The following books and articles located in the Institute of Ecology on the UGA campus.

Categories

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS
HYDROELECTRICITY
LAND USE PLANNING
-ZONING
MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
PUBLIC SERVICE AND OUTREACH
RISK ASSESSMENT
SAMPLE STATE AND LOCAL LEGISLATION
SMART GROWTH / URBAN PLANNING
WATER QUALITY
-NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION
WATER ALLOCATION
WASTE MANAGEMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS

Files, Room 22-B

"An Analysis of the Demand for and Value of Outdoor Recreation in the United States," Journal of Leisure Research, John C. Bergstrom and H. Ken Cordell, National Recreation and Parks Association, 1991

"Double Green Policy: Toward Environmental and Economic Prosperity," Kellog, Erin and Johnson, Kirk, Middle Fork Conference, Ecotrust/The Northwest Policy Center, 1993

"Economic Benefits of Conservation," and "The Economic Case for Local Growth Management," Bengtson, Jamie, from Blueprint to Protect Coastal Water Quality and Greenways: a Guide to Planning, Design, and Development, 1997

"Economic Impacts of Protecting Rivers, Trails, and Greenway Corridors," Rivers and Trails Conservation Assistance: National Park Service, 1990

"The Economics of Watershed Protection," Schueler, Tom, Watershed Protection Techniques, Jun. 1997

"Economic Valuation of Georgia Rivers Final Report," Truesdeln, Marie and Bergstrom, John, River Care 2000 Project

The Economic Value of Lake Allatoona," Buruss, A.L., Institute of Public Service at Kennesaw State College and Dept. of Economics at Florida State University, 1995

"The Economic Value of Weiss Lake," Buruss, A.L., Institute of Public Service at Kennesaw State College and Dept. of Economics at Florida State University, 1995

The Economic Value of West Point Lake," Buruss, A.L., Institute of Public Service at Kennesaw State College and Dept. of Economics at Florida State University, 1995

"Environmental Functions and the Economic Value of Natural Ecosystems," Groot, Rudolf S., Investing in Natural Capital—The Ecological Economics Approach to Sustainability, Island Press, 1994

"Fishing for Values: A Primer for River Protection Activists in the Use of Contingent Valuation as an Economic Tool for Conserving Anadromous Fisheries," Northeast Natural Resource Center of the Wildlife Federation and River Watch Network, Jun. 1995

"Rural Economic Development Impacts of Outdoor Recreation in Georgia," Gail Bingham, Richard Bishop, and Michael Brody, et al., Georgia Agricultural Experiment Stations, College of Agriculture, University of Georgia, Apr. 1989

"The Value of Incorporating Bioindicators in Economic Approaches to Water Pollution Control," Keeler and McLemore, Ecological Economics, Elsevier Science B.V., 1996

ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION

Files, Room 22-B

Graduate Studies in Environmental Law and National Resources at the University of Denver, Colorado, 1999: misc. documents

Books, Room 23

Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher, Stephen Brookfield, 1995

The Complete Guide to Environmental Careers, The CEIP Fund, 1989

Engaging Ideas, John C. Bean, 1996

Service-Learning in Higher Education, Barbara Jacoby, 1996

Tools for Teaching, Davis, Barbara Gross, 1993

Unearthing Nature's Magic, The Georgia Conservancy, 1997

 ENVIRONMENTAL LAW

Files, Room 22-B

"Bad Deeds/Good Deeds: Legal Settlements, Mitigation Programs and the Trust for Public Land," Peter Harnick and Christine Soderstorm, October 1996

"Bolstering Your Communication Effectiveness: A Guide for the Legal Profession," John A. Daly, 1989

Brochure: "Legislative Scorecard: 1999 Session Georgia General Assembly," Georgia Rural Urban Summit (How Did Your State Representative Vote on Issues Important to the Quality of Life for All Georgians?)

"Definition of ‘Forestry’ in Zoning Cases," Kara Hinrichs, 1999

"Digest of Administrative Decisions of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources/Office of State Administrative Hearings, 3rd Edition," compiled and edited by Christy Espy, School of Law, University of Georgia, 1996-1997

"Digest of Administrative Decisions of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources/Office of State Administrative Hearings, 2nd Edition," compiled and edited by Edei Ledet, School of Law, University of Georgia, 1994-1995

"Digest of Administrative Decisions of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, 1994 Edition," compiled and edited by Allan Altera; Scott Chalan, and Erin McGoff, School of Law, University of Georgia, 1994

The Digest of Environmental Law, Vol. 10, No. 1, t 0, 5, and 2

Environmental Law: Litigating With Mother Nature (Daily Report), September 1993

"Georgia’s Open Meetings and Open Records Laws: A Guide for County Commissioners," Association County Commissioners of Georgia, Inc. 1999

"Groups Decry Secret Pollution Negotiations," Charles Seabrook, AJC, 1999

"How to Deal With Trouble: A Practical Guide for Grassroots Leaders who Want to be the Ones Making Trouble, but Don’t Want Trouble to ‘Unmake’ Them!" Will Collete, Citizen’s Clearinghouse for Hazardous Waste, Inc. August 1987

"In the Best Interest of the Citizens…An Examination of the Consent Order Process of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division," Charles Seabrook, Environmental Community Action, Inc. with the Grassroots Environmental Network, December 1996

"A Manual for Citizen Suits in Environmental Law," M. Doolan, R. Faulkner, P. Fetter, et al., 1993

"Mapping Uncharted Waters," Environmental Law: Supplement to the Daily Report. September 1994

Mersac, Inc. v. National Hills Condominium Association (access to landlocked parcels)

Supreme Court of Georgia, 1997

OSAH/DNR Digest, 3rd Edition, Christy Espy, 1996-4/1997

"Polluting Our Principles: Environmental Prosecutions and the Bill of Rights," Timothy Lynch, Policy Analysis, No. 223, April 1995

"The Public in Action: Using State Citizen Suit Statues to Protect Biodiversity," Defenders of the Wildlife and the Center for Wildlife Law, December 1996

"Southern Environmental Law Center: Annual Report," 1995

Environmental Law – Books, Room 23

Black’s Law Dictionary, 5th edition, Henry Campbell Black, 1979

The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, 15th edition

Breaking the Impasse: Consensual Approaches to Resolving Public Disputes, Lawrence Susskind and Jeffrey Cruikshank, 1997

Briefing Book on Environment and Energy Legislation, The Environment and Energy Study Institute, 1994

Code of Federal Regulations – Protection of Environment, 1996

Constitution of the State of Georgia, revised, 1987

Economic Development and Environmental Control, John O’Looney, 1995

Environmental Law, 2nd edition), William H. Rogers, Jr., 1994

Environmental Law, 5th edition, Teacher’s manual, Findley and Farber, 1999

Environmental Law and Policy: Nature, Law, and Society (2nd edition), Graham, Plater, Abrams, Goldfarb, 1998 (Also teacher’s manual and manual updates, 1992-1998, and Supplement, 1994)

Environmental Law – From Resources to Recovery, Campbell-Mohn, Breen, and Futrell, 1993

"Environmental Law – Mapping Uncharted Waters," Sept. 1994

Environmental Laws – Litigating with Mother Nature, 1993

Environmental Regulation – Law, Science, and Policy, Percival, Miller, Schroeder, and Leape, 1996 (Also teacher’s manual)

Environmental and Toxic Torts: Cases, Materials, and Problems, Boston and Madden, 1998

Ethics and Environmental Policy: Theory Meets Practice, Ferre and Hartel, editors, 1994

Federal Environmental Law – The User’s Guide, Olga L. Moya and Andrew L. Fono, 1997

Foundations of Environmental Law and Policy, Richard L. Revesz

Georgia Environmental Law Handbook, Sutherland, Asbill, and Brennan, 1990

How to Deal with Trouble: A Practical Guide for Grassroots Leader—A Manual for Citizen Suits in Environmental Law, Doolan, Faulkner, and Fetter, et al., 1993

In the Best Interest of the Citizens – An Examination of the Consent Order Process of the Ga. Environmental Protection Division, Envir. Community Action, Inc. / Grassroots Env. Network, 1996

Land and Community in the Southeast: Opportunities and Challenges for the Southern Environmental Law Center, David Farren, 1997

Materials on Environmental Law, John-Mark Stensvaag, West Group, 1999

Modern Environmental Law – Policy and Practice, Elizabeth G. Geltman, 1997

The Public in Action: Using State Citizen Suit Statutes to Protect Biodiversity, Center for Wildlife Law, 1996

Public Health Law Manual, Frank P. Grad, 1990

Selected Environmental Law Statutes, Educational edition, 1998-9

Southern Environmental Law Center, Annual Report, 1995

Summary of General Statutes Enacted at the 1998 Session of the General Assembly of Georgia

Willamette Law Review, Sustainable Development, Spring 1995

Environmental Mediation – Files, Room 22-B

Etowah Practicum Assignment Packet: Environmental Mediation and Laws in Practice: misc. documents

Water Permit / Public Trust: misc. documents

International Environmental Law – Books, Room 23

International Environmental Law, Lakshman Guruswamy and Brent Hendricks, 1997

International Environmental Law and Policy – Treaty Supplement, Hunter, Salzman, and Zaelke, 1998

International Environmental Law and Policy – Review Chapter and Contents

International Environmental Law and Policy – Teachers’ Manual Preview

International Environmental Law and Policy, Weiss, McCaffrey, Magraw, et al., 1998

International Environmental Law and World Order, Guruswamy, Palmer, and Weston, 1994

Teachers’ Manual for International Law and World Order, Guruswamy, Palmer, and Weston, 1994

State & Local Government Environmental Liability, Joel A. Mintz, 1996

Property Law – Books, Room 23

Federal Environmental Regulation of Real Estate, Frank B. Cross, 1993

Georgia Real Estate Law and Procedure, George A Pindar and Georgine S. Pindar

The Law of Easements and Licenses in Land (Also Cumulative Supplements), Jon W. Bruce and James W. Ely, Jr., 1997

