Read This First
• Contacting the members of the coalition that assembled
this CD
• How to Order This CD
• CD Questionnaire
1,000 Friends of Wisconsin
• 1,000 Friends information
• A Citizens Guide to Land Use in Wisconsin
• Planning for Natural Resource Protection (powerpoint)
• The Smart Growth Law, a summary
Gathering Waters
• Gathering Waters Conservancy information
• Land Trust Member Benefits
• Map of Wisconsin Land Trusts
• What Land Trusts Do
River Alliance of Wisconsin
• River Alliance brochure
• River Alliance Local Groups Program, Services to Local
Groups
• River Links – resources available through interlibrary
loan
• Small Dams Fact Sheet
• Watershed Advocate Toolkit, including the guide "Using
the Clean Water Act to Protect Wisconsin’s Waters”
The Nature Conservancy
• Read This First
• The Nature Conservancy’s Work in Wisconsin
• TNC Ecoregions (map)
• TNC’s Project Areas in Wisconsin (map)
Wisconsin Association of Lakes
• Classification Process Overview & Shoreland Management
Tools (powerpoint)
• Nonconforming Structures (fact sheet)
• Shoreland Management Initiatives (statewide map, by county)
• Summary of Classification in Wisconsin
• Talking Points: Protecting Our Lakes & Shorelands
• WAL Lake Organization Toolkit (folder) (includes sample
documents, definitions, “how tos” and much
Model Ordinances
• Conservation Subdivision
• Model Ordinance for a Traditional Neighborhood Development
(TND)
Element Planning Guides
• Comprehensive Planning Statutes
• Grant Closeout Form, Comprehensive Planning Grant Program
Guide to Wisconsin’s Comprehensive
Planning Legislation
• Intergovernmental Cooperation Element of a Local Comprehensive
Plan
• Planning for Natural Resources: A Guide to Including Natural
Resources in Local Comprehensive
Planning
• Planning for Parks and Open Space (pdf file of a slide
presentation)
• Smart Growth Guide to Cultural Resource Planning
• Transportation Planning: A Guide to Preparing the Transportation
Element of a Local Comprehensive Plan
Data and Resources
• Turning Conservation Dollars into Smart Growth Opportunities
• Consultant List
• Conservation Options Available to Landowners (Gathering
Waters)
• What Land Trusts Do: Protecting and Preserving Wisconsin’s
Resources
• Natural Resource Smart Approach for Local Comprehensive
Plans (powerpoint)
• Online Data Sources: URL Links to Land Use Data for Comprehensive
Planning
• Urban Containment in the United States
• Population by County (Dunn, Pierce, Polk, St. Croix)
• Rural Smart Growth: Strategies and Resources for Rural
Communities
• West Central Wisconsin Population Projections (years 1970-2015)
• Northern Rivers Initiative (folder)
o Northern Rivers Initiative: Draft List
of Rivers (by County)
o Northern Rivers Initiative project (powerpoint
about NRI)
o NRI Short Overview Notes, (summary of slide
presentation)
o NRI Summary
o NRI Stream Value Categories and Rating
Criteria
• Lincoln County (folder)
o Comprehensive Plan Summary
o Town Land Use Plans
• Volume One Inventory and Analysis Report (figures and
maps)
• Volume Two Plan Recommendations (figures and maps)
Guidelines and Examples for Public Participation
• Developing a Public Participation Plan
• Portage County Community Hopes & Concerns Workshops
(workshop flyer)
• Portage Planning Fact Sheet 2: The Importance of Citizen
Participation in Planning
• Portage Planning Fact Sheet 3: Issue Identification as
a Foundation for Community Visioning
• Portage County Comprehensive Plan: Public Participation
Plan
• Portage Reasons: Reasons for You to Participate
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