The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development
Land Use Toolbox
Pennsylvania - Water/Sewer
topic files
PA NRCS
CREP - Start to Finish, www.pa.nrcs.usda.gov
Description: Start to Finish -- What You Need to Know: a flyer explaining the eligibility requirements, landowner/tenant responsibilities, establishment of conservation practices, maintenance of conservation cover, and more. .
DEP
Watershed Restoration & Partnership Act, www.dep.state.pa.us/
Description: To establish a mechanism for DEP to provide funding to volunteer groups for acid mine drainage remediation .
DEP
Land Recycling Program, www.dep.state.pa.us/
Description: Explanation of Environmental Remediation Standards Act Program Enhancements .
Penn State Extension
Sewage Sludge in PA: It's regulations, cropsoil.psu.edu
Description: A plain english tour of sewage sludge regulations.
Penn State Extension
BioSolids Quality, cropsoil.psu.edu
Description: Changes in biosolids; are they harmful to humans.
Penn State Extension
A Forest Stewardship Plan, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: What is stewardship, how can I develop a plan; resources.
Penn State Extension
Best Mgmt Practices for PA Forests, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: Sustainable Forestry--need and objectives--comprehesive discussion.
Penn State Extension
Forest Stewardship Program, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: What is it, how can it help, how can I participate.
Penn State Extension
Forest watershed management, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: What is forested watershed? Protecting it,impact etc.
Penn State Extension
Using employment data to better understand your economy, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: 6 Tools w/explanation to understand your economy.
Penn State Extension
Analysis of recent trends in rural PA, ecd.aers.psu.edu
Description: Population growth/decline; employment and unemployment; earnings and income.
Penn State Extension
Economic Impact Model -CIM:PSU, cimpsu.aers.psu.edu
Description: Understanding economic structure and how changes in every facet e.g govt,educ affect each other.
National Governors Assn
Brownfields Projects to improve public health, www.nga.org
Description: Benefits in health as well as improved active living.
Western PA Conservancy
WPC Land use policies and guidelines, www.paconserve.or
Description: Specific guidelines for use of WPC lands.
Heritage Conservancy
Growing with Green Infrastructure, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: What is green infrastructure how to create and sustain.
Heritage Conservancy
Open Space is a community investment, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: The case for open space as a huge community asset.
Heritage Conservancy
Implementing a municipal open space progam, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: A guide for Pennsylvania municipalities.
Heritage Conservancy
Public Finance for Open Space:Guide for PA, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: Why invest in open space; ways to fund the investment.
Heritage Conservancy
Regional Open Space priorities report, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: Identifies, prioritizes, recommends protection strategies for natural resources, agricultural, recreational lands in southeastern PA.
Heritage Conservancy
Using conservation easements to preserve open space: Guide for PA, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: All about easements; how to acquire an benefits.
Heritage Conservancy
Landowners options for protecting family lands, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: Four common strategies for preserving land.
Heritage Conservancy
Conservation easements: Q & A, www.heritageconservancy.org
Description: Commonly asked questions about easementsf.
DCNR
Greenways: An action plan for creating connections, www.dcnr.state.pa.us
Description: Coordinated and strategic approach to creating connections throughs greenways in the state.
FindLaw
Municipal groundwater supply regulation, library.findlaw.com
Description: Limitations of existing management framework.
Smart Growth Network
Smart growth audit of zoning code and subdivision regulations, www.sgli.org
Description: Final report,analysis and proposed recommendations.
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.
DVRPC
Wetlands management ordinance, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Permitted uses where water hazard soils occur.
DVRPC
Steep Slope Ordinance, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Permitted uses for slopes of 25% or higher.
DVRPC
Flexible Development Ordinance, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Flexible development options.
DVRPC
Agricultural Zoning, www.dvrpc.org
Description: Definitions, design and development of agricultrual zones.
National Assn Realtors
Public Opinion Strategies Survey - Affordable housing, www.realtor.org
Description: Survey of key findings from nationwide survey .
Brookings Institute
Back to Prosperity: A competitve agenda for renewing PA-Exec Summary, www.brookings.org
Description: Outlining the challenges for PA's revitalization .
Brookings Institute
Economic development subsidies: Do they fuel sprawl?, www.brookings.org
Description: The extent to which business subsidies [in PA] contribute to sprawling land use patterns and job redistribution..
Metro Institute at VA Tech
The Edgeless City and Philadelphia, www.mi.vt.edu
Description: Article [book]: Philadelphia is and edgeless city???.
Penn State Extension
Economic & Community Development Resources for Citizens & Local Officials, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: Highlights variety of PSCE economic & community development educational programs and resources ...
Penn State Extension
Community conflicts over Agriculture, Land Use and Natural Resources, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: Collaborative approaches to resolving conflict ..
Penn State Extension
Fiscal Impacts of Different Land Uses- The PA experience, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: Identifying the impact of land use affects taxes and quality of life.
Penn State Extension
Food System Planning: A guide for county and municipal planners, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: Research assessment of involvement of planners in food system planning.
Penn State Extension
From the Woods: Watersheds, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: PA's Water cycle and how forests protect the quality of the water ...
Penn State Extension -CAS
Land Use Planning in PA