Real Estate Law Digest, James A. Douglas and Brett D. Delfino, 1991

Real Estate Law Digest, Douglas, Hamill, and Pollack

Public Trust – Files, Room 22-B

Water / Public Trust Doctrine: misc. documents

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

Books, Room 23

Building Sustainable Communities – An Environmental Guide for Local Government -- The Global Cities Project

• Land Use Stewardship and the Planning Process, 1993

• Air Quality: Pollution Prevention and Mitigation, 1992

Environmental Management Handbook, Brandywine Conservancy, 1992

Georgia Department of Natural Resources – Film & Video Catalog, 1998

Georgia's Environment, Ga. DNR-EPD, 1997

Georgia's Environmental Policy: New Directions, James Kundell and Melody Dorfman, 1994

The Good Neighbor Handbook – A Community-based Strategy for Sustainable Industry

Sanford Lewis, 1992

A Guide to Building Your Board, Judith Grummon Nelson, National Center for Nonprofit Boards, 1991

Integrated Resource Planning and Management: The Ecosystem Approach in the Great Lakes Basin, Susan Hill MacKenzie, 1996

Lessons from Grassroots Leaders: Building a Successful Environmental Organization, John A. Charles, 1995

The Newtown Story: One Community's Fight for Environmental Justice, Ellen Griffeth Spears, 1998

Nonprofit Resource Center Directory, 1997

Nonprofit Resource Center press kit, 1997

Obtaining Tax-exempt Status for the Land Conservation Trust of the Oconee / Seminar on Conservation Easements for Appraisers and Attorneys, Greg Anderson and Ashley Phillips, 1994

Performance Controls for Sensitive Lands – A Practice Guide for Local Administrators, Thurow, Toner, and Erley

Pollution Prevention Directory, 1994, EPA

Sea Grant Abstracts – Publications from the Nation's Sea Grant Programs, 1998

What Works – Air Pollution Solutions, The Environmental Exchange, 1992

ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

Files, Room 22-B

"An Attempt to Redefine the Relationship Between Federal and State Environmental Agencies," Tiffany Billingsley, May 1997

AWARE: Animal Waste Awareness in Research and Extension, UGA Cooperative Extension Service, vol. 4, March 1999

BRWA pamphlet, Broad River Watershed Association

BRWA Board/ Broad River: misc. documents

Broad River/ Environmental Laws

Broad River/ Heritage Trail, proposal: misc. documents

Broad River/ River Forums/ Grant Agreement/ BRWA tools: misc. documents

Broad River/ Robust Redhorse-Expenditures and Grant Agreements: misc. documents

Broad River/ Run for the River

Broad River/ Stephens Co. Restoration: misc. documents

"Common Ground," Conservation Fund, Vol. 7, No. 6, Sept. 10, 1996

Conasauga River News, Vol. 3, Issue 1, Conasauga River alliance, Oct. 12, 1999

The Eddy Line, GA Canoeing Association, Inc., Vol. 33, No. 4, April, 1998

Environmental Law/ Policy Groups: misc. documents

Forest Management Trust (flyer)

From the Source, Georgia P^2AD-Pollution Prevention Assistance Division, Vol. 8, No. 1, Winter, 1999

Gently Down the Stream -- Bob James

"Georgia Conservation Initiatives" pamphlet, The Trust for Public Land

Georgia EPD 1997: misc. pamphlets

Georgia News, The Nature Conservancy of Georgia, Fall 1998, 1999

Georgia Scenic Byways Program: Designation Handbook and misc. documents

Green Times, Environmental Law Association, Vol. 3. Issue #1, Dec. 1999

The Groundwater Foundation: misc. pamphlets

Hall Co. Environmental Quality Board: misc. documents

International Society of Ethnobiology, documents of incorporation: misc. documents

Legislative Monitor, Georgia Environmental Council, week 10, No. 10, March, 1996

Mainstream, Coosa River Basin Initiative, Vol. 16, Issue 1, Fall, 1999

Bob Mowrey

National Park Service: Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program, newsletter

Nonprofit Cooperations: misc. files

Panorama, Georgia Conservancy, Vol. 25, No. 5 and 6, Sept.-Dec., 1995

"Partners for Wildlife," United States Fish and Wildlife Service: misc. documents

Path News, Path Foundation, Issue 30, Sept. 1999

Peavine Watershed Alliance-Dekalb County, Newsletter, Issue 2, Spring 1999

Pollution Prevention Assistance Division/ Georgia DNR: misc. documents

"River Chat" Newsletter, Upper Chattahoochee River keeper: misc. issues

River Network: misc. documents

The Sapelo Foundation-Biennial Report, 1996-97

South Cumberland Regional Land Trust. Board Meeting recap.

Southface Energy and Environmental Resource Center: misc. pamphlets, booklets

"Thirst for Healthy Rivers and Strategic Plan," Georgia River Network

Trees, People and the Law, National Conference, National Arbor Day Foundation, Sept. 28-29, 1999

Trout Unlimited pamphlet, description

Urban Tree Advisory Committee: misc. documents

HYDROELECTRICITY

Files, Room 22-B

"Approaching a Gordian Know: The Ongoing State/ Federal Conflict Over Hydropower," George William Sherk

"An Economic Approach to Giving ‘Equal Consideration’ to Environmental Values in FERC Hydropower Relicensing," Rivers, Vol. 5, No. 2, , John Loomis and Marvin Fieldman, April, 1995

LAND USE PLANNING

Misc. Land Use Planning – Files, Room 22-B

Athens-Clarke County Vision Advisory Committee and Corporate Plan, Workshop, August 1998

"Beyond Asphalt: Creating a Better Transportation Future for Virginia," Southern Environmental Law Center, 1999.

"Blueprints for Successful Communities--Shaping Livable Spaces," Georgia Conservancy, 1997

"The Ecology of Land Use," Trelstad, Graham, Council of Planning Librarians, 1994

"The Evolution of Growth Management in Georgia," Harry West, Environmental and Urban Issues, Spring 1992

Georgia Development Impact Fee Strategy

"Georgia Forever," Greenspace and Livable Communities in Georgia, Georgia Recreation and Park Association and The Trust for Public Land, July, 1999

Georgia Mountain Protection Act

"Guide to Federal funding and Assistance for Rivers, Trails, and Open Space Conservation," National Center for Recreation and Conservation, April 1996

Impact Fees, misc. documents

Land Application, Pretreatment, NPDES Permit Listing for Georgia, 9/96

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 1998-99 catalog

"Livable Community Initiative: A Tools and Resource Kit," Al Gore, 1998

Livable Places Update, June 1999

Local Planning Guidebook, GPA and Department of Community Affairs,

"Making the Connections: Summary of the LUTRAQ Project," 1000 Friends of Oregon, 1997

"Natural Lands--Conserving Land in Growing Communities,"

"The Open Space Planner’s Workbook," Executive Office of Environmental Affairs,

"Region’s Old Guard Yields to New Leaders," Atlanta Regional Commission, Goldberg, David, Atlanta Journal and Constitution, July 12, 1999

Model Subdivision Regulations, Freilich, Robert, American Society of Planning Officials, 1975

"Take Back Your Streets: Protect Communities from Asphalt and Traffic," Conservation Law Foundation, May 1995

Upper Mississippi River, Minnesota, Conserving the River through Land Use Regulations

"White County Mountain Protection Plan: Planning for the Future," Sheena Logothetti, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, November 1998

Misc. Land Use Planning – Books, Room 23

Better Site Design: A Handbook for Changing Development Rules in Your Community, Center for Watershed Protection, 1998

Blueprints for Successful Communities, The Ga. Conservancy, 1997

Building Livable Communities: A Policymaker's Guide to Transit-Oriented Development, Center for Livable Communities, 1996

Can Leasing Public Land be an Alternative Source of Local Public Finance? Hun Hong Yu, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 1997

Cases and Materials on Land Use, David L. Callies, Robert H. Freilich, and Thomas E. Roberts, 1999

Cases and Materials on Land Use, teacher’s manual David L. Callies, Robert H. Freilich, and Thomas E. Roberts, 1999

The Citizen's Guide to Planning, Herbert Smith, 1999

Cherokee County Development Ordinance, 1995

Community Planning Institute Resource Book – Macon Conference, 1999

Designing Urban Corridors, Kirk R. Bishop, APA, 1989

Development Primer, Madison County, Ga., Oconee River Resource Conservation & Development Council

The Ecology of Place: Planning for Environment, Economy, and Community, Timothy Beatley and Kristy Manning, Island Press, 1997

The Economic Value of Open Space: A Review and Synthesis, Robert J. Lilieholm, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 1996

Environmental Planning Criteria: A Workshop for Local Governments, Ga. Department of Community Affairs, 1998

Farming on the Edge, American Farmland Trust, 1998

Georgia Mountains – Comprehensive Regional Plan, 1998-2020

Georgia Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan, 1995

Holding Our Ground: Protecting America's Farms and Farmland, Tom Daniels and Deborah Bowers, Island Press, 1997

Information Sources in Urban and Regional Planning, Edward E. Duensing, 1994

Keeping the Twin Cities Vital – Regional Strategies for Change in the Fully Developed Area, Twin Cities Metropolitan Council, 1994

Land Banking Revisited: Massachusetts Breaks the Mold, Jean O. Melious,

Land Development Provisions to Protect Georgia's Water Quality, Ga. DNR–EPD, 1997

Land Use and Society: Geography, Law, and Public Policy, Rutherford H. Platt, Island Press, 1996

Land Use Regulation – Cases and Materials, Daniel Selmi and James A. Kushner, 1999

A Land Manager's Guide to Point Counts of Birds in the Southeast, Hanel, Smith, Twedt, et al., 1996

A Landowner's Guide to Conservation Options (booklet), The Nature Conservancy

Landowners Guide to Conservation Options, EPA, Ga. DNR, 1998

Landscape Ecology Principles in Landscape Architecture and Land Use Planning, Wenche E. Dramstad, James D. Olson, and Richard T. Forman, Island Press, 1996

