americanforests.org/resources/rea/.
• American Forests. 2001c. Urban Ecosystem Analysis, Willamette, Lower Columbia Region of Northwestern Oregon and Southwestern Washington State: • Calculating the Value of Nature. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved June 28, 2003, from http://www.americanforests.org/resources/rea/
• American Forests. 2002b. Urban Ecosystem Analysis for the Washington DC Metropolitan Area: An Assessment of Existing Conditions and a Resource for Local Action. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved June 28, 2003, from http://www.americanforests.org/resources/rea/.
• Bernd-Cohen, T. and M. Gordon. 1998. State Coastal Management Effectiveness In Protecting Beaches, Dunes, Bluffs, Rocky Shores: A National Overview (Part of the Sea Grant National CZM Effectiveness Study for the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management), National Ocean Service, NOAA, DOC. Washington, DC: NOAA. Retrieved from http://www.ocrm.nos.noaa.gov/pdf/efrockyshores.pdf
• Commission for Environmental Cooperation. 1997. Ecological Regions of North America Toward a Common Perspective. http://www.cec.org. Quebec, Ontario. Canada: Author. Retrieved June 28, 2003, from ftp://ftp.epa.gov/wed/ecoregions/na/CEC_NAeco.pdf.
• Federal Interagency Stream Restoration Working Group (FISRWG). 1998. Stream Corridor Restoration: Principles, Processes, and Practices. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. Can be retrieved from http://www.usda.gov/stream_restoration/.
• Good, J., J. Weber, J. Charland, J.Olson, and K. Chapin. 1998. Protecting Estuaries and Coastal Wetlands (Part of the Sea Grant National Coastal Zone Management Effectiveness Study). Oregon Sea Grant Special Report PI-98–001. Corvallis: Oregon State University. Retrieved from http://www.ocrm.nos.noaa.gov/pdf/efwet.pdf
• Goodwin, R., S. Hastings, and L. Ferguson. 1997. Evaluation of Coastal Zone Management National Coastal Zone Management Effectiveness Study Programs in Redeveloping Deteriorating Urban Ports and Waterfronts. Seattle: University of Washington. Retrieved from http://www.ocrm.nos.noaa.gov/pdf/efwaterfront.pdf
• Interagency Workgroup on Wetland Restoration (IWWR). 2002. An Introduction and User’s Guide to Wetland Restoration, Creation, and Enhancement. NOAA, EPA, Army Corps of Engineers, FWS, NRCS. Retrieved June 28, 2003, from http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/finalinfo.html.
• International Society of Arboriculture (ISA). 2001.Guidelines for Developing and Evaluating Tree Ordinances. Retrieved June 23, 2003, from http://www.isa-arbor.com/tree-ord/index.htm.
• Landauer, R. 2001. "Exploring cities' leafy frontier." Retrieved June 28, 2003, from http://www.sactree.com/ruff/ufrf96/Developed%20Areas%20as%20forests%20article.doc
• Somers, A., K. Bridle, D. Herman, and A.B. Nelson. 2000. The Restoration and Management of Small Wetlands of the Mountains and Piedmont in the Southeast: A Manual Emphasizing Endangered and Threatened Species Habitat with a Focus on Bog Turtles. Washington, DC: USDA. Retrieved June 28, 2003, from http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/watershed/piedmont/piedmont.html.
• USDA. Forest Service. 2001. A Collaborative Approach for Reducing Wildland Fire Risks to Communities & the Environment: A 10-year Strategy. Retrieved June 27, 2003, from http://www.fireplan.gov/FIRE.REPORT.1.pdf.
• USDA. Forest Service. 2003. Forest Health Protection website. Retrieved June 28, 2003, from http://www.fs.fed.us/foresthealth/.
• USDA. Forest Service, Southern Region. 2001. Urban Forestry: A Manual for the State Forestry Agencies in the Southern Region. Retrieved June 27, 2003, from http://www.urbanforestrysouth.usda.gov.
• USDA. NRCS. 1998. Riparian Forest Buffer. Conservation Practice Job Sheet 391. Reprinted in USDA, NRCS. 1999. CORE4 Conservation Practices Training Guide. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved June 28, 2003, from http://www.ctic.purdue.edu/Core4/Core4TechnicalManual.pdf.
• USDA. NRCS. 1999. Conservation Corridor Planning at the Landscape Level. C. Johnson, Principal Investigator. Washington, DC: Watershed Science Institute, Wildlife Habitat Management Institute. Retrieved June 27, 2003, from http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/watershed/wssi-products.html.
• USDA. NRCS. 2001. National Resources Inventory. Washington: USGPO. Retrieved June 28, 2003, from www.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/NRI.
• USDA. Soil Conservation Service. 1986. Urban Hydrology for Small Watersheds. Conservation Engineering Division. Technical Release 55. Retrieved June 23, 2003, from http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/water/quality/common/tr55/tr55.pdf/.
• vU.S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service. 2000. Status and Trends of Wetlands in the Coterminous United States, 1986 to 1997. Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved June 13, 2003, from http://wetlands.fws.gov/bha/SandT/SandTReport.html.
• Zinn, J. 1997. Wetlands Mitigation Banking: Status and Prospects. Congressional Research Service. Library of Congress. Issue Brief for Congress. Order Code IB16991. Retrieved June 28, 2003, from http://www.ncseonline.org/NLE/CRS/abstract.cfm?NLEid=16298.
• Zinn, J., and C. Copeland. 2003. Wetland Issues. Congressional Research Service. Library of Congress. Issue Brief for Congress. Order Code IB16991. Retrieved June 28, 2003, from http://www.ncseonline.org/NLE/CRS/abstract.cfm?NLEid=16991.

