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Connecticut Connecticut
Clean
Water Action Description: Clean Water Action is a national citizens' organization working for clean, safe and affordable water, prevention of health-threatening pollution, creation of environmentally-safe jobs and businesses, and empowerment of people to make democracy work. Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Connecticut
Trust for Historic Preservation Description: Established in 1975 as a non-profit organization by Special Act of the Connecticut General Assembly, the Connecticut Trust's mission is to preserve the character and ensure the vitality of Connecticut's historically significant places. Through education, advocacy, collaboration and support, the Trust assists residents and community organizations throughout the state to preserve, protect, and revitalize Connecticut's historically significant communities. Topics: Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Department
of Environmental Protection
Description:
Geographic Information Systems at DEP plays an important role in the DEP's
mission of protecting and preserving the environment for present and future
generations. DEP develops and maintains a statewide automated geographic
storage and retrieval system which can rapidly integrate and analyze large
amounts of spatial map and file data over any selected geographic area.
Spatial data analysis supports department planning, management and regulatory
needs by developing program applications and providing technical support
to the agency. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Department
of Environmental Protection
Description:
A List of various DEP grants and the contacts for those grants. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Municipal
Public Access Initiative
Description:
The Municipality Websites Page is intended to be a comprehensive listing
of Municipally designated Official Websites as are available for the 169
towns and cities in Connecticut. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Pomeraug
River Watershed Coalition
Description:
The Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition was formed by residents of Bethlehem,
Woodbury, and Southbury, CT in 1999 to protect the quality and quantity
of water in the Pomperaug Watershed--a 90 square mile area that provides
both water and recreational opportunities for thousands of residents.
The Pomperaug River Watershed Coalition is working to create a partnership
between local governments, businesses, environmental organizations and
private citizens and regional, state and federal agencies to insure the
health and vibrancy of the Pomperaug Watershed. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Rivers
Alliance of Connecticut
Description:
Rivers Alliance seeks to protect Connecticut's rivers, streams, and watersheds
by: coordinating the efforts of the state's many river and watershed groups;
supporting and providing resources to local river conservation organizations
and activists; encouraging supportive state laws, regulations, and programs
regarding water allocation, watershed planning, and river protection;
and providing speakers, holding conferences, and creating informational
materials on the importance of river preservation and restoration. Topics: Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut
State
Office of Policy and Management
Description:
Public Act 95-340, as amended by Public Act 99-35, established a process
for the development of Neighborhood Revitalization Zones (NRZs). The objective
of the NRZ process is to revitalize neighborhoods through the collaborative
involvement of residents, businesses and government to determine the vision
and priorities of the individual neighborhoods. The NRZ process provides
a mechanism for local stakeholders, along with local municipal officials,
to develop a strategic plan to revitalize their neighborhood. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut
University
of Connecticut Description: CLEAR provides information, education and assistance to land use decision makers on how better to protect natural resources while accommodating economic growth. To achieve this goal, CLEAR conducts remote sensing research, develops landscape analysis tools and training and delivers outreach education programs. Topics: Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut
University
of Connecticut Description: The Connecticut GIs User to User Network is a voluntary association of individuals and organizations that use GIs-based technologies and data in their day-to-day operations. The Network's purpose is to connect users through workshops, meetings and the Internet to share ideas, to learn about GIs activities, to explore collaborative opportunities and to discover information resources - all of which will promote a dynamic and innovative community of Connecticut GIs users. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut
University
of Connecticut Description: Connecticut Sea Grant (CTSG) collaborates with maritime industries and coastal communities to identify needs, and fund research, outreach, and educational activities that have special relevance to Connecticut and Long Island Sound. Our mission is to foster wise use and conservation of our coastal and marine resources. Topics: Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut
University
of Connecticut Description: Information about the University of Connecticut's forestry outreach programs, including the Forest Stewardship Program. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut
University
of Connecticut Description: The GeoSpatial Technology Program provides technical education and training outside the traditional academic environment. The program's goal is to help municipal land use officials, staff and commission members understand and apply geospatial information technologies to help solve local land use problems and to develop environmentally sensitive land use plans. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut
University
of Connecticut Description: IDRISI, developed by Clark Labs, is an innovative and functional geographic modeling technology that enables and supports environmental decision making for the real world. Topics: Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut
University
of Connecticut Description: The Laboratory for Earth Resources Information Systems (LERIS) at The University of Connecticut is a NASA Center of Excellence in Applications of Remote Sensing to Regional and Global Integrated Environmental Assessments. Originally established in 1982, LERIS's capability for geoprocessing research, education & training, and outreach was greatly enhanced with the equipment award received from NASA in October 1997. Topics: Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut
University
of Connecticut Description: MAGIC is an on-line library of digital geo-spatial data. MAGIC is the University of Connecticut, Homer Babbidge Library's Map And Geographic Information Center. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut
University
of Connecticut Description: An educational program for local land use officials that addresses the relationship of land use to natural resource protection. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Delaware
Clean
Water Action Description: Clean Water Action is a national citizens' organization working for clean, safe and affordable water, prevention of health-threatening pollution, creation of environmentally-safe jobs and businesses, and empowerment of people to make democracy work. Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Delaware
Delaware
Association of Nonprofit Agencies Description: Information about starting a nonprofit organization in the state of Delaware. Topics: What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Delaware
Delaware