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy – 1998-99 Catalog

Major Land Use Laws in Georgia, National Business Institute, 1991

Making the Connections: A Summary of the LUTRAQ Project…Integrating Land Use the Transportation Planning for Livable Communities, Friends of Oregon, 1997

Managing Lands as Ecosystem and Economy, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 1995

Managing Maryland's Growth: Models and Guidelines

Maryland Office of Planning

• Preparing a Sensitive Areas Element for the Comprehensive Plan, 1993

• Interjurisdictional Coordination for Comprehensive Planning, 1994

• Clustering for Resource Protection, 1994

• Overlay Zones, 1995

• Achieving Environmentally Sensitive Design, 1995

• Urban Growth Boundaries, 1995

• Sensitive Areas, 1998

Mastering the Politics of Planning, Guy Benveniste, 1989

Model Ordinances, Ga. Environmental Policy Institute, 1996

Modernizing State Planning Statutes, APA, 1996

Natural Lands: Conserving Land in Growing Communities, Natural Lands Trust / Philadelphia Conservationists, 1996

Open Space Conservation: Investing in Your Community's Economic Heath, John Tibbetts, 1998

The Open Space Planner's Workbook, Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, 1993

Planners Book Service Catalog, APA, 1998

Planning Implementation Tools and Techniques, Forster Ndubisi, 1992

The Practice of Local Government Planning, Frank S. So, editor, 1988

Preferential Property Tax Treatment of Land, Jane Malme, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 1993

Preserving Family Lands – Book 1 (2 copies), Stephen J. Small

Preserving Family Lands – Book 2 (2 copies), Stephen J. Small

Preserving Kentucky's Cultural Landscapes: Land Saving Techniques, Kentucky Heritage Council, 1996

Preserving Rural Character, Heyer, Fred, Amer. Planning Association, 1990

Questions on Potential Landowner Liability for Recreational Use in Georgia (3 copies), Georgia Environmental Policy Institute, 1996

Rural Environmental Planning for Sustainable Communities, Sargent, Lusk, Rivera, & Varela, 1991

The Small Town Planning Book, Thomas L. Daniels and John W. Keller, 1988

Strategic Plan – State of Ga. 1997

A Summary of Takings Law (5 copies), Ga. Environmental Policy Institute, 1997

Take Back Your Streets – How to Protect Communities from Asphalt and Traffic, Conservation Law Foundation, 1995

Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997: Conservation Provisions

A Unified Development Ordinance, Michael B. Brough, APA, 1985

The Urban Pattern, Simon Eisner, Arthur Gallion, and Stanley Eisner, 1993

Urban Parks and Open Space, Alexander Garvin and Gayle Berens, Urban Land Institute / The Trust for Public Land, 1997

Coastal Zone Management – Files, Room 22-B

The Coastal Guardian – sample issues

"Coastal Zone Management in Georgia," Matthew Welch, 1996

"Implementation of CZMA, §306(d)(15)" US Department of Commerce, NOAA, memo, May 13, 1994

Proposal for Coastal Law Class--Course Itinerary and Syllabus Outline

Southern Lake Michigan Sustainable Coastal Development Workshop, Sea Grant Illinios-Indiana, September 9, 1996

Coastal Zone Management – Books, Room 23

Coastal Zone Management, Beatley, Brower, & Schwab, 1994

Final Environmental Impact Statement – Ga. Coastal Management Program

Community Indicators – Files, Room 22-B

Community Indicators: various articles, 1996

Etowah / Cherokee County Indicators

Concurrency – Files, Room 22-B

Concurrency, Adequate Facilities, Growth Boundaries: reference packet from the Planning Advisory Service, American Planning Association, 1989

"Planning, Growth, and Public Facilities: A Primer for Local Officials," Eric Damian Kelly, American Planning Association, 1993

Conservation Easements / Land Trusts – Files, Room 22-B

The Back Forty: The Newsletter of Land Conservation Law, Vol.2/No.7, Vol. 6/No. 2 , and Vol. 5/No.2

"CERCLS Liability Limits for Easement Holders," Melissa M. Cliett, 1995

Conservation Easements, Mary Byrd Davis

Conservation Easements and Gratuities Clause: memorandum by Kara Henricks

Conservation Easements/Tax Assessors Education: misc. documents

"Conservation Easements: Protecting Natural Resources in Georgia," prepared by the Etowah Initiative, School of Law and Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia

"Conservation Easements / Public Access / Valuation," James Czupryna and Hilary Fentress

"Conservation Easements: Subject to Litigation?" Lisa A. Sawaya, 1996

Conservation Lands in Georgia: map

"Design and Management Handbook for Preservation Areas in Lower Marion Township," Andrew Pitz, David Steckel, Holly Harper, and Ann Hausmann,

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Natural Lands Trust, Inc., and Conservation Advisors, Nov. 1993

"Easement Holder Liability Under CERCLE: The Right Way to Deal with Rights-of Way," Michigan Law Review, 1991

"Enforcing Conservation Easements," Konrat Liegal, Second Annual Conference of the Land Trust Alliance of the Northwest, Troutdale, Oregon, May 1996

Etowah Conservation Easement: overheads

"Fee Simple an Conservation Easement Acquisitions Procuring and Insuring Free and Clear Title"

Georgia Authority to Accept Land As a Gift from a Land Trust, Karen Tyler

Georgia Conservation Easements: misc. documents

"Georgia Conservation Easements," John Curran

Georgia Planning Act, Georgia Planning Act: misc. documents

Georgia Planning Act: Guidelines and Information, 1989: misc. documents

A Historic View of Human Culture and Land Use in the Southeastern U.S.—appendix

"House Committee Reauthorizes Land and Water Conservation Fund," Land Trust Alliance, 1999

"How a Land Trust Saved Most of the Old Crawford Place," Neil Ulman, Wall Street Journal, July 17, 1997

"Income Tax Consequences of a Conservation Easement: A Georgia Case Study," John Curran

Land Banking Revisited: Massachusetts Breaks the Mold

"Land Trusts; Finding the Answers that Save Land," pamphlet by The Land Trust Alliance

"A Landowner’s Guide: Conservation Easements for Natural Resource Protection," Laurie Fowler and Hans Neuhauser, The Georgia Environmental Policy Institute and the Georgia DNR, 1998

Lookout Mountain Property, Steve Small

Managing Land as Ecosystem and Economy

Mountain Conservation Trust of Georgia, Fall 1998

Natural, Historic, and Scenic Resource Inventory / Baseline Documentation Report for the Crittendon Conservation Easement, 1996

The Oconee River Land Trust (ORLT): Conservation easement in Baldwin County, Georgia

Property Acquisition & Loss of Property: Article 7 Prescription Code of Georgia Title 44, State of Georgia, 1994

Southeast Land Trust Alliance, April 1994

"Subordinating Mortgages to Conservation Easements," Elizabeth Wiechec, Land Trusts’ Exchange, fall 1996

Sustainable Land Redevelopment and Construction: Guidelines for the Southeast

"Uniform Conservation Easements", Article I, Georgia Uniform Conservation Easements Act

"Water Efficiency at the Local Government Level," Steffney Thompson and Laurie Fowler, The Georgia Environmental Policy Institute and the Sautee Nacoochee Community Association, 1996

Wetlands Conservation Easement

Conservation Easements / Land Trusts – Books, Room 23

Conservation Easements and the Ga. Conservation Use Act, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1997

The Conservation Easement Handbook, Janet Diehl and Thomas S. Barrett, 1998

Land Use Planning: Roles for Land Trusts, Land Trust Alliance, 1994

Model Conservation Easement and Historic Preservation Easement, The Land Trust Alliance, 1996

The Standards and Practices Book: An Operating manual for Land Trusts, Land Trust Alliance, 1993

Starting a Land Trust, The Land Trust Alliance, 1990

Conservation Subdivisions – Files, Room 22-B

"Benefits of Conservation Planning and Design," chapter 6 from the Growing Greener Workbook

"A Better Alternative for the Future: Conservation Subdivision Design," Bonnie Baker, 1996

Cobb County, Georgia: Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions for Walden Park and Ridenour Town Park

Conservation Subdivision, Article 23, Cherokee County Commission, Sept. 25, 1998

Conservation Subdivisions in Cherokee County, Georgia

Conservation Subdivisions: misc. readings

Kentlands, MA, brochures

"Open Space Subdivision and Design" and "Small Town Centers and Highways," Randall Arendt, from Planning Commissioner’s Journal, 1992

Conservation Use Act – Files, Room 22-B

"Current Use Valuation: Georgia’s Conservation Use Act and the Environmentally Sensitive Lands Designation," Ann Steedly, independent study, University of Georgia, 1995

Rules of Georgia DNR, EPD: Chapters 391-3-18 Rules for Certification of Environmentally Sensitive Property, Jan. 1992

"Tax Incentives for the Georgia Landowner," Cooperative Extension Service, University of Georgia, May 1993

Development of Regional Impacts (DRI) – Files, Room 22-B

Etowah / Dawson County DRI on Glass Mountain, memo, Georgia Mountains Regional Development Center, Sept. 1997

Etowah / Forsyth County Landfill DRI, memo, Georgia Mountains Regional Development Center, Aug. 1997

Georgia Planning Act – Files, Room 22-B

"Capital Budgeting," from Tools for More Effective Local Government #2, Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Dec. 1993

DCA Growth Strategies Reassessment Task Force Report, 1999

Georgia Department of Community Affairs organization chart

Georgia Planner, Newsletter of the Georgia Planning Association, a chapter of the American Planning Association, Dec. 1996/Jan. 1997

Georgia Regional Development Centers (RDCs) and map of RDCs

"Georgia’s Future: Beyond Growth Strategies," Recommendations by Growth Strategies Reassessment Task Force, Dec. 1998

GPA resources: maps, newspaper articles, memos, and papers

"Mediation of Interjurisdictional Conflicts," GPA/DCA, Oct.1990

Minimum Standards and Procedures for Local Comprehensive Planning, Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Amended by the Board of Community Affairs, Apr. 1992

"Protecting River Corridors," Tools for More Effective Local Government, Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Dec.1993

Rules of Georgia DNR, EPD, Chapters 391-3-16: Rules for Environmental Planning Criteria, From Georgia Rules and Regulations, Jan. 1992

"Why Plan? A Guidebook for Local Planning," Jim Higdon, Office of Coordinated Planning, Georgia Department of Community Affairs

Greenways – Files, Room 22-B

Atlanta Greenway Acquisition Project, Public Workshop, August 1999

"Building Public Support for Your Greenway," Schwarz

"The Greenway Initiative," Vanessa Arborgast

"A Proposal for the Etowah River Greenway," Cherokee County Planning and Zoning Department

North Oconee River Greenway

"Oconee River Greenways: Landowner’s Perspective," Vanessa Arborgast

 Greenways – Books, Room 23

Albemarle-Pamlico Bioregional Greenway Plan (N.C.), The Conservation Fund

Burke-Gilman Trail's Effect on Property Values and Crime, Seattle Engineering Dept. / Office for Planning, 1987

Creating a Statewide Greenways System, Fla. Greenways Commission, 1995

Economic Impacts of Protecting Rivers, Trails, and Greenway Corridors, NPS, 1992

Florida Greenways, Fla. Greenways Program / Fla. Dept. of Environmental Protection

Florida Greenways Decision Support Model, Univ. of Fla., 1997

Georgia Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan, 1995

Greenways, Riverlink, 1995

Greenways for America, Charles E. Little, 1990

A Guide to Planning Greenway Trails, PATH Foundation, 1993

Louisville & Jefferson County Multi-Objective Stream Corridor / Greenway Plan, 1995

Tennessee Greenways & Trails – A Citizen Action Guide, The Conservation Fund

Trail Design Issues in Environmentally Sensitive Areas, Laura Warneke

 

Property Rights – Files, Room 22-B

"Environment Law—More Adequate Compensation in Georgia ‘Takings,’" Wesley Deaton

"Government Actions Affecting Land and Property Values: An Empirical Review of Takings and Givings," C. Ford Runge, M. Teresa Duclos, and John S. Adams, et al., Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 1996

"Preemption of State Tort Claims by Federal Environmental Regulatory Statutes," Julie Wilkes Ellison, Apr. 1995

"The Property Rights Challenge: What’s a Planner to Do?" Irving Schiffman, Planning Commissioner’s Journal, V. 21, winter 1996

"The Property Rights Issue," Robert Meltz, CRS Report for Congress, The Library of Congress, Jan. 20, 1995

"A Summary of Takings Law," Robert L. Zoeckler, Georgia Environmental Policy Institute, Resource Paper # 5

Takings – misc. readings

Takings Law in Plain English,Christopher J. Duerksen and Richard J. Roddewig, American Resources Information Network, 1994

Property Rights – Books, Room 23

CRS Report for Congress: The Property Rights Issue, Robert Meltz, 1995

Government Action Affecting Land and Property Values – Takings and Givings, Runge, Duclos, and Adams, et al., Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 1996

The Takings Issue: Constitutional Limits on Land Use Control and Environmental Regulation, Robert Meltz, Dwight H. Merriam, and Richard M. Frank, Island Press, 1999

Takings Law in Plain English, Christopher J. Duerksen and Richard J. Roddewig, American Resources Information Network, 1994
 

Regulations and Ordinance Drafting – Files, Room 22-B

"Conservation Zoning Techniques," Growing Greener Workbook, Nov. 1998

"Top Ten Ordinance Drafting Tips," Oct. 1998

"Uncertainty and the Dilemma of Preventive Regulation: The White County, Georgia, Mountain Protection Initiative," Kristen Gartman Rogers

River Access – Files, Room 22-B

Georgia Canoeing Association and Benny Young v. Ralph Henry, memo from Hilary Fentress, Dec. 19, 1996

River Access – Georgia, misc. readings and legislation

Service Delivery – Files, Room 22-B

Local Service Delivery Strategy, Georgia

Transferable Development Rights – Files, Room 22-B

California TDRs: ordinances, brochures, and document: "Transfer of Development Credits: Questions and Answers About the TDR Program in San Luis Obispo County," Dept. of Planning and Building, S.L.O. County

Florida TDRs: Community Development and misc. documents from Collier County

Georgia TDRs: Cherokee County TDR program

"An Introduction to Transferable Development Rights," Melissa Bledsoe, Joe Covert, and William Jones, et al., 1998

Maryland TDRs: misc. brochures and readings from Howard and Montgomery County

New Jersey TDRs: Burlington County TDR Demonstration Act

Pennsylvania TDRs: Pennsylvania Agricultural Reserve Board

"The Potential for Transferable Development Rights in Cherokee County, The Etowah Initiative, School of Law and Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Melissa Bledsoe, Joe Covert, and William Jones, et al., 1998

State Enabling Legislation for Transferable Development Rights: Arizona, California, Florida, Kentucky, Maryland, and New Jersey

Transferable Development Rights: misc. readings

"Transferable Development Rights: An Explanation," Laurie Fowler, The Etowah Initiative, School of Law and Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia

Washington TDRs: misc. readings and information kit from Thurston County

Tree Ordinances – Files, Room 22-B

Residential Tree Valuation Fact Sheet, 1999

Sample Tree Ordinances

Tree Ordinance Development Guidebook, Georgia Forestry Commission, May 1999

"Tree Ordinances," Georgia Environmental Policy Institute & Sautee-Nacoochee Community Association, 1994

Tree Protection – misc. pamphlets and readings

Tree Protection Ordinances: misc. documents

Tree Protection Ordinances:

"How to Write a Municipal Tree Ordinance," Tree City, USA Bulletin #9

"Fulton County Tree Preservation Ordinance: Administrative Guidelines," Fulton County, Georgia, 1985

"Who’s Killing the Great Trees of Atlanta?" Atlanta Magazine, Oct. 1999

Tree Ordinances – Books, Room 23

Tree Conservation Ordinances, Christopher J. Duerksen, Amer. Planning Assoc., 1993

Tree Ordinance Development Guidebook, Ga. Forestry Commission, 1999

Urban Growth Boundaries – Files, Room 22-B

"Managing Urban Growth Boundaries: A Theoretical Analysis," Chenri Ding, Gerrit Knapp, and Lewis Hopkins, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 1997

"Planner’s Panacea or Pandora’s Box," Keith W. Dearborn and Ann M. Gygi, University of Puget Sound Law Review, 1993

"Staying Inside the Lines: Urban Growth Boundaries," American Planning Association, Gail V. Easley, 1992

Urban Growth Boundaries – Books, Room 23

Managing Urban Growth With Urban Growth Boundaries: A Theoretical Analysis, Chengri Ding, Gerrit Knaap, and Lewis Hopkins, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 1997

Staying Inside the Lines: Urban Growth Boundaries, V. Gail Easley, 1992

Urban Sprawl – Files, Room 22-B

"Georgia’s Threatened Lands: The Impacts of Sprawl," Joseph McCrary and James Kundell, Turner Foundation, Dec. 1997

"Home from Nowhere," James Howard Kunstler, The Atlantic Monthly, Sept. 1996

Horizon Series on Sprawl, Atlanta Journal and Constitution, 1997-8

"Large Lot Zoning and Its Effect on Sprawl, Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Nov. 1998

Profiles on Business Leadership on Smart Growth, National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals, 1999

Smart Growth in the Southeast, Southern Environmental Law Center / Environmental Law Institute, 1999

Sprawl: misc. newspaper and magazine articles

Turner Foundation’s Summit on Sprawl, Nov. 1998

Urban Sprawl – Books, Room 23

Alternatives for Future Urban Growth in California's Central Valley: The Bottom Line for Agriculture and Taxpayers, American Farmland Trust, 1995

Alternatives to Sprawl, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 1995

Do Growth Controls Matter? A Review of Empirical Evidence of the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Local Government Land Use Regulation, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 1990

Balanced Growth: A Planning Guide for Local Development, John M. DeGrove, editor, 1991

Georgia's Future: Beyond Growth Strategies, Growth Strategies Reassessment Task Force, 1998

Land, Infrastructure, Housing Costs and Fiscal Impacts Associated with Growth – Sprawl vs. Managed Growth, Robert W. Burchell and David Listokin, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 1995

Managing Community Growth: Policies, Techniques, and Impacts, Eric Damian Kelly, 1993

Managing Growth in America's Communities, Douglas R. Porter, Island Press, 1997

Smart Growth in the Southeast, Southern Environmental Law Center, 1999

When City and County Collide: Managing Growth in the Metropolitan Fringe, Tom Daniels, Island Press, 1999

Zoning Law – Files, Room 22-B

"Alternative Strategies for Sedimentation and Erosion Control in Pickens County," Christa Frangiamore and Kate Ponsoldt, The Etowah Initiative, School of Law and Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Jan. 1998

"Zoning – Barrett v. Hamby’s Legacy," Bentley, Fred D., Jr.

