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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 | |||