Center for the Inland Bays Description: The Delaware Center for the Inland Bays was established as a nonprofit organization in 1994 under the auspices of the Inland Bays Watershed Enhancement Act (Title 7, Chapter 76). The mission of the Center for the Inland Bays is to promote the wise use and enhancement of the Inland Bays and their watersheds. Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Delaware
Delaware
Nature Society Description: The Delaware Nature Society is a private, nonprofit membership organization that fosters understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment of the natural world through education; preserves ecologically significant areas; and advocates stewardship and conservation of natural resources. Topics: Land Preservation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Delaware
Natural
Resource Conservation Service - USDA
Description:
NRCS soil conservationists, soil scientists, agronomists, ecologists,
engineers, planners, and other specialists promote land stewardship by
providing technical assistance through teams to address surface and groundwater
quality; wetlands, riparian areas, and biodiversity; aquatic and terrestrial
habitat; and impacts of landuse changes. NRCS teams work on all of a state's
landscapes: agricultural, wetlands and riparian areas, suburban, rural,
urban centers, and forested. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Delaware
Office
of State Planning Coordination Description: The most effective planning takes place at the local level. Delaware relies on county and municipal governments as the first line of planning. The Office of State Planning Coordination works to make sure that planning efforts at all levels of government are coordinated and integrated with one another and to ensure that all have access to planning-related information. Topics: Intergovernmental Cooperation, Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Delaware
Office
of State Planning Coordination Description: A goal of the Delaware Office of State Planning Coordination is to make information available to state, county and local planners that will help them make the best decisions possible for Delaware. Good information comes from good data. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Delaware
University
of Delaware Description: The Center for Community Research and Service provides usable knowledge, education, training and services that enhance the ability of organizations and communities to promote social and economic justice. Topics: Housing, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Delaware
University
of Delaware
Description:
The Delaware Data Mapping and Integration Laboratory (DataMIL) is an interactive,
on-line collaboratory to aid decision-makers at the federal, state, county,
and local government levels. Delaware citizens can create maps and download
GIs data of any location in Delaware as well as take part in maintenance
of our state's geographic information. Topics: Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Delaware
University
of Delaware
Description:
The Institute for Public Administration has a long tradition of over 25
years of working with Delaware's municipalities, county governments, local
government associations as well as to other governmental agencies and
civic organizations concerned with local government issues. The Institute
provides policy and staffing assistance to the Delaware League of Local
Governments (DLLG) and the Sussex County Association of Towns (SCAT). Topics: Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Delaware
University
of Delaware
Description:
The NCRC provides information, training, and technical assistance to nonprofit
and community-based organizations and to public agencies serving low-
and moderate income families & communities. It houses a library of
resources for community and economic development, nonprofit management,
and affordable housing and coordinates several practitioner training workshops
and courses. Topics: What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Delaware
Maine
Department
of Conservation Description: An innovative effort to help Maine people develop long-term community tree programs, and maximize the benefits trees and forests provide. Learn how we can provide your town or organization with education, technical expertise, help in raising public awareness, and publicity to recruit volunteers. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Maine
Greater
Portland Landmarks Description: Greater Portland Landmarks has worked since 1964 to increase the public's awareness of and appreciation for greater Portland's remarkable built environment. Landmarks is involved in the broader issue of urban planning and community revitalization, and all of its programs, seek to instill pride in community and to model ways for people to become involved. Over the years, Landmarks has broadened its scope of interest to include many elements that contribute to community character -- new construction in historic neighborhoods, projects impacting historic landscapes, cleaning and restoration of public statues among them. Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Maine
GrowSmart
Maine
Description:
We are working to create an organization that can engage, inspire and
mobilize the people of Maine to protect our communities, our environment
and our economy from the potentially devastating effects of sprawl. We
hope to build a new kind of organization to take on this problem, one
that combines citizen involvement with technical sophistication and that
attacks the many facets of the sprawl problem - in public policy, planning,
public attitudes and the marketplace - in an integrated way. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Maine
Lakes
Environmental Association
Description:
The Lakes Environmental Association is a private, nonprofit organization
founded in Naples, Maine in 1970 to protect the water quality and watersheds
of the Sebago-Long Lake Region. The Association serves the towns of Bridgton,
Denmark, Harrison, Naples, Sweden, and Waterford as well as Sebago Lake.
Check out the information about lake protection and GIs mapping and watershed
modeling! Topics: Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Maine
Maine
Coastal Program
Description:
Information on monitoring of coastal resources by private citizens. Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Maine
Maine
Municipal Association
Description:
The Maine Municipal Association is a voluntary membership organization
of the State's cities, towns, plantations and organized townships to provide
a unified voice for Maine's municipalities to promote and strengthen local
government. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Maine
Natural
Resource Conservation Service - USDA
Description:
NRCS soil conservationists, soil scientists, agronomists, ecologists,
engineers, planners, and other specialists promote land stewardship by
providing technical assistance through teams to address surface and groundwater
quality; wetlands, riparian areas, and biodiversity; aquatic and terrestrial
habitat; and impacts of landuse changes. NRCS teams work on all of a state's
landscapes: agricultural, wetlands and riparian areas, suburban, rural,
urban centers, and forested. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Maine
University
of Maine http://www.umaine.edu/waterquality/Newsletter/2002/linking_land_use_to_water_qualit.htm
Description:
Maine NEMO (Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials) is an educational
program for land use decision- makers that addresses the relationship
between land use and natural resource protection, with a focus on water
resources. Topics: Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Maine
University
of Maine
Description:
The Water Quality team at the University of Maine Cooperative Extension
(UMCE) provides information to the public on protecting Maine's water
resources. We focus on lake and watershed issues, and work with agricultural
producers to implement best management practices (BMPs) on their farms.