"Comprehensive Land Development Resolution for Habersham County, Georgia, Prepared by the Georgia Mountains Regional Development Center, 1992-1996

"Constitutional Zoning: The Current Status," Frank E. Jenkins, III and Ruth A. Zaleon

"Development Primer for Madison County, Georgia," Oconee River Resource Conservation and Development Council, Madison County Board of Commissioners, and the Broad River Action Group

Douglas County Watershed Protection

Douglas County Zoning Outline, Article VII: Use Requirements by Districts

Erosion and Runoff Control Ordinances

Floodplain Management: misc. readings

Georgia’s Zoning Procedures Act

"Legal Analysis of Watershed Protection at the Local Level," Emily Fish

Madison County, Georgia, Scenic Assessment, Madison County River Corridor Protection

Natural Features Conservation, Brandywine Conservancy, Inc., 1992

Northeast Georgia Regional Development Center Sustainable Development Challenge Grant Program, Newton County, Georgia

Pickens County: misc. documents re. land use planning

"Planning Board Considering Flood Ordinance," David J. Lazar, The Franklin Press, June 1999

State Preemption of Local Water Quality Ordinances, memo from Karen Tyler, Feb. 1998

Water and Wastewater Ordinance: Code sections 3-26-1 et seq. Cobb County Water System, Cobb County, Georgia, Sept. 1990

"Watershed Management: A Plan to Preserve the Water Quality of Douglas County," Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority

Zoning Case Law: misc. readings on Georgia zoning law

Zoning – Books, Room 23

The Citizen's Guide to Zoning, Herbert Smith, 1983

Flexible Zoning: How it Works, The Urban Land Institute

Miscellaneous Topics

Files, Room 22-B

"1994 Georgia State Park and Historic Site Visitor Survey" Georgia Department of Natural Resources

American Society of Agriculture Engineers: speeches

Athens Heritage Fund Gathering: misc. documents

Business and the Earth: Global Ideas for Local Solutions, Lee Wessman, The Sacramento Business Journal

"Business and the Environment," Georgia Trend, 1993

"The Celebrant and the Celebrations: Review of Books," George William Sherk, Rivers, Vol. 5, No. 1, January 1995

"Conservation Choices: Your Guide to 30 Conservation and Environmental Farming Practices" USDA, SCS

"Environmental Guidelines for the Design and Maintenance of Golf Courses," Baltimore County, 1989

The Farming Bill: "Making Sense of the Farming Bill," American Farmland Trust, Spring 1995

Fieldale Farms Corporation v. Franklin County

The Food Alliance: misc. documents

Georgia Department of Transportation: Fact Book, 1998

"Georgia’s Environment," Georgia Department of Natural Resources: Environmental Protection Division, 1997 (2)

"Georgia’s Environmental Policy: New Directions," James E. Kundell and Melody F. Dorfman, Public Policy Research Series: Carl Vision Institute of Government, UGA, 1994

"Georgia Outdoor Recreation Issues and Needs from the Local Government Perspective," Georgia Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan, 1995

"Green and Competitive," Michael Porter and Claas Vander Linde, Harvard Business Review, September/October 1995

"Hot Environmental Issues," The 1996 Executive File

"Innovative Ideas in Bicycle Transportation in U.S. Cities with High Usage of Bicycles for Transportation," Department of Planning and Development, City of Austin for the Austin Transportation Study, 1993

"Linking Global Environmental Problems and Local Sustainable Development Initiatives," Robert Paehlke, The Environment: Global Problems, Local Solutions, 1994

"Local Government Reports," Vol. 19, No. 6, June 1999

NRTFP Recreational Trails

Pesticide Bill, "One Citizen makes a Difference," Leigh Jackson, Atlanta Journal Constitution, April 9, 1996

"The Role of ‘Place’ in Environmentalism," Stephanie Paladino, 1995

"Sea Grant Abstracts: Publications from the Nation’s Sea Grant Programs," Vol. 14, No. 1-2, 1999

"Small Community Financing Strategies for Environmental Facilities," Environmental Financial Advisory Board, August 9, 1991 (4)

Southern Lake Michigan Environmental Workshop, May 21-22 1996

"Tax Incentives for Conservation," Land Trust Alliance rally, October 17, 1999

"Thinking Green: A Guide to the Benefits and Costs of Greenways and Trails," Office of Greenways and Trails, Florida Department of Environmental Protection

"The Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Waster: A Comparative Analysis," Els Reynaers, 1999

Working with Farmers/ Evaluating Technology with Farmers

Miscellaneous Topics – Books, Room 23

The 1995 Executive File: Hot Environmental Issues (2 copies)

American Forests – A History of Resiliency and Recovery

Bolstering Your Communication Effectiveness – A Guide for the Legal Profession, John A. Daly

Business and the Earth: Global Ideas for Local Solutions, Lee Wessman, 1991

Ecological Dynamics, Gurney and Nisbet, 1998

Ecology International – The International Association for Ecology, 1988

Environmental Crime: Enforcement, Policy, and Social Responsibility, Mary Clafford, Aspen Publishers, Inc., 1998

Environmental Crime: Enforcement, Policy, and Social Responsibility – Instructors' Manual, Mary Clifford and Mac Carkhuff

Georgia Department of Transportation – Fact Book, 1998

Georgia Outdoor Recreation Issues and Needs from the Local Government Perspective – 1995 Ga. Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan

Georgia Trend – Business & the Environment, 1993

Georgia’s Environment 1997 (2 copies), Ga. DNR-EPD

NE Ga. Media Directory 1997-1998

National Geographic – Special Issue: Can Man Save This Fragile Earth?, 1988

Our Changing Climate, Robert Kandel, 1990

Politics and Environment: A Reader in Ecological Crisis, Walt Anderson, editor, 1970

The President’s Council on Sustainable Development

• Sustainable Agriculture – Task Force Report

• Energy and Transportation – Task Force Report

• Sustainable America: A New Consensus for the Future

• Eco-Efficiency – Task Force Report

Recent Publications of the Southern Research Station, Asheville, N.C., 1998

Risk Assessment and Risk Control, The Conservation Foundation, 1985

Sea Grant Abstracts – Publications from the Nation’s Sea Grant Programs

When Community Enters the Equation – Enhancing Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education Through Service-Learning

Where Nature Reigns: The Wilderness Areas of the Southern Appalachians, Jack Horan

The Wilderness Act Handbook, The Wilderness Society, 1998

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

Files, Room 22-B

"Barely Standing: The Erosion of Citizen ‘Standing’ to Sue to Enforce Federal Environmental Law," Environmental Policy Project, Georgetown University Law Center, John D. Echeverna and Jon T. Zeildler, 1999

"Community Action to Manage Pesticide Use in Schools (Campus): A Georgia Guide," LEAF (Legal Environmental Assistance Foundation), Sept. 1998

"Designing Air Effective Communication Programs," University of MI for USEPA, Ron Beech and Amy Duke: misc. documents

"Eight Ways Conservationists Can Influence Landowners"

"The Future of Civic Environmentalism," Civic Environmentalism: Alternatives to Regulation, Slater and Communities, John Dewitt, Washington, D.C.

"Georgia’s Sunshine Laws-A Citizen’s Guide to Open Government," Office of the Georgia Attorney General, 1999

Nonprofit Organizational Development: tip sheet

"Oh, Say Can You See: A Visual Awareness Tool Kit for Communities"

Right to Know Act, EPA: pamphlets

"Twelve Challenges for Public Participation Practice," Interact, Vol. 1, No. 1, Jerome Delli Priscoli, 1995

PUBLIC SERVICE AND OUTREACH

Files, Room 22-B

Broad River Watershed Association: bylaws

"Conservation Easements for Natural Resource Protection," Ga. Environmental Policy Institute & Sautee-Nacoochee Community Association

Environmental Laws – Broad River Watershed: misc. papers, legislation

Georgia Green Initiative: On the Land, The Trust for Public Land in the Southeast, Summer/Fall 1999

"A Georgia Guide to Environmental Protection at the Local Government Level, Volume I, Solid Waste," Sautee-Nacoochee Community Association, 1992

Government and Nonprofit Open Space Acquisition: Government Financing Options

Seth Wenger and Laurie Fowler, Office of Public Service and Outreach, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, July 1999

Habersham County, Georgia, Farmland Preservation and Land Use Planning: misc. documents

Habersham County, Georgia, Public Policy Symposium, 1999

Highlands Land Trust, Inc., presentation

"A Landowner’s Guide: Conservation Easements for Natural Resource Protection," Georgia Environmental Policy Institute, Ga. DNR, 1998

"Private Property Rights vs. the Public Interest," UGA Center for Humanities and Arts, Environmental Ethics Dialogue, Nov. 1999

"Questions on Potential Landowner Liability for Recreational Use in Georgia," Ronnie Abellera and Laurie Fowler, Ga. Environmental Policy Institute, Apr. 1996

"A Review of the Scientific Literature on Riparian Buffer Width, Extent, and Vegetation," Seth Wenger, Office of Public Service and Outreach, Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, 1999

Second Annual Southern Institute for Rural Development: misc. readings

"A Symposium on Property Rights," California Western Law Review, The California Western School of Law, Fall 1992

Upper Chattahoochee Basin Group Presentation

Walton/Oconee/Morgan Environmental Group, Inc.: taxing and incorporation records, and article: "Save the Real Tara"

Zoning Administrators Workshop, Aug 4-6, 1999

Georgia Greenspace Initiative – Files, Room 22-B

Georgia Greenspace Initiative: misc. background materials

Greenway Study Committee: DNR Minimum Standards

Greenspace Study Committee: Florida Communities Trust: Preservation 2000 program documents

Greenspace Study Committee: Georgia Planning Act

Greenspace Study Committee: handouts, minutes, brochures

Greenspace Study Committee: Staff communications: misc. papers

RISK ASSESSMENT

Files, Room 22-B

"Breaking the Vicious Circle: Toward Effective Risk Regulation," Harvard University Press, Stephen Breyer

Uncertainty in Decision Making-Risk and The Environment: misc. documents

SAMPLE STATE AND LOCAL LEGISLATION

Cherokee County Article 24: TDRs

Cherokee County Development Ordinance, 1995
Community Planning Institute Resource Book (Macon Conference, 1999)

Cherokee County Open Space Article 23: Conservation Subdivision

Comprehensive Land Development Resolution – Habersham County, Ga.

Conservation Use Act – Rules for Environmentally Sensitive Property – GDNR

Georgia Development Impact Fee Act

Georgia Mountains – Comprehensive Regional Plan, 1998-2020

Georgia Planning Act 1989

Ga. Planning Act 1989, Guidelines and info.

Georgia Mountain Protection Act

Land Development Provisions to Protect Georgia's Water Quality
1997, GDNR – EPD

Local Government Service Delivery Act

Major Land Use Laws in Georgia
1991, National Business Institute

Model Land Use Ordinances

Model Ordinances
1997, Ga. Environmental Policy Institute

Model Subdivision Regulations

Strategic Plan – State of Ga. 1997

TDRs – misc. ordinances and readings

Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997: Conservation Provisions

SMART GROWTH / URBAN PLANNING

Alternatives for Future Urban Growth in California's Central Valley: The Bottom Line for Agriculture and Taxpayers
1995, American Farmland Trust

Alternatives to Sprawl
1995, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

Balanced Growth: A Planning Guide for Local Development
1991, John M. DeGrove, editor

Benefits of Conservation Planning and Design – Growing Greener Workbook

Blueprints for Successful Communities
1997, The Ga. Conservancy

Building Livable Communities: A Policymaker's Guide to Transit-Oriented Development
1996, Center for Livable Communities

Building Sustainable Communities -- An Environmental Guide for Local Government -- The Global Cities Project
        Land Use Stewardship and the Planning Process, 1993
        Air Quality: Pollution Prevention and Mitigation, 1992

Can Leasing Public Land be an Alternative Source of Local Public Finance?
1996, by Yu Hun Hong / Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

Cases and Materials on Land Use
1999, by David L. Callies, Robert H. Freilich, and Thomas E. Roberts

Cases and Materials on Land Use, teacher’s manual
1999, by David L. Callies, Robert H. Freilich, and Thomas E. Roberts

The Citizen's Guide to Planning
1993, by Herbert Smith

Concurrency / Adequate Facilities

DCA's Minimum Standards & Procedures for Local Comprehensive Planning

Design & Management Handbook for Preservation Areas

Designing Urban Corridors
1989, by Kirk R. Bishop / APA

Do Growth Controls Matter? A Review of Empirical Evidence of the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Local Government Land Use Regulation
1990, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

The Ecology of Land Use: A Bibliographic Guide
by Graham Trelstad

The Economic Value of Open Space: A Review and Synthesis
1996, by Robert J. Lilieholm / Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

Ecosystem Management to Achieve Ecological Sustainability: The Case of South Florida
by Harwell, Long, Bartuska, et al.

Eight Ways Conservationists Can Influence Landowners

Environmental Planning Criteria: A Workshop for Local Governments
1998, Ga. DCA

The Evolution of Growth Management in Georgia
by Harry West

Farming on the Edge
1997, American Farmland Trust

A Framework for Public Participation in Natural Resource Decision Making
by V. Alaric Sample

GPA / DCA's Planning Guidebooks

Georgia Environmental Law Handbook
1990, by Sutherland, Asbill, and Brennan

Georgia's Future: Beyond Growth Strategies
1998, Growth Strategies Reassessment Task Force

Georgia Real Estate Law and Procedure
By George A Pindar and Georgine S. Pindar

Guide to Federal Funding & Assistance for Rivers, Trails, and Open Space Conservation

Government Action Affecting Land and Property Values – Takings and Givings
1996, by Runge, Duclos, Adams, et al. / Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

Home From Nowhere – Sprawl
by James Howard Kunstler

Information Sources in Urban and Regional Planning
1994, by Edward E. Duensing

Keeping the Twin Cities Vital – Regional Strategies for Change in the Fully Developed Area
1994, Twin Cities Metropolitan Council

Land Banking Revisited: Massachusetts Breaks the Mold
Jean O. Melious

Land and Community in the Southeast: Opportunities and Challenges for the Southern Environmental Law Center
1997, by David Farren

Land Use Regulation – Cases and Materials
1999, by Daniel Selmi and James A. Kushner

Land, Infrastructure, Housing Costs and Fiscal Impacts Associated with Growth -- Sprawl vs. Managed Growth
1995, by robert W. Burchell & David Listokin / Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

A Landowner's Guide to Conservation Options (booklet)
– The Nature Conservancy

Landowners Guide to Conservation Options
1998, EPA / GDNR / etc.

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy -- 1998-99 Catalog

Making the Connections: A Summary of the LUTRAQ Project...Integrating Land Use the Transportation Planning for Livable Communities
1997, Friends of Oregon

Managing Community Growth: Policies, Techniques, and Impacts
1993, by Eric Damian Kelly

Managing Lands as Ecosystem and Economy
1995, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

Managing Maryland's Growth: Models and Guidelines

Maryland Office of Planning

• Preparing a Sensitive Areas Element for the Comprehensive Plan, 1993
• Interjurisdictional Coordination for Comprehensive Planning, 1994
• Clustering for Resource Protection, 1994
• Overlay Zones, 1995
• Achieving Environmentally Sensitive Design, 1995
• Urban Growth Boundaries, 1995
• Sensitive Areas, 1998

Managing Urban Growth With Urban Growth Boundaries: A Theoretical Analysis
1997, by Chengri Ding, Gerrit Knaap, & Lewis Hopkins / Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

Mastering the Politics of Planning
1989, by Guy Benveniste

Modernizing State Planning Statutes
1996, APA

Natural Lands: Conserving Land in Growing Communities
1996, Natural Lands Trust / Philadelphia Conservationists

Oconee Rivers Greenway – Landowners Perspective
By Vanessa Anbogast

Oh, Say Can You See: A Visual Awareness Tool Kit for Communities
by Richard Hawks

Open Space Conservation: Investing in Your Community's Economic Heath
1998, by John Tibbetts

The Open Space Planner's Workbook
1993, Executive Office of Environmental Affairs

Paradise Regained – Florida's Land Preservation Program
by Forgey & Spoelhof

Planning, Growth, and Public Facilities – A Primer for Local Officials
By Eric Kelly / APA

The Practice of Local Government Planning
1988, Frank S. So, editor

Preferential Property Tax Treatment of Land
1993, Jane Malme / Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

Preserving Family Lands – Book 1 (2 copies)
by Stephen J. Small

Preserving Family Lands – Book 2 (2 copies)
by Stephen J. Small

Preserving Kentucky's Cultural Landscapes: Landsaving Techniques
1996, Kentucky Heritage Council

Preserving Rural Character
1990, by Fred Heyer / Amer. Planning Association

The Property Rights Challenge: What's a Planner to Do?
by Irving Shiffman

Regionally Important Resources – misc. – DCA

Rural Environmental Planning for Sustainable Communities
1991, by Sargent, Lusk, Rivera, & Varela

The Small Town Planning Book
1988, by Thomas L. Daniels & John W. Keller

Smart Growth in the Southeast
1999, Southern Environmental Law Center

Staying Inside the Lines: Urban Growth Boundaries
1992, by V. Gail Easley

TDRs – misc. ordinances and readings

Take Back Your Streets – How to Protect Communities from Asphalt and Traffic
1995, Conservation Law Foundation

Takings – misc. readings

Turner Foundation Sprawl Mini-summit

A Unified Development Ordinance
1985, by Michael B. Brough / APA

Urban Growth Boundaries – misc.

The Urban Pattern
1993, by Simon Eisner, Arthur Gallion, & Stanley Eisner

"Why Plan? – A Guidebook for Local Planning" – DCA

WASTE MANAGEMENT

Septic Tanks – Files, Room 22-B

"Low Pressure Sewer Systems Using Environment One Grinder Pumps," Environment One Corporation

Septic Tanks: Survey from Hartland Township, Michigan

Septic Tanks: brochures for homeowners

Septic Tanks: Pennsylvania’s Statute

Septic Tanks: misc. fee schedules in Georgia

Septic Tanks: Tax in Lien of Sewer Fee

"Septic Tanks – Southeast State Regulations," National Small Flows Clearinghouse, September, 1997

Solid Waste / Wastewater Treatment – Files, Room 22-B

National Small Flows Clearinghouse Products Guide, 1999

"Private Ownership of Ground- Discharging Small Sewage Treatment Plants: A Case for Preventative Regulation," Boston College Law School, Charles G. Willing, Jr., 1990

"Response to Congress on Use of Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Systems," USEPA, April 1997

"Stuff the Trashcan! Using Action – Forcing Policies…Under the Solid Waste Management Act," Catherine Sanderson

"Subsurface Flow: Constructed Wetlands for Waste Water Treatment, USEPA, July 1993

"Strategies for the Protection of Lake Weiss form Illegal Sewage Disposal, " Georgia Environmental Policy Institute

Animal Waste – Books, Room 23

 

Animal Feeding Operations – The Role of Counties (2 copies), James Kundell, 1999

A Guide to USDA and Other Federal Resources for Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry Enterprises (2 copies), 1998

Planning Considerations for Animal Waste Systems for Protecting Water Quality in Georgia, Ga. Soil and Water Conservation Commission

Southeastern Sustainable Animal Waste Management Workshop Proceedings, 1997

WATER ALLOCATION

Files, Room 22-B

"The Environmental Threats of the Kielder Transfer Scheme," Frances MacGuire, Friends of the Earth, Ltd., July, 1996

"Interbasin and Intrabasin Water Transfers in Georgia," Submitted to the Environmental Protection Division Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Jan., 1987

"The Interstate Compacts for Water Allocation of the ACF and ACT River Basins: A Legal Perspective," Leigh Martin, School of Law, University of Georgia

"Meetings of Waters: The Conceptual Confluence of Water Law in the Eastern and Western States," George William Sherck, Natural Resources and Environment, Vol. 5, No. 4, 1991

"Resolving Interstate Water Conflicts in the Eastern United States: The Re-Emergence of the Federal-Interstate Compact," George William Sherk, Water Resources Bulletin and American Water Resources Association, Vol. 30, No. 3, June, 1994

"Sharing the Water: In Alabama, Florida, And Georgia," Newsletter No. 4, US Army Corps of Engineers, June, 1999

State Legislative Agenda 1999: Water fee Assessment and Interbasin Transfer Amendments, Greater Dallas Chamber Government Relations

"Symposium Issue: Eastern Water Law," George William Sherk, Virginia Environmental Law Journal. Vol. 9, No. 2, 1990

Water Allocation for the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa (ACT) River Basin: Main Report: Alabama and Georgia," Draft: Environmental Impact Statement, US Army Corps of Engineers, September 1998

"Water Efficiency at the Local Government Level," Sophia Cason, Environmental Law, Fall 1996

"Water Resources Management Case Study/ Addressing Growth and Capacity Needs/ City of Hampton and Henry Co. Water and Sewage Authority," Georgia Water Management Campaign

"Water Resources Management Case Study/ Addressing Capacity Needs/ The City of LaGrange," The Georgia Water Management Campaign

"Water Resources Management Case Study/ Building A Regional Approach-Upper Oconee Basin Water Authority," Georgia Water Management Campaign

"Water Resources Management Case Study/ Contract Operation and Management CO and MD/ City of Hinesville, " Georgia Water Management Campaign

"Water Resources Management Case Study/ Development of a County Utility and Acquisition of Private Systems-Lee Co. Utilities Authority," Georgia Water Management Campaign

"Water Resources Management Case Study/ Intergovernmental Cooperation and Incorporation of Private Systems-City of Toccoa/Stephens County," Georgia Water Management Campaign

"Water Resources Management Case Study/ Joint Rate Differential Study/ City of Gainsville and Hall County," Georgia Water Management Campaign

"Water Resources Management Case Study: Multi-Jurisdictional Water Commission and Innovative Financing- City of Thomson/ McDuffie County," Georgia Water Management Campaign

"Water Resources Management Case Study/ Operation of Satellite Water Supply Systems-City of Savannah," Georgia Water Management Campaign

"Water Resources Management Case Study/ Regional Wholesale Water Authority/ Cobb County- Marietta Water Authority," Georgia Water Management Campaign

"Water Resources Management Case Study/ Stromwater Management Utility/ City of Griffin," Georgia Water Management Campaign

"Water Resources Management Case Study/ Watershed Protection Strategy of a Water Supply and Wastewater Authority/ Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority," Georgia Water Management Campaign

Water Withdraw Permits/ Interbasin Transfer of Water- misc. documents

Water Allocation – Books, Room 23

Whose Water Is It? Major Water Allocation Issues Facing Georgia, James Kundell and Diane Tetens, 1998

WATER QUALITY

Misc. Water Quality – Files, Room 22-B

1998 Governor’s Awards for Pollution Prevention

Alabama Rivers Alliance, River Ties, Vol. 2, No. 3, Winter 1998

"The Alluvial Progress of Piedmont Streams," Ferguson, Bruce K., Effects of Watershed Development and Management on Aquatic Ecosystems, American Society of Civil Engineers; New York, 1997

Chattooga Watershed Conservation Plan: brochure

Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act

"The Clean Water Act: A Comparison of Enforcement Mechanisms," Lee Brigham,

Clean Water Management Trust Fund

Conasauga River: Ecosystem-Based Assistance Study," Limestone Valley Resource Conservation and Development Council, Inc., Aug. 1996

The Conservation Fund, Riparian Buffer BMP Project

Consumer Confidence Reports / Safe Drinking Water Act

"A Dirty River Runs Through It: The Failure of Enforcement in the Clean Water Act," Victor B. Flatt, Georgia State University, 1996

Dupont Mining Proposal, Okeefenokee: misc. memos, readings

"The Ebenezer Creek Watershed Protection Demonstration Project," Jonathan Ambrose and Susan Crow, Proceedings of the Georgia Water Resources Conference, University of Georgia, March 20-22, 1997

"The Edisto River Basin Project Report: Managing Resources for A Sustainable Future:" South Carolina Department of Natural Resources, SC Department of Commerce,

SC Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism, Barry R. Beasley, William E. Marshall, and Anne H. Miglarese, et al., October 1996

"EPA Proposes Changes to the TMDL Program’s NPDES Regulations"

EPA Watershed Approach Framework, June 1996

Etowah / Coosa River Basin Management Plan

Etowah – Proposal by Anne Shepherd

"Etowah River: A Fragile Lifeline," Atlanta Journal & Constitution, June 25, 1998

"Exploring How Disturbance is Transmitted Upstream: Going Against the Flow," Cathy Pringle, Journal of North American Benthological Society, Vol. 16, No. 2, 1997

Georgia River Basin Management Plans: River Advisory Committees

"Georgia’s Rivers: Public Playgrounds or Private Sanctuaries?" Robert Ashby, Fall, 1996

"Georgia’s Water Resources: The Dawning of a New Day, Part I," James E.

Kundell

"Georgia’s Watershed Protection Approach: River Basin Management," Georgia DNR, EPD

"Getting In Step: A Guide to Effective Outreach in Your Watershed," Council of State Governments

High Ground: sample issues, Georgia Floodplain Management Office "Mountain Streams: Still Living in the 50s" (effect of past land use on rivers), Science News, Vol. 154, Dec. 12, 1998

Historical Fish Database

"Impacts of Livestock Grazing on Stream Insect Communities and the Riverine Environment," Mac Strand and Richard Merritt, American Entomologist, Vol. 45, No. 1, Spring 1999

Lake Management: misc. readings

Mississippi Headwaters Management Plan, Mississippi Headwaters Board, July 1992

North Oconee River Project: misc. papers

Oconee River Basin Management Plan, Georgia, DNR, EPD, 1998

"Options for Downstream States Affected by Interstate Water Pollution," Paul N. Higlee, Jr.

"Protecting Community Streams: A Guidebook for Local Governments in Georgia," Atlanta Regional Commission for Georgia DNR, EPD, Spring 1993

"A River Runs Through It, and That’s the Problem," Georgia Magazine, Stacie Sutton, March 1999

"A River Runs Through It: Human Dimensions of Natural Resources Management in the Broad River Watershed," University of Georgia, 1996

The Role of the Water Management Districts" and other misc. case studies: Watershed Case Studies

Safe Drinking Water Act, 1996 Amendments

Southeast Watershed Forum, EPA, TVA, NRCS

TMDLs: Case studies and litigation

"Top 10 Watershed Lessons Learned," EPA, Oct. 1997

"Transboundary Diversions, Water Law and Property Rights," George William Sherk,

Upper Etowah River Stakeholders and Resources

"Water Quality Fact Sheet-Sea Grant

Water Quality: misc. documents

Water Resources Research Institute News of the University of North Carolina; No. 307, Sept/Oct 1997.

"Water: Where We Live, Work, and Play—Watershed Protection," The Georgia Conservancy, Keys, E., 1997.

"World Wildlife Fund Southern Rivers Conservation Potential Assessment: Ga. Policy Section," Laurie Fowler and Amy Bergotedt

Misc. Water Quality – Books, Room 23

Conasauga River – Ecosystem-Based Assistance Study, Limestone Valley Resource Conservation and Development Council, Inc.

Cooperative Regional Water Management Alternatives in Georgia, James Kundell and Terry DeMeo,

Coosa River Basin Management Plan (Draft), 1998

Development Design and Stormwater Characteristics, Dudley Hartel and Kimberly Patton, 1997

Downstream – From the Mountains to the Coast, TVA-EPD, 1993

Environmental Management Requirements for Stream and River Corridors in Georgia, Gail Cowie and Paul Hardy, UGA Inst. of Community and Area Development, 1997

Getting In Step: A Guide to Effective Outreach in Your Watershed, The Council of State Governments

Guide to Winning a River Protection Campaign, River Network, 1995

A Guide to State River Conservation Legislation, American Rivers, Inc. / National Park Service, 1993

Guidelines for Eating Fish from Georgia Waters, Ga. DNR-EPD, 1997

Guidelines for Streambank Restoration, Ga. Soil and Water Conservation Commission

Influences of Environmental Settings on Aquatic Ecosystems in Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin (2 copies), U.S. Geological Survey, 1996

Inventory of Potential Contaminant Sources in Washington's Wellhead Protection Areas, 1993

Land Development Provisions to Protect Georgia Water Quality, Ga. DNR-EPD, 1997

Landowners' Guide to Wetlands and Watersheds, Ga. Dept. of Community Affairs, 1993

Managing Development to Protect Water Quality, Workshop, SE Watershed Forum / N. Amer. Lake Management Society, 1999

National Directory of Urban Watershed Restoration Efforts, Center for Watershed Protection, 1994

Nutrient Loading from Conventional and Innovative Site Development, The Center for Watershed Protection, 1998

Nutrient Sources and Analysis of Nutrient Water-Quality Data, Apalachicola-Chatahoochee-Flint River Basin, Ga., Ala., & Fla., 1972-1990, U.S. Geological Survey, 1992

Protecting the Source – Land Conservation and the Future of America's Drinking Water, The Trust for Public Land, 1997

Protection of Aquatic Biodiversity in the Southern Appalachian National Forests and their Watersheds, The Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition / Pacific Rivers Council, 1998

Rapid Watershed Planning Handbook – A Comprehensive Guide for Managing Urbanizing Watersheds, Center for Watershed Protection, 1998

Report of the Community Stream Management Task Force, Ga. DNR-EPD, May 1990

Restoring Streams in Cities: A Guide for Planners, Policy Makers, and Citizens, Ann L. Riley, Island Press, 1998

River and Watershed Conservation Directory, 1998-1999

River Renewal – Restoring Rivers through Hydropower Dam Relicensing, NPS, 1996

Rivers at Risk – The Concerned Citizen's Guide to Hydropower, Echeverria, Barrow, and Roos-Collins, 1989

Rivers and Watersheds, Elbert County Public Schools, 1994

Riverwork Book, National Park Service, 1998

A Scoping Study of the Suwanee, Aucilla, and Ochlockonee Rivers, The Conservation Fund, 1995

A Stakeholder's Guide to the Conasauga River, Freeman, Benz, and Collins, Southeast Research Institute, 1996

Sustaining Georgia's Aquatic Resources, GEPI/ UGA Inst. of Ecology and School of Law, 1997

Starting Up: A Handbook for New River and Watershed Organizations, The River Network, 1996

Top 10 Watershed Lessons Learned, EPA, 1997

Urban Waterways Restoration Training Manual for Youth and Conservation Corps, A.L. Riley and Moira McDonald, 1995

Water Quality in Georgia, Ga. DNR-EPD, 1992-3

Water Quality in Georgia, Ga. DNR-EPD, 1994-5

Water Quality: Management of a Natural Resource, James Perry and Elizabeth Vanderklein, 1996

The Water Sourcebook – Grades K-2, 3-5, and 9-12, Education Research and Inservice Center

Water Works, TVA, 1997

Watershed Innovations Workshop, RiverNetwork, 1995

The Watershed Protection Approach "On the Ground:" Examining Participation and Environmental Justice Issues in EPA Region and Watershed Projects, Sandra Crismon, 1999

Watershed Protection: A Guidebook for Georgia, Gail Cowie and James Cooley, 1988

Watershed Protection Techniques, Center for Watershed Protection, 1997

West Watershed Impacts Assessment, Metro Atlanta Urban Watersheds Initiative, 1998

Best Management Practices – Files, Room 22-B

"Best Management Practices: Agriculture." Agricultural Best Management Practices for Protecting Water Quality in Georgia, Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission, 1994

Best Management Practices: Forested Wetlands, Ga. Forestry Commission Wetlands Committee, 1990

BMPs for Trout Habitat: Workshop, Athens, Georgia, Feb. 1999

"Stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs): Heavy Equipment and Earth Moving Activities." Chattanooga Stromwater Management Division, 1997-brochure

Stormwater BMPs: brochures

Best Management Practices – Books, Room 23

Agricultural Best Management Practices for Protecting Water Quality in Georgia (3 copies), Ga. EPD, 1997

Erosion and Sediment Control – Best Management Practices, Westchester County, NY, 1991

Guidebook of BMPs for Michigan Watersheds, Michigan Dept. of Environmental Quality, 1994

Instream Flows / Natural Flow Regime – Files, Room 22-B

"The Importance of Streamside Buffers: A Guide for Landowners and Land-Use Decision Makers," Rivers Alliance of Connecticut, 1997

"The Natural Flow Regime: A Paradigm for River Conservation and Restoration," N. Leroy Poff, David Allan, and Mark B. Bain, et al., Bioscience, Vol. 47, No. 11, Dec. 1997

"Preserving Stream Flows in Montana Through the Constitutional Public Trust Doctrine: An Underrated Solution," Public Land Law Review, Matt Clifford

"Protecting Instream Flows: A Resource File for River Activists," Neil Schulman, River Network, March 1993

"Regulating Instream Flow Levels to Benefit and Preserve Aquatic Ecology," Candice Decaire, 1998
Riparian Buffers – Files, Room 22-B

"Comprehensive Riparian Buffer Protection Proposal for Cherokee County," Seth Wenger and Laurie Fowler, Jan. 1999

Environmental Management Requirements for Stream and River Corridors in Georgia

"Guidebook for Developing Local Riparian Buffer Ordinances," Seth Wenger and Laurie Fowler, 1999

"Protecting River Corridors," Ga. Department of Community Affairs

"Riparian Area Protection Plans for State Waters, Georgia DNR, EPD, Jan. 1994

Riparian Buffers: misc. readings

Riparian Ecosystem Management Model / Economic Benefits, Inside Agroforestry, Fall 1997

"Riparian Forest Restoration to Control Agricultural Nonpoint Source Water Pollution," brochure, Georgia EPD and the University of Georgia

Riparian Protection Slide Shows

Stream Corridor Protection: misc. documents

Riparian Buffers – Books, Room 23

"A Review of the Scientific Literature on Riparian Buffer Width, Extent, and Vegetation," Seth Wenger, 1999

Wastewater Permitting – Files, Room 22-B

"Certification and Permitting of Dischargers Located on Waters Forming Boundaries Between States"

"Wastewater Fees: A Potential Source of Funding for the GA EPD": Wastewater Permit Fees for GA, GA Environmental Policy Institute

Wastewater Permit Fees: misc. readings

Wetlands Protection – Files, Room 22-B

"The Georgia Wetland Trust Fund: A New Tool for Protecting Georgia’s Wetlands," Jill Cox, Sam Simkin, and Seth Wenger, The Etowah Initiative, School of Law and Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, April 1998

"From Marshes to Mountains, Wetlands Come Under State Regulation," Gregory W. Blount, Mercer Law Review

Wetlands Protection Ordinances

"Why Protect Wetlands?"

Wetlands Protection – Books, Room 23

Alternative Wetland Mitigation Programs, American Petroleum Institute, 1995

America's Wetlands: Our Vital Link Between Land and Water (2 copies), EPA, 1988

"Analysis of Wetland Trends and Management Alternatives for Georgia," Wesley Wolf and James Kundell, 1985

A Citizen's Guide to Protecting Wetlands in Georgia, Wagner, Carr, and Kellett, Southern Environmental Law Center, 1989

"Early Signs of Stress in Wetland Vegetation as an Indicator of Unsustainable Ground-water Use in the Southeastern Coastal Plain," Bacchus, Brook, and Hamazaki, 1997

Federal Manual for Identifying and Delineating Jurisdictional Wetlands, FWS / EPA / Army / SCS, 1989

Georgia Wetlands Trust Fund, Georgia Land Trust Service Center, 1998

Landowners' Guide to Wetlands and Watersheds, Ga. Dept. of Community Affairs, 1993

Mitigation Banking: Theory and Practice, Marsh, Porter, and Salvesen, editors, 1996

National Wetland Mitigation Banking Study – Corps of Engineers

• Wetland Mitigation Banking Concepts, 1992

• Expanding Opportunities for Successful Wetland Mitigation: The Private Credit Market Alternative, 1994

• Wetland Mitigation Banking: Resource Document, 1994

• First Phase Report, 1994

• Wetland Mitigation Banking, 1994

Protecting Nontidal Wetlands, Burke, Meyers, Tiner, et al., APA, 1988

Southeast Wetlands – Status and Trends, Mid '70s-Mid '80s, Department of Interior, EPA

Statewide Wetlands Strategies: A Guide to Protecting and Managing the Resource, WWF, 1992

The Wetlands Issue: What Should We Do With Our Bogs, Swamps, and Marshes?, North American Assoc. for Environmental Education, 1992

NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION

Files, Room 22-B

"The Effects of Sierra Club v. Hankinson on Nonpoint Source Pollution in Georgia," John Knight, Environmental Law Paper, 1996

Georgia Nonpoint Source Management Plan, Georgia Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection Division, Dec., 1989

Georgia Nonpoint Source Management Plan: 1991 Update. Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources

"Georgia’s Watershed Protection Approach: River Basin Management Planning," Georgia Department of Natural Resources Environmental Protection Division

"Improving Drinking Water Well Condition," Anthony Tyson, Farm Assessment System, 1996

"National Monitoring Program: An Overview," (Section 319), USEPA, 1997

Nonpoint Source Pollution- misc. documents

Nonpoint Source Pollution/Water quality- misc. documents

"Pointless Pollution in Georgia," Georgia Department of Natural Resources-brochure

River Care 2000/ Assessment Team Info.

River Care 2000: Assessment Team/Fisheries Work Group- misc. documents

River Care 2000: River Assessment Team, Economic Resources Work Group, Final Report, November 1996

River Care 2000: Resource Assessment, Geological Resources, General Criteria for Evaluating Resources

River Care 2000 River Assessment Team: Wildlife Work Group

River Care 2000: Assessment Team: Scenic Resources Work Group

River Care 2000 River Assessment Team: Water Resources Work

River Care 2000 Education Committee Status Report, June, 1996

River Care 2000 River Assessment Team- Agriculture Work Group, Sept., 1996

River Care 2000 River Assessment Team- Criteria Under Consideration by Botanical Resources Group, 1996

"The Sierra Club V. the United States Environmental Protection Agency: A Presentation of the Case Filed to Clean Up Georgia’s Waters" Christy Waite Espy, 1996

Stormwater Control Financing: misc. documents

Stormwater Management: misc. documents

Urban Runoff/ Stormwater Control, Laurie Fowler, Catherine Gregory, and Bruce Ferguson, et al.- misc. documents

"Wastewater fees: A Potential Source of Funding for the Georgia Environmental Protection Division." Georgia Environmental Policy Institute and Sautee Nacoochee Community Association, 1996

Nonpoint Source Pollution – Books, Room 23

Georgia Nonpoint Source Management Program, FY96 Report

Georgia Watershed Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution Assessment, USDA/FS/SCS, 1993

Introduction to Stormwater Concept, Purpose, and Design, Bruce Ferguson, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1998

Nonpoint Source Management in Georgia: An Update of the Georgia Nonpoint Source Management Program, UGA Inst. of Community and Area Development, 1998

Starting at the Source: Residential Site Planning & Design Guidance Manual for Stormwater Quality Protection, Bay Area Stormwater Management Agencies Association, 1997

Erosion / Sedimentation – Files, Room 22-B

"Alternative Solutions for Erosion and Sedementation in Georgia," Christa S. Frangiamore and Kate Ponsoldt

"Erosion and Sediment Control in Georgia: A Development Guide to Risk Management and Cost Control," Erosion and Sedimentation Control Technical Study Committee (Dirt Panel 11), 1997

"Erosion and Sediment Control: Tools for Action." Water Resource Protection, 1998

Erosion and Sedimentation Control Ordinances- Atlanta area

Soil Erosion articles from the Athens Daily News/Banner Herald

 

Erosion and Sedimentation – Books, Room 23

Erosion and Sediment Control – Best Management Practices, Westchester County, NY, 1991

A Georgia Guide to Controlling Erosion with Vegetation (2 copies), Ga. Soil and Water Conservation Commission