Chapter 17 Weblinks:

• Endangered Species and Habitat Conservation Planning: http://endangered.fws.gov/index.html
• Coastal Watershed Protection: http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/
• Chesapeake Bay Program: http://www.chesapeakebay.net/
• USGS Biological Resources: http://biology.usgs.gov/
• NWF Smart Growth & Wildlife in California: http://www.nwf.org/smartgrowth/pavingparadise.html
• Chicago Wilderness: http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/chiwild/

Chapter 17

• Bradshaw, A. D. 1999. Natural ecosystems in cities—A model for cities as ecosystems. Plenary Session II. Cary Conference VIII, in Urban Ecosystem Education: Its Importance, Foundations and Frontiers. Institute for Ecosystem Studies. Retrieved June 21, 2003, from http://www.ecostudies.org/cary8/plenary2.pdf.
• Bryant, M., B. Smith, J. Randolph, M. Jeong, and M. Lipscomb. 2003. Urban Biodiversity in the Holmes Run/Cameron Run Watershed. Urban Biodiversity Information Node (UrBIN) Pilot. National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII), U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved from http://dc-urbanbiodiversity.nbii.gov/Report.html >
• Chicago Wilderness. (undated). An Atlas of Biodiversity. Chicago: Author. Retrieved from http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/chiwild/
• Chicago Wilderness. 1999. Biodiversity Recovery Plan. Chicago: Author. Retrieved from http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/chiwild/
• Federal Interagency Stream Restoration Working Group (FISRWG). 1998. Stream Corridor Restoration: Principles, Processes, and Practices. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office. Retrieved June 28, 2003, from http://www.usda.gov/stream_restoration/.
• Slingerland, G. 1999. The Effect of the "No Surprises" Policy on Habitat Conservation Planning and the Endangered Species Act. Master’s thesis, Master of Urban and Regional Planning, Viginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia. Retrieved from http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-042299-150710/
• State of California, Department of Fish and Game. 2003a. Southern California Coastal Sage Scrub NCCP Region. Retrieved June 28, 2003, from http://www.dfg.ca.gov/nccp/cssreg.htm.
• State of California, Department of Fish and Game. 2003b. San Diego Multiple Species Conservation Program. Retrieved June 28, 2003, from http://www.dfg.ca.gov/nccp/mscp/mscp_home.htm.
• USDA. NRCS. 1999. Conservation Corridor Planning at the Landscape Level. C. Johnson, Principal Investigator. Washington, DC: Watershed Science Institute, Wildlife Habitat Management Institute. Retrieved June 28, 2003, from http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/watershed/wssi-products.html.
• USDI. FWS. 2003. Conservation Plans and Agreements Database. Retrieved June 28, 2003, from https://ecos.fws.gov/conserv_plans/servlet/gov.doi.hcp.servlets.PlanReportSelect?region=9&type=HCP.

Chapter 18 Weblinks:

• The Buildout Book (Mass., 2002). The build-out methodology is described at http://www/state/ma/us/mgis/buildout.htm and the build-out maps and analyses and GIS data layers for each city and town are available at http://commpres.env.state.ma.us/content/buildout.asp

Chapter 18 References with Weblinks:

• California Department of Housing and Community Development (CHCD). 2000. Raising the Roof: California Housing Development Projections and Constraints, 1997–2020. Sacramento: Author. Retrieved June 28, 2003, from http://www.hcd.ca.gov/hpd/hrc/rtr/.
• Clark, J. 1976. The Sanibel Report: Formulation of a Comprehensive Plan Based on Natural Systems. Washington, DC: The Conservation Foundation. Retrieved June 28, 2003, from http://www.worldpolicy.org/globalrights/environment/report/intro.html.
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2002. Buildout Book. Where Do You Want to Be at Buildout? Boston: Department of Environmental Affairs. Retrieved June 28, 2003, from http://commpres.env.state.ma.us/content/publications.asp#.
• Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2003. Build Out Analyses and Maps. Executive Office of Environmental Affairs. Retrieved June 28, 2003, from http://commpres.env.state.ma.us/content/buildout.asp.
• Raritan Basin Watershed Management Project (RBWMP). 2002. Portrait of a Watershed. Retrieved June 27, 2003, from http://www.raritanbasin.org.
• Town of Blacksburg. 2001. Comprehensive Plan. Retreived June 28, 2003, from http://www.blacksburg.gov/comp_plan/.