Through applied research we provide growers with information on efficient
nutrient and weed management practices. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Maine
Maryland
Anacostia
Watershed Society Description: The Anacostia Watershed Society (AWS) is a local, 501(c)(3) nonprofit environmental organization that is working to protect and restore the Anacostia River and its watershed. AWS seeks to fulfill its mandate of a swimmable and fishable river through its programs of education, action and advocacy. Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Maryland
Clean
Water Action Description: Clean Water Action is a national citizens' organization working for clean, safe and affordable water, prevention of health-threatening pollution, creation of environmentally-safe jobs and businesses, and empowerment of people to make democracy work. Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Maryland
Department
of Natural Resources Description: Maryland DNR monitors streams in many ways and for many reasons. Find out what is going in your stream and how you can help improve stream water quality and protect and restore streams. Topics: Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Maryland
Department
of Natural Resources Description: Maryland's Tributary Teams meet regularly in each of the Bay's ten major tributaries to help implement pollution prevention measures needed to address local water quality problems. These teams are laying the groundwork to ensure clean water and healthy rivers for future generations. A major focus of their efforts is controlling nutrient pollution from farm fields and horse pastures, wastewater treatment plants, construction and road building activities, and hundreds of thousands of suburban properties. Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Maryland
Herring
Run Watershed Association
Description:
The mission of The Herring Run Watershed Association (HRWA) is to improve
the environmental quality of the Herring Run watershed for the mutual
benefit of its communities and the Chesapeake Bay. We do this by mobilizing
volunteers for advocacy, restoration, and education. Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Maryland
Maryland
Association of Forest Conservancy District Boards
Description:
For more than fifty years, Maryland's Forest Conservancy District Boards
have been working to perpetuate Maryland's forest resource. As volunteer
advocates for forestry, Forestry Board members focus their attention on
Maryland's trees and forests...our renewable natural resource. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Maryland
Maryland
Association of Nonprofit Organizations
Description:
The Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations ("Maryland Nonprofits")
was established in 1992 as a result of a comprehensive statewide organizing
effort in the nonprofit and philanthropic community. Literally hundreds
of nonprofit executives and volunteer leaders helped to determine whether
such an organization was needed, as well as what kinds of functions it
would perform. The decision to establish a new organization was made,
and Maryland Nonprofits became incorporated in the summer of 1991. Topics: What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Maryland
Sustainable
Development Institute
Description:
Our goal is to engage local citizens and leaders in a broad effort to
define core values and aspirations connected to place, and build community
consensus and policy around them. Our methodology's organizing principle
is whole systems thinking, as defined and practiced in recent years by
the late Donella Meadows and others, and applying this methodology to
critical issues in a rapidly evolving community. Topics: Healthy Communities, Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Maryland
University
of Maryland
Description:
The Environmental Finance Center works with communities to develop innovative
funding and financing strategies for environmental and community development
projects. The Center is supported through a partnership with the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Maryland
University
of Maryland
Description:
The Geographic Information Systems and Mapping Services (GIS-MS) is the
mapping and spatial analysis component for the Department of Anthropology
at the University of Maryland. Here we offer analytical and cartographic
services to clients inside and outside the university. Topics: Historic Preservation, Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Maryland
University
of Maryland
Description:
Founded in 1959 as a public service unit of the University of Maryland
College Park, the Institute for Governmental Service works with governments
and community organizations to enhance governance in the state. Topics: Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Maryland
Massachusetts
Association
to Preserve Cape Cod
Description:
The mission of the Association to Preserve Cape Cod is to promote policies
and programs that foster the preservation of the natural resources of
Cape Cod. Topics: Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Bay
Circuit Trail and Greenway
Description:
The Bay Circuit - An Original Bay State Concept: First proposed in 1929
as an outer "emerald necklace," linking parks, open spaces and
waterways from Plum Island to Kingston Bay, the Bay Circuit idea - a precursor
of today's national greenways movement - continues to take shape. Focused
on a 200 mile corridor of 50 cities and towns, the Bay Circuit Trail connects
the "jewels" of the "emerald necklace." Community
by community, the dream of connecting more than 79 areas of protected
land in a greenway around Boston is now becoming a reality. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Transportation, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Charles
River Watershed Association
Description:
Since its earliest days of advocacy, CRWA has figured prominently in major
clean-up and watershed protection efforts, working with government officials
and citizen groups from 35 Massachusetts watershed towns from Hopkinton
to Boston. Initiatives over the last three decades have dramatically improved
the quality of water in the watershed and approaches to water resource
management. Topics: Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Clean
Water Action Description: Clean Water Action is a national citizens' organization working for clean, safe and affordable water, prevention of health-threatening pollution, creation of environmentally-safe jobs and businesses, and empowerment of people to make democracy work. Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Department
of Fish and Game
Description:
The Riverways Programs has developed several programs targeted to meet
the needs of both river advocates and river resources. The programs strive
to provide tools citizens may use to protect and restore water quality
and healthy stream flows, protect open space and river access, improve
fish and wildlife habitats, enhance aesthetics and help reconnect people
to their rivers. Each program is directed by one or two staff members
(some part-time) and share the goal of providing assistance to citizens,
citizen groups and communities. Topics: Land Preservation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Department
of Housing and Community Development
Description:
As one of four operating divisions within the Department of Housing and
Community Development, we are committed to providing the best information
available to help communities access grants, training, and technical assistance.
If you are involved in city or town government, or are concerned with
community development and your local economic base, this is an excellent
Massachusetts state government resource to find relevant and up-to-date
information at your desktop. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Executive
Office of Environmental Affairs
Description:
The three objectives of the Biodiversity and Ecosystem Protection Initiative
are: build a constituency for biodiversity, through education and outreach
to the public including all ages and sectors of society (teachers, students,
corporate leaders and employees, municipal officials, and citizens); protect
and restore ecosystems, through land protection and ecological restoration
projects; and promote incorporation of biodiversity and ecosystem health
considerations in decision making regarding our use and management of
natural systems, including decisions made by private citizens in their
daily lives, corporate leaders in establishing and growing their businesses,
and developers and land use decision makers in land use decisions. Topics: Land Preservation, What You Can Do, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Executive
Office of Environmental Affairs
Description:
Massachusetts has taken an innovative approach to growth management, creating
a grassroots, municipally-driven smart growth initiative called Community
Preservation. Community Preservation is an organizing principle focused
on preserving and enhancing the quality of life in Massachusetts community
by community, watershed by watershed. The Initiative provides tools, technical
assistance and outreach to local decision-makers to help them make informed
decisions about future growth. Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Association of Community Development Corporations
Description:
MACDC is a nonprofit trade association established in 1980 to support
the work of CDCs. It exists to promote and assist nonprofit community
development corporations and other community based non-profits organizations
in their efforts to create jobs, improve housing and otherwise address
the needs of low income and minority communities across the Commonwealth.
Topics: Housing, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Housing Partnership
Description:
The Massachusetts Housing Partnership (MHP) is a self-supporting state
agency that promotes more stable and diverse neighborhoods in cities and
towns across Massachusetts through the development and preservation of
affordable housing. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Housing, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Land Trust Coalition
Description:
Purposes of the Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition: increase the effectiveness
of land trusts and conservation organizations in Massachusetts in working
with the legislature and governmental agencies on issues of direct interest
to the conservation movement; promote high ethical and professional standards
as outlined in the Land Trust Alliance Statement of Standards and Practices
for Land Trusts. Topics: Land Preservation, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
MassGIS
Description:
MassGIS is the Commonwealth's Office of Geographic and Environmental Information,
within the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs. Through
MassGIS, the Commonwealth has created a comprehensive, statewide database
of spatial information for environmental planning and management. Recent
legislation has established MassGIS as the official state agency assigned
to the collection, storage and dissemination of geographic data. The legislation
gives MassGIS the mandate to set standards for geographic data to ensure
universal compatibility. Topics: Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Natural
Resource Conservation Service - USDA
Description:
NRCS soil conservationists, soil scientists, agronomists, ecologists,
engineers, planners, and other specialists promote land stewardship by
providing technical assistance through teams to address surface and groundwater
quality; wetlands, riparian areas, and biodiversity; aquatic and terrestrial
habitat; and impacts of landuse changes. NRCS teams work on all of a state's
landscapes: agricultural, wetlands and riparian areas, suburban, rural,
urban centers, and forested. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Regional
Planning Agencies Government&L2=Branches+%26+Departments&L3=Regional+Planning+Agencies&sid=massg
Description:
Links to the hompages of all the Regional Planning Agencies in Massachusetts. Topics: Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Townboard.org
Description:
Townboard.org was created to help meet the training and information needs
of volunteer land-use board members in Massachusetts (Planning and Appeals
Boards, Conservation Commissions, Boards of Health, Sewer Commissions
and Water Commissions). Topics: Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
University
of Massachusetts
Description:
The goals of the Mill River Watershed Project are to make science, research,
and planning resources available to watershed officials and residents
and to develop a coordinated, community-based approach to resource protection
across town boundaries. Topics: Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Citizens
for New Hampshire Land and Community Heritage Description: Citizens for New Hampshire Land & Community Heritage is a coalition of 145 community, environmental, cultural, historic and business organizations dedicated to building political and popular support for the conservation of New Hampshire's natural, cultural, and historic resources. Maintaining adequate funding for LCHIP is a key goal of the coalition. Topics: Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Clean
Water Action Description: Clean Water Action is a national citizens' organization working for clean, safe and affordable water, prevention of health-threatening pollution, creation of environmentally-safe jobs and businesses, and empowerment of people to make democracy work. Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
Manchester
Neighborhood Housing Services
Description:
Manchester Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. (MNHS) is a private, nonprofit
corporation dedicated to rebuilding Manchester's neighborhoods. We're
a partnership of local residents, businesses, and the city--working together
to help families improve the quality of life in their communities. Since
1993, we've helped hundreds of families work towards their dream of owning
a home. We've helped grow neighborhoods, repair and renovate old buildings,
and rebuild the community. We've helped bring over $14 million in public
and private investment to the Center City area of Manchester. In short,
we've helped change Manchester for the better. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
New
Hampshire Center for Nonprofits
Description:
Founded in 1986, the New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits (NHCN) works
to increase public awareness of how indispensable nonprofits are to NH's
well being. Our mission guides us as an advocacy, information and education
center, and networking resource for New Hampshire nonprofit organizations.
Our work is directed toward strengthening the organizational capacity
and effectiveness and governance practices of nonprofits by providing
them with the tools necessary to strengthen and enhance their ability
to serve the citizens and communities of New Hampshire. Topics: What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
New
Hampshire Timberland Owners Association
Description:
The New Hampshire Timberland Owners Association is a nonprofit organization
of forest owners and users working together to promote better forest management
and a healthy wood products industry. Founded in 1911, the NHTOA began
as a small group of landowners concerned with forest fire detection and
prevention. Today we are a state-wide coalition of over 1,500 landowners,
foresters, loggers, truckers, and forest industries, working together
to ensure that the working forest remains part of New Hampshire's future. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
University
of New Hampshire Description: UNH Cooperative Extension's Communities program provides education, training, and assistance to New Hampshire communities to enhance their ability to improve their economic, environmental, social, and physical well-being. The Communities program offers capacity-building assistance in a variety of forms, including workshops, trainings, informational materials, public facilitations, and technical assistance. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
University
of New Hampshire Description: Information about forestry in New Hampshire. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, What You Can Do, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
University
of New Hampshire Description: Information about GIs and GPs training through the University of New Hampshire. Topics: Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
University
of New Hampshire Description: Volunteer organization protecting New Hampshire's coastal waters through monitoring water quality and education outreach. Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
University
of New Hampshire Description: New Hampshire's fresh water and marine resources are critical to the state's environment, economic security and quality of life. UNH Cooperative Extension's Water Resources and Sea Grant Program promotes the protection, conservation and wise use of New Hampshire's resources through education and outreach. We work with partner organizations to bring research-based information and assistance to individuals, schools, communities and organizations throughout the state. Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New Hampshire
New Jersey
Association
of New Jersey Environmental Commissions Description: ANJEC is a statewide nonprofit organization that assists the efforts of environmental commissions, local officials, interested citizens, private organizations and government agencies. We support protecting natural resources through smart growth and State Plan implementation, preserving open space, protecting water resources and caring for the urban environment. Topics: Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Center
for Nonprofit Corporations Description: Founded in 1982, the Center for Nonprofit Corporations is a charitable umbrella organization serving New Jersey's nonprofit organizations. Our mission is to build the power of New Jersey's nonprofit sector to improve the quality of life for the people of our state. Topics: What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Clean
Water Action Description: Clean Water Action is a national citizens' organization working for clean, safe and affordable water, prevention of health-threatening pollution, creation of environmentally-safe jobs and businesses, and empowerment of people to make democracy work. Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Department
of Environmental Protection Description: The mission of the Geographic Information System is to support and improve environmental management decisions throughout the DEP. Topics: Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Department
of Environmental Protection Description: I-Map NJ is an environmental mapping tool that can provide you with information about your neighborhood, county, or state (NJ). With this unique application, homeowners can find out what's in their backyard; and environmental organizations, planners, and builders can identify open space, various regulatory boundaries, sensitive lands, watersheds, and much, much more. Topics: Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Department
of Environmental Protection Description: The Purpose of the Source Water Assessment Program is to Provide for the Protection and Benefit of Public Water Systems and to Increase Public Awareness and Involvement in Protecting the Sources of Public Drinking Water. Topics: Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Department
of Transportation Description: The Division of Local Aid and Economic Development staff members work with county and municipal government officials to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the state's transportation system. The Transportation Trust Fund and Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) legislation has provided the opportunity for funding assistance to local governments for road, bridge and other transportation projects. Topics: Transportation, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Division
of Taxation Description: Information about starting a nonprofit organization in the state of New Jersey. Topics: What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Federation
of Gloucester County Watersheds
Description:
The watershed associations in Gloucester County have joined together as
part of a countywide federation of watershed associations. Your local
Watershed Association is made up of people like you who want to ensure
that our natural resources are well managed and protected. Together we
can focus public attention on the value of our watersheds, promote greater
understanding of their fragility and be alerted to threats to their environmental
health. Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Housing
and Community Development Network of New Jersey Description: The Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey (formerly the Affordable Housing Network of New Jersey) is a statewide association of over 250 nonprofit affordable housing and community development corporations, individuals, and other organizations that support the creation of housing and economic opportunities for low- and moderate-income community residents. Topics: Healthy Communities, Housing, Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New Jersey
New
Jersey Geographic Information Network Description: The New Jersey Geographic Information Network - NJGIN - is your new and improved gateway to geospatial information in New Jersey. The NJ Office of GIs has redesigned the NJ Spatial Data Clearinghouse to provide enhanced access to geodata through the NJGIN Explorer. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Historic Preservation, Housing, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New Jersey
New
Jersey State League of Municipalities Description: The New Jersey State League of Municipalities is a voluntary association created to help communities do a better job of self-government through pooling information resources and brain power. All 566 municipalities are members of the League. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Housing, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New Jersey
Rutgers
University Description: The Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (CNCR) is at the forefront of a movement that believes disputes can be settled by constructive negotiation and consensus-building and problem-solving approaches instead of by force or adversarial argument. Topics: What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New Jersey
New York
Community
Mapping Assistance Project Description: CMAP offers a host of mapping-related services to nonprofit, philanthropic, and public sector groups. Topics: Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New York
Cornell
University Description: The purpose of this web site is to provide easy access to information for small-scale farmers and those who work with them. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New York
Hudson
River Valley Greenway
Description:
The Hudson River Valley Greenway is an innovative state sponsored program
created to facilitate the development of a voluntary regional strategy
for preserving scenic, natural, historic, cultural and recreational resources
while encouraging compatible economic development and maintaining the
tradition of home rule for land use decision-making. Through voluntary
participation in the Greenway community planning program, communities
in thirteen counties in the Hudson River Valley can receive technical
assistance and funding for local land use planning projects which support
the goals of the Greenway program. Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New York
Lake
George Association
Description:
The Lake George Association was formed in 1885 by a small group of individuals
who shared a common passion- fishing at Lake George. These individuals
gathered together to initiate an Association of people who would lead
others by their example for the betterment of the lake. Their goal was
a simple one- to give back to the lake what it was giving to them. Their
first project was to plan, finance, and carry out a program to restock
the lake with the species of fish they enjoyed catching. Topics: Land Preservation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New York
Legislative
Commission on Rural Resources
Description:
This guide to technical and financial assistance programs is prepared
by the New York State Legislative Commission on Rural Resources to help
guide state and local elected officials, water utility administrators,
consultants and developers to the major regional, state and federal resources
providing financial and technical assistance for water and sewer infrastructure
development and water quality management. Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New York
Long
Island North Shore Heritage Area
Description:
The Long Island North Shore Heritage Area (LINSHA) was created by State
legislation in 1998. This designation recognizes the area's unique historical
evolution, resources and development. Topics: Historic Preservation, Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New York
New
York Municipal Insurance Reciprocal
Description:
The Land Use Learning Program is an educational course designed to teach
busy local officials the basics of New York land use law and practice.
The audience for the course is the membership of the local boards that
are charged with responsibility for making decisions about land use matters,
primarily the local legislature, planning board, zoning board of appeals. Topics: Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New York
New
York State Federation of Lake Associations
Description:
NYSFOLA's Mission is; "to protect the water resources of New York
State by assisting local organizations and individuals through public
dialogue, education, information exchange and collaborative efforts." Topics: Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New York
New
York State GIs Clearinghouse
Description:
The New York State Geographic Information Systems Clearinghouse, operated
by the New York State Office of Cyber Security & Critical Infrastructure
Coordination, was established to disseminate information about New York's
Statewide GIs Coordination Program and to provide access to the New York
State GIs Metadata and Data Repository. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New York
Orange
County Citizens Foundation
Description:
The Orange County Citizens Foundation encourages cooperation and dialogue
between Orange County residents, businesses, and government entities to
safeguard the County's historic and cultural heritage, to preserve open
space, agriculture, clean air and a serene environment, and to encourage
improvement in jobs, transportation, parks and recreation and government. Topics: Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New York
Pace
Law School
Description:
The Land Use Law Center is dedicated to fostering the development of sustainable
communities in New York State. Through its many programs, the Center offers
lawyers, land use professionals, citizens and developers assistance that
enables them to achieve sustainable development at the local and regional
level. Topics: Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New York
Rensselaer-Teconic
Land Conservancy
Description:
The Rensselaer-Taconic Land Conservancy is a nonprofit organization dedicated
to preserving the distinctive rural character and quality of life that
makes Rensselaer County a great place to live and work. Topics: Land Preservation, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New York
University
at Buffalo
Description:
Since its founding in 1997, the Institute for Local Governance and Regional
Growth, a major public service program of the University at Buffalo, has
built an impressive reputation as an organization committed to sound research
and analysis on issues and initiatives of regional importance, including
regional planning, government efficiency, economic development, and service
delivery. Topics: Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New York
University
at Buffalo
Description:
The University at Buffalo has been prominent in GI Science research and
training since the mid 1970s, and is home to one of the three sites of
the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (NCGIA). The
NCGIA is an independent research consortium whose primary mandate is to
conduct basic research in geographic information science and its related
technology. Topics: Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New York
Pennsylvania
Brandywine
Valley Association Description: The Brandywine Valley Association (BVA), the first small watershed association in the country, was founded in 1945 and is committed to promoting and protecting the natural resources of the Brandywine Valley through technical assistance and research projects, as well as through environmental education programs and demonstration projects for all ages. Topics: Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Brodhead
Watershed Association Description: The Brodhead Watershed Association (BWA) is a nonprofit environmental organization dedicated to protecting and improving water quality and the environment in the Brodhead watershed. The BWA assists municipalities, residents, businesses and groups with protecting natural resources through education, workshops, seminars, public programs, stream monitoring and baseline data collection and stream cleanups. Topics: Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Center
for Community Leadership of Berks County
Description:
The purpose of the Center for Community Leadership is to assist the public
and private nonprofit sector in meeting the changing needs of local communities,
organizations and citizens. Topics: What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Clean
Water Action Description: Clean Water Action is a national citizens' organization working for clean, safe and affordable water, prevention of health-threatening pollution, creation of environmentally-safe jobs and businesses, and empowerment of people to make democracy work. Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Darby
Creek Valley Association Description: The Darby Creek Valley Association (DCVA) is an all volunteer, nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection and enhancement of all the Darby Creek watershed's resources, including water, wildlife, historical sites, and the floodplain. The Darby Creek watershed encompasses three counties in southeastern Pennsylvania (Montgomery, Delaware and Philadelphia) and eventually flows into the Delaware River at Tinicum, PA. Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Department
of Community and Economic Development
Description:As
the one-stop shop for all Pennsylvania Local Governments, the Governor's
Center for Local Government Services provides a full range of financial
assistance to local governments. The Center's mission is to: be the principal
advocate for local governments, provide vital programs, services and training
to local officials and municipal employees, and cut through red tape expeditiously
to solve problems at the local level. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Department
of Conservation and Natural Resources Description: Whether it's rehabilitating a community athletic field, building a safer playground, preparing a watershed or greenways plan, developing an abandoned rail corridor, protecting a critical natural or open space area or constructing a snowmobile or ATV Trail, the Bureau of Recreation & Conservation's Community Conservation Partnerships Program can provide communities and nonprofit organizations with the technical assistance or grant funding to undertake these and other types of recreation and conservation projects. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Department
of Environmental Protection Description: Citizen volunteers are becoming increasingly involved in monitoring the quality of the waters of our Commonwealth. From a simple "creek walk" to sophisticated analyses, they evaluate water quality for a host of reasons. Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Department
of Transportation Description: The mission of the Bureau of Municipal Services is to serve our external partners and local governments as a liaison with state government, to provide our internal and external customers quality service, technical assistance, and training needs in a professional and timely manner that will continue to move the Commonwealth's transportation system forward to superiority. Topics: Transportation, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Environmental
Advisory Councils Network
Description:
By promoting the establishment and support of EACs across the Commonwealth,
the EAC Network is helping local officials to make sound environmental
decisions within and across municipal boundaries. Environmental Advisory
Councils are appointed volunteers at work protecting the environment through
project implementation, site plan and ordinance review, community education
and much, much more. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
PA
MAGIC Description: The mission of PA MAGIC is "To provide leadership, coordination, and guidance to enhance the development, use, and access to spatial information and related services in Pennsylvania." Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Penn
State University
Finding
the Funds You Need: A Guide for Grantseekers,
http://cedev.aers.psu.edu/grantwriting/ Description: This brief guide provides you with an introduction to the grant process, a look at the philanthropic community, (both nation-wide and in Pennsylvania), an outline of an effective research strategy, and a guide to effective proposal writing. References, a glossary of terms, further reading suggestions, Internet resources, and a list of Foundation Center publications and services are also provided. Topics: What you can do with others Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Penn
State University
The
Futures Festival,
http://cas.psu.edu/docs/publications/freepubs/freepubs/ui364.html Description: The "Futures Festival" is a special event designed to engage people of all ages in dialogue about community issues. It is geared toward children and older adults, two groups who typically don't have as many opportunities to participate in community affairs as other groups. Topics: What you can do with others Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Penn
State University
Pennsylvania
Local Government,
http://cax.aers.psu.edu/localgovernment/ Description: Resources and information for local government officials in Pennsylvania. Topics: Fiscal Impact/Taxation, What you can do with others Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Penn
State University Description: Access to various spatial data available in Pennsylvania. Topics: Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Penn
State University
Description:
Penn State Cooperative Extension offers several educational strategic
visioning programs to help your community or organization anticipate and
respond to change. Topics: Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Association of Nonprofit Organizations Welcome to PANO.org, http://www.pano.org/ Description: PANO is the statewide membership organization serving and advancing the charitable nonprofit sector through leadership, advocacy, education and services in order to improve the quality of life in Pennsylvania. Topics: What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Environmental Council Description: This website highlights some of the helpful strategies that municipalities can use to create a comprehensive open space financing plan. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Growing Smarter Initiative Description: The Pennsylvania "Growing Smarter" initiative is a result of the combined efforts of the Governor's Center for Local Government Services along with other state agencies, thousands of local officials and other interested citizens, working together to plan for the future health and vitality of our communities. To encourage sound land management practices, the Center offers a wide range of tools to support wise decisions about land use and encourage strong communities, economic development, a healthy environment and an improved quality of life. Topics: Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Land Trust Association Description: The Pennsylvania Land Trust Association promotes voluntary land conservation by supporting the missions of land trusts and building a positive climate for conservation in Pennsylvania. Topics: Land Preservation, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Organization for Watersheds and Rivers Description: "POWR advocates for the protection, restoration and enjoyment of our common wealth of water resources, and conducts programs that foster stewardship, communication, leadership and action." Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Urban and Community Forestry Council Description: The Pennsylvania Urban and Community Forestry Council is a nonprofit organization made up of all kinds of people who want to improve our community forests and green spaces. The Council guides a statewide program that provides technical and financial assistance for communities and volunteer groups. Topics: Healthy Communities, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Regional
Alliance
for the Chesapeake Bay Description: The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay is a regional nonprofit organization that builds and fosters partnerships to protect and to restore the Bay and its rivers. The Alliance does not lobby or litigate. Instead, we do the slow, hard work of bridging dialogue between groups that don't see eye-to-eye, forming strategies for joint solutions, and building the capacity of communities for local-level action. Topics: Land Preservation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Maryland, Pennsylvania
Appalachian
Mountain Club
Description:
The enhancement program reflects a growing recognition that transportation
programs, while vital for national mobility and international competitiveness,
must also be environmentally sound. The Vermont Agency of Transportation
(VTrans) encourages local communities to be directly involved in enhancement
projects. Enhancement activities are a means to more creatively and sensitively
integrate transportation facilities into the surrounding communities. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont
Connecticut
River Joint Commissions
Description:
The catalyst for cooperatively meeting the Valley's challenges is the
Connecticut River Joint Commissions, who seek a strong and vibrant economy
while capitalizing on the natural wealth of this place. Capitalizing without
corrupting means conserving. Helping Valley people achieve that balance
and finding the resources to ensure that quality of life is the role of
the Connecticut River Joint Commissions. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New Hampshire, Vermont
Connecticut
River Watershed Council
Description:
Founded in 1952, the Connecticut River Watershed Council (CRWC) is the
only broad-based citizen advocate for the environmental well-being of
the entire Connecticut River. Our primary mission is to promote improvement
of water quality and the restoration, conservation, wise development and
use of the natural resources of the Connecticut River watershed. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont
Deerfield
River Watershed Association
Description:
The Deerfield River Watershed Association is a nonprofit organization
with the mission to preserve, protect, and enhance the natural resources
of the Deerfield River watershed in south-eastern Vermont and north-western
Massachusetts. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Massachusetts, Vermont
Delaware
River Basin Commission Description: I-Map Delaware River Basin is DRBC's first interactive mapping application. This application has been designed to serve maps from DRBC and by remote map services over the Web using ESRI's ArcIMS (Internet Map Server) Internet mapping technology. The application provides a map view frame, a popup window for tabular information related to map features, a toolbar for basic GIs analysis, several predefined queries, and the capability to produce a basic map layout that can be sent to the user's printer. Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
Delaware
Riverkeeper Network Description: The Delaware Riverkeeper is the voice of the Delaware River and its streams, championing their rights as living members of our community, and is leader for the Delaware Riverkeeper Network. The Delaware Riverkeeper and the Delaware Riverkeeper Network stand as vigilant protectors and defenders of the River, its tributaries and its watershed committed to restoring the natural balance where it has been lost and ensuring its preservation where it still exists. Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
Great
Lakes Protection Fund
Description:
The Great Lakes Protection Fund is a private, nonprofit corporation formed
in 1989 by the Governors of the Great Lakes States. It is a permanent
environmental endowment that supports collaborative actions to improve
the health of the Great Lakes ecosystem. The Fund seeks projects that:
lead to tangible improvements in the health of the Great Lakes ecosystem;
promote the interdependence of healthy ecological and economic systems;
and are innovative, creative, and venturesome. Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New York, Pennsylvania
Green
Valley Institute
Description:
The Green Valley Institute exists to help Heritage Corridor communities
and citizens sustain their environment and quality of life while growing
their economies. We are a non-regulatory organization dedicated to: improving
the knowledge base from which land use and natural resource decisions
are made and building local capacity to protect and manage natural resources
as our region grows. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Massachusetts
Lake
Champlain Basin Program
Description:
The LCBP works in partnership with government agencies from New York,
Vermont, and Quebec, private organizations, local communities, and individuals
to coordinate and fund efforts which benefit the Lake Champlain Basin's
water quality, fisheries, wetlands, wildlife, recreation, and cultural
resources. Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Land Preservation, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New York, Vermont
Lake
Champlain Bikeways
Description:
With growing national interest in bicycle tourism, Lake Champlain Bikeways,
a public/private partnership, is quickly expanding its bicycle route network
while serving as the information clearinghouse on bicycling opportunities
in the Champlain Valley. Topics: Healthy Communities, Transportation, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New York, Vermont
Mid-Atlantic
Environmental Law Center
Description:
The Mid-Atlantic Environmental Law Center is a not-for-profit environmental
law firm that provides legal services to public interest organizations
in environmental matters. The Center counsels clients, educates the public,
submits comments to agencies, and litigates cases when necessary. Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Nanticoke
Watershed Alliance
Description:
The mission of the Nanticoke Watershed Alliance is to conserve the natural,
cultural, and recreational resources of the Nanticoke River watershed
for the benefit of present and future generations. Topics: Healthy Communities, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Delaware, Maryland
New
England Grassroots Environment Fund
Description:
The New England Grassroots Environment Fund (NEGEF) is a small grants
program designed to foster and give voice to grassroots environmental
initiatives in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode
Island, and Vermont. It provides grants of up to $2,500 to fuel civic
engagement, local activism, and social change. Topics: What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
New
England Regional Water Quality Program
Description:
The CSREES New England Regional Water Quality Program works to improve
water quality management through educational knowledge and extension programming
that emerges from a research base. The program builds on the strengths
of the Extension Water Quality Programs at the Land Grant Universities
throughout New England. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
New
York - New Jersey Trails Association
Description:
The New York-New Jersey Trail Conference is a federation of more than
85 hiking clubs and environmental organizations and 10,000 individuals
dedicated to building and maintaining marked hiking trails and protecting
related open space in the bi-state region. Our constituent clubs have
a combined membership of over 100,000. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: New Jersey, New York
Norwalk
River Watershed Initiative
Description:
The Norwalk River Watershed Initiative (NRWI or Initiative) is a partnership
among federal and state agencies, watershed towns, local groups, and residents
to address local water quality and resource protection problems and opportunities
in the Norwalk River Watershed. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut, New York
Potomac
Trail Council
Description:
The Potomac Trail Council (PTC) is an alliance of community organizations
and local agencies committed to the development, protection, interpretation
and celebration of the Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail (PHNST).
Our goal is to secure land and water routes in the PHNST corridor for
public use while protecting natural settings and historic landscapes.
Topics: Healthy Communities, Transportation, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Maryland, Pennsylvania
University
of Maryland
Description:
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Earth Science Applications Center (RESAC) is
one of 7 regional centers funded by NASA's Earth Science Applications
Program. The Mid-Atlantic RESAC leverages the UMD Geography Department's
expertise in satellite remote sensing and the work of a diverse consortium
of 36 partners in Government, Academia, Industry and NGOs to address applications
of regional significance. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
Rhode Island
Clean
Water Action Description: Clean Water Action is a national citizens' organization working for clean, safe and affordable water, prevention of health-threatening pollution, creation of environmentally-safe jobs and businesses, and empowerment of people to make democracy work. Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Department
of Environmental Management Description: The mission of the Office of Water Resources is that rivers, lakes, and coastal waters will support healthy communities of fish, plants, and other aquatic life, and will support uses such as fishing, swimming, and drinking water quality, groundwater will be uncontaminated, wetlands will be protected and rehabilitated to provide wildlife habitat, reduce floods, and to improve water quality, and public health will be protected from the adverse impacts of water pollution. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Department
of Environmental Management Description: The goal of the Watershed Partnership is to preserve, protect, and restore Rhode Island's environment by the involvement of those who live, work and play in the watershed. Topics: Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Save
the Bay Description: The mission of Save The Bay is to ensure that the environmental quality of Narragansett Bay and its watershed is restored and protected from the harmful effects of human activity. Save The Bay seeks carefully planned use of the Bay and its watershed to allow the natural system to function normally and healthfully, both now and for the future. Topics: Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Sierra
Club Description: The mission statement of the Sierra Club is to explore, enjoy and protect the wild places of the earth; practice and promote the responsible use of the earth's ecosystems and resources; and educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of the natural and human environment. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Housing, Land Preservation, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Statewide
Planning Program Description: The Rhode Island Geographic Information System (RIGIS) is a consortium of government and private organizations employing computer and communications technology to manage and use a collective data base of comprehensive geographically related information. The mission of RIGIS is to monitor, coordinate, and provide leadership for activities related to the use of geographic information system technology in Rhode Island, and to support initiatives to implement or use this technology. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
University
of Rhode Island
Description:
The Rhode Island Geographic Information System (RIGIS) is a consortium
of government and private organizations employing computer and communications
technology to manage and use a collective database of comprehensive geographically
related information. The mission of the RIGIS is to monitor, coordinate,
and provide leadership for activities related to the use of GIs technology
within Rhode Island, to support initiatives to implement or use the technology,
and to manage and provide access to a common database of geographically
referenced information. Topics: Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
University
of Rhode Island
Description:
The Rhode Island Sea Grant College Program conducts research and outreach
on important marine issues. Outreach topics include coastal management
and fisheries, aquaculture, and seafood safety. Topics: Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
University
of Rhode Island
Description:
The URI Watershed Watch Program works with local governments, watershed,
tribal and other organizations to assess water quality by recruiting and
training volunteers to become citizen scientists. Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Vermont
Agency
of Natural Resources
Description:
Public water source protection began in Vermont in the late 1970's with
the use of hydrogeologic methods to site new public community water supplies.
A more formalized approach began in 1982 with the delineation of Wellhead
Protection Areas (then called Aquifer Protection Areas or APA) for most
municipal systems. Since 1985, the delineation of Public Water Source
Protection Areas (SPA) has been required for all proposed new sources
for public community water systems. Since 1992, a water system must have
an approved Source Protection Plan (SPP) in order to receive an Operating
Permit. Topics: Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Vermont
Department
of Environmental Conservation
Description:
The goal of the Water Quality Division is to maintain and enhance the
quality of Vermont's lakes, rivers and wetlands to support healthy ecosystems
and appropriate public uses. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Vermont
Department
of Housing and Community Affairs
Description:
The Municipal Planning Grant Program is a state-funded program designed
to support Vermont towns in their municipal planning efforts. The program
funds technical assistance for town planning, implementation of plans
and ordinances, encouragement of citizen participation and education,
and innovative demonstration planning projects. Planning grants have been
awarded for projects such as rewriting town plans, updating zoning bylaws,
and GIs updates. Topics: Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Vermont
Department
of Housing and Community Affairs
Description:
The Vermont Community Development Program (VCDP) assists communities by
providing financial and technical assistance to identify and address local
needs and priorities in the areas of housing, economic development, public
facilities and public services primarily for persons of low and moderate
income. Topics: Healthy Communities, Housing, Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Vermont
University
of Vermont
Description:
The Center for Rural Studies (CRS) is a nonprofit, fee-for-service research
organization that addresses social, economic, and resource-based problems
of rural people and communities. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Vermont
University
of Vermont
Description:
County and town data profiles and interactive maps. Topics: Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Vermont
University
of Vermont
Description:
The University of Vermont and Shelburne Farms are pleased to announce
an innovative new initiative in placed-based education for towns in Vermont.
The PLACE (Place-based Landscape Analysis and Community Education) Program
provides local residents with a forum for exploring and understanding
the natural and cultural history of their town landscape. Topics: Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Vermont
Vermont
Center for Geographic Information
Description:
In 1994 Act 204 (10 VSA Chapter 8) established the Vermont Center for
Geographic Information, Inc (VCGI). VCGI is a nonprofit public corporation
charged with the development and implementation of a comprehensive Vermont
Geographic Information Strategy (VGIS). Further, VCGI is charged with
ensuring that all data gathered by state agencies that is relevant to
the VGIS shall be in a form that is compatible with, useful to, and shared
with that geographic information system. Topics: Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Vermont
Vermont
Forum on Sprawl
Description:
The mission of the Vermont Forum on Sprawl is to preserve Vermont's unique
working landscape and quality of life while encouraging economic vitality
in community centers. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Vermont
Vermont
Forum on Sprawl and the Orton Foundation
Description:
This tool offers communities and citizens strategies, case studies, tutorials,
and examples of how to achieve smart growth and to arrest sprawl. The
tool will ask you questions on various related topics and generate resources
catered to your town's needs. With this tool you can find out: what other
towns are doing to improve their town centers, citizen involvement strategies,
ways to provide more housing choices and how to protect wildlife habitat
and important open spaces. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Vermont
West Virginia
Friends
of Deckers Creek
Description:
Friends of Deckers Creek works to revitalize the Deckers Creek watershed
and to restore the creek to a viable aquatic habitat. Through our successes,
residents are seeing the possibility of fishing and swimming in the creek
once more. Topics: Healthy Communities, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: West Virginia
West
Virginia Environmental Council
Description:
The mission of the West Virginia Environmental Council is to facilitate
communication and cooperation among citizens in promoting environmental
protection in West Virginia, to assist in organizing grass roots groups,
to facilitate interaction among established environmental organizations,
and to correspond with all appropriate local, state, and federal agencies
involved in the management of West Virginia's environment. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: West Virginia
West
Virginia GIs Technical Center
Description:
The West Virginia GIs Technical Center provides focus, direction and leadership
to users of geographic information systems (GIs), digital mapping and
remote sensing within the State of West Virginia. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: West Virginia
West
Virginia University
Description:
Helping people make the most of their community is the goal of the Community
Design Team (cdt). This program brings volunteer professionals from a
variety of disciplines to your locale to assist community members in beginning
a process of laying a course for the future. Teams might include landscape
architects, planners, geographers, architects, engineers, historians,
and economic development experts. The mix will depend upon the needs of
the locality and other factors. Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: West Virginia
West
Virginia University
Description:
The West Virginia University Extension Service's Center for Community
Resources and Economic Development conducts research and provides educational
assistance to local communities throughout the state. These activities
are in the areas of business retention and expansion, entrepreneurship
development, economic development networks, strategic planning, local
government finance and special studies of socio-economic trends. Topics: Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: West Virginia
West
Virginia University
Description:
The West Virginia Land Cover/ Land Use Mapping Project is intended to
provide low cost current land cover and land use information to state
agencies, local and regional organizations, development authorities, planning
commissions, and utility boards in West Virginia and the Appalachian Region.
In addition, new imagery can be acquired using a variety of technologies
to any specific image scale, season, resolution, and registration requirements.
The project can provide data in formats and to specifications established
by the participating organization using the best existing or new imagery.
Topics: Planning/Zoning, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: West Virginia
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