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University of Delaware DataMIL, http://datamil.udel.edu/ 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 Delaware Geological Survey, http://www.udel.edu/dgs/index.html Description: The Delaware Geological Survey's mission is, by statute, geologic and hydrologic research and exploration, and dissemination of information through publication and public service. Topics: Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Delaware University of Delaware Delaware Spatial Data Clearinghouse, http://gis.smith.udel.edu/fgdc2/clearinghouse/ Description: The Delaware Spatial Data Clearinghouse supports the coordination efforts of the Delaware Geographic Data Committee (DGDC) and the State Mapping Advisory Committee (SMAC). Data and documentation (metadata) have been contributed primarily by State and local government agencies. We welcome and encourage contributions from all data producers - public, private, and individuals. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Delaware University of Delaware Delaware Water Resources Center, http://ag.udel.edu/dwrc/ Description: The DWRC is a member of the National Institutes of Water Resources (NIWR). We receive funding from USGS through Section 104 of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984. These funds support our efforts to work actively with other universities, agencies and organizations in Delaware to develop a statewide program designed to resolve state and regional water related problems. Topics: Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Delaware Return to top of page University of Delaware Land Use Planning, http://www.ipa.udel.edu/topics/land-use.html Description: The Institute for Public Administration provides a range of planning services to Delaware's municipalities, as well as to other governmental and civic organizations. These services include land-use planning, land-use regulations and ordinances, water and wastewater infrastructure issues, transportation planning, planning process training, local governance capacity reviews, and mapping assistance. Topics: Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Delaware University of Delaware Nutrient Management, http://www.rec.udel.edu/nutrient/index.html Description: Information about the extension service certificate program in nutrient management. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Delaware University of Delaware SeaGrant Program, http://www.ocean.udel.edu/seagrant/index.html Description: Since the University of Delaware was designated the nation's ninth Sea Grant College in 1976, our goal has been to promote the wise use, conservation, and management of marine and coastal resources through high-quality research, education, and outreach activities that benefit the public and the environment. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Delaware University of Delaware Spatial Analysis Lab, http://www.udel.edu/FREC/spatlab/ Description: The Spatial Analysis Lab conducts teaching and research programs integrating geographic information systems, remote sensing and spatial statistics for natural resource management. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Delaware Return to top of page University of Delaware Water Resources Agency, http://www.wr.udel.edu/ Description: The UDWRA's mission is to provide water resources and watershed policy and technical assistance to governments in Delaware and the Delaware Valley through the University's public service, education, and research role. Topics: Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Delaware OTHER DELAWARE LINKS Appalachian Mountain Club Appalachian Mountain Club, http://www.outdoors.org/ Description: The enhancement program reflects a growing recognition that transportation programs, while vital for national mobility and international competitiveness, must also be environmentally sound. The Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) encourages local communities to be directly involved in enhancement projects. Enhancement activities are a means to more creatively and sensitively integrate transportation facilities into the surrounding communities. Topics: Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont Clean Water Action Clean Water Action: Delaware, http://www.cleanwateraction.org/de/index.htm 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 Audubon Society Delaware Audubon Society, http://www.delawareaudubon.org/ Description: Incorporated in 1977, the Delaware Audubon Society is a statewide chapter of the National Audubon Society. Delaware Audubon is dedicated to developing a better appreciation of our natural environment and working for species and habitat conservation. Topics: Land Preservation, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do Jurisdiction: Delaware Return to top of page Delaware Center for the Inland Bays Delaware Center for the Inland Bays, http://www.inlandbays.org/ 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 Estuary Program Delaware Estuary Program, http://www.delep.org/ Description: Out of the concerns of many citizens about the state of the environment in the place they call home, came the nomination of the Delaware Estuary for inclusion in the national Estuary Program. The Estuary was accepted and awarded national significance status in 1988. Since that time we, as concerned citizens, have worked diligently to develop a Comprehensive Plan to protect and enhance the natural resources of the Delaware Estuary. Topics: Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania Delaware Geographic Data Committee Delaware Geographic Data Committee, http://www.state.de.us/planning/coord/dgdc/index.htm Description: The Delaware Geographic Data Committee is a cooperative effort among state agencies, the University of Delaware, county and municipal governments, and others to build a Delaware GIS Community and improve the coordination of the use of GIs and spatial data in Delaware. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Intergovernmental Cooperation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Delaware Delaware Nature Society Delaware Nature Society, http://www.delawarenaturesociety.org/ Description: The Delaware Nature Society is a private, non-profit 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 Return to top of page Delaware River Basin Commission Delaware River Basin Commission's Home Page, http://www.nj.gov/drbc/drbc.htm Description: A breakthrough in water resources management occurred in 1961 when President Kennedy and the governors of Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York for the first time signed concurrent compact legislation into law creating a regional body with the force of law to oversee a unified approach to managing a river system without regard to political boundaries. Topics: Intergovernmental Cooperation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania Delaware River Basin Commission i-Map Delaware River Basin, http://bassriver.state.nj.us/imap_delbasin/ Description: I-Map Delaware River Basin is DRBC's first interactive mapping application. This application has been designed to serve maps from DRBC and by remote map services over the Web using ESRI's ArcIMS (Internet Map Server) Internet mapping technology. The application provides a map view frame, a popup window for tabular information related to map features, a toolbar for basic GIS analysis, several predefined queries, and the capability to produce a basic map layout that can be sent to the user's printer. Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania Delaware Riverkeeper Network Delaware Riverkeeper Network, http://www.delawareriverkeeper.org/ Description: The Delaware Riverkeeper is the voice of the Delaware River and its streams, championing their rights as living members of our community, and is leader for the Delaware Riverkeeper Network. The Delaware Riverkeeper and the Delaware Riverkeeper Network stand as vigilant protectors and defenders of the River, its tributaries and its watershed committed to restoring the natural balance where it has been lost and ensuring its preservation where it still exists. Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania Delaware Rural Water Association Delaware Rural Water Association, http://www.drwa.org/ Description: The DRWA Mission: To improve the quality of utility services for rural Delaware while protecting our natural resources. To accomplish this mission, and to protect the quality of life in rural Delaware, the Delaware Rural Water Association was incorporated in 1990 as a nonprofit association. Topics: Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Delaware Return to top of page Delaware State Courts and Orders Court Opinions and Orders, http://courts.state.de.us/Opinions/(1233arvs105twzvg51mz0g30)/List.aspx Description: A listing with links to court decisions. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Delaware Delaware State Government Delaware Administrative Code, http://www.delcode.state.de.us/ Description: The Delaware Administrative Code is a topically oriented compilation of all regulations in effect. Administrative regulations have the force and effect of law. They effect each Delawareans daily life from the water we drink, to the air we breathe as well as many other topics. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Fiscal Impact/Taxation, Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Delaware Delaware Stream Watch Delaware Stream Watch, http://www.delawarenaturesociety.org/nrc/SW/aboutstreamwatch.htm Description: Delaware Stream Watch is a grassroots volunteer waterway protection program focusing on citizen involvement through monitoring, education, and advocacy. Stream Watch is co-sponsored by the Delaware Nature Society and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Control (DNREC), representing a unique partnership of government, environmental interests, and industry. Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do Jurisdiction: Delaware Department of Agriculture Nutrient Management Program, http://www.state.de.us/deptagri/nutrients/index.htm Description: The mission of the Nutrient Management Program is to manage those activities involving the generation and application of nutrients in order to help maintain and improve the quality of Delaware's ground and surface waters and to help meet or exceed federally mandated water quality standards, in the interest of the overall public welfare. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Delaware Return to top of page Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Division of Soil and Water Conservation, http://www.dnrec.state.de.us/dnrec2000/Divisions/Soil/Soil.htm Description: The Division of Soil and Water Conservation is responsible for preserving and protecting the state's soil, water and coastal resources by managing the state's shoreline, coastal zone and navigable waterways, by regulating coastal and urban land use and construction activities and by promoting wise agricultural land management practices. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Division of Water Resources, http://www.dnrec.state.de.us/water2000/ Description: The Division of Water Resources manages and protects water resources through various regulatory programs by providing technical assistance, laboratory services, and educational services; performing applied research; and helping finance water pollution control measures. Topics: Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Delaware Department of Transportation Stormwater Safety, http://www.deldot.net/static/Community_programs_services/stormwater/index.html Description: Welcome to the DelDOT guide to Stormwater Safety. Here you will find what we are doing to keep our waterways clean and what you in the community can do to help. Topics: Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Delaware Environmental Protection Agency Mid-Atlantic Water Protection Division, http://www.epa.gov/reg3wapd/ Description: The Water Protection Division is responsible for the management and implementation of the Region's programs to protect, preserve and enhance water resources. The Division administers programs authorized by the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). Topics: Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia Return to top of page Farm Service Agency - USDA Farm Service Agency, http://www.fsa.usda.gov/de Description: Stabilizing farm income, helping farmers conserve land and water resources, providing credit to new or disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, and helping farm operations recover from the effects of disaster are the missions of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency (FSA). Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Delaware Green Delaware Green Delaware, http://www.greendel.org/index.site Description: Green Delaware is a grassroots organization concerned with environmental and public health issues in Delaware and surrounding states. We advocate policies consistent with good health, preservation of biodiversity, and long term sustainability. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Delaware Mid-Atlantic Environmental Law Center Mid-Atlantic Environmental Law Center, http://www.maelc.org/index.html Description: The Mid-Atlantic Environmental Law Center is a not-for-profit environmental law firm that provides legal services to public interest organizations in environmental matters. The Center counsels clients, educates the public, submits comments to agencies, and litigates cases when necessary. Topics: Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania Nanticoke Watershed Alliance Nanticoke Watershed Alliance, http://www.nanticokeriver.org/index.html Description: The mission of the Nanticoke Watershed Alliance is to conserve the natural, cultural, and recreational resources of the Nanticoke River watershed for the benefit of present and future generations. Topics: Healthy Communities, Water/Sewer, What You Can Do With Others Jurisdiction: Delaware, Maryland Return to top of page Natural Resource Conservation Service - USDA Delaware NRCS, http://www.de.nrcs.usda.gov/ 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 Northeast-Midwest Institute Northeast-Midwest Institute, http://www.nemw.org Description: The Northeast-Midwest Institute is a Washington-based, private, nonprofit, and non-partisan research organization dedicated to economic vitality, environmental quality, and regional equity for Northeast and Midwest states. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont Smart Growth Network Delaware Smart Growth News Articles, http://www.smartgrowth.org/news/bystate.asp?state=DE&res=800 Description: Listing of news articles relating to smart growth issues in a specific state. Topics: Healthy Communities, Historic Preservation, Housing, Land Preservation, Planning/Zoning, Transportation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Delaware University of Delaware SeaGrant Program, http://www.ocean.udel.edu/seagrant/index.html Description: Since the University of Delaware was designated the nation's ninth Sea Grant College in 1976, our goal has been to promote the wise use, conservation, and management of marine and coastal resources through high-quality research, education, and outreach activities that benefit the public and the environment. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Planning/Zoning, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Delaware Return to top of page USDA Forest Service Northeastern Area State and Private Forestry, http://www.na.fs.fed.us/ Description: The mission of the USDA Forest Service Northeastern Area is to lead and help support sustainable forest management and use across the landscape to provide benefits for the people of the 20 Northeastern and Midwestern States and the District of Columbia. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Healthy Communities, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia USDA Rural Development Delaware Rural Development, http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/de/ Description: USDA Rural Development's goal is to help all rural Delaware residents improve their quality of life. We do this by offering a variety of programs to assist rural leaders, business owners and citizens address important issues their community is facing. Topics: Ag & Rural Change, Housing, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Delaware White Clay Watershed Association White Clay Watershed Association, http://home.ccil.org/~wcwa/ Description: The White Clay Watershed Association is a nonprofit community organization dedicated to the protection and improvement of the environmental quality of the White Clay Creek and valley. Topics: Historic Preservation, Land Preservation, Water/Sewer Jurisdiction: Delaware, Pennsylvania Return to top of page Trust for Public Land Corridor Capacity preservation program, www.epa.gov Description: Strategies to delay system expansion, focus development and preserve quality of life.. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, healthy communities, transportation, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Delaware DVRPC Horizons 2025 Implementation: Municipal tools and techniques, www.dvrpc.org Description: Overview of tools and techinques available for local govts for implemetation of long range plans. Topics: land preservation, water, planning&zoning, housing, fiscal impact/taxation, transportation, healthy communities, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey DVRPC Municipal implementation tool #1: TOD, www.dvrpc.org Description: Transit oriented development: recognize the importance of rail and bus to community,and plan to better shape development to serve these needs. Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, housing, water, transportation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities, historic preservation, ag&rural change Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania National Assn Realtors Public Opinion Strategies Survey - Affordable housing, www.realtor.org Description: Survey of key findings from nationwide survey . Topics: land preservation, planning&zoning, water, housing, historic preservation, fiscal impact/taxation, healthy communities Jurisdiction: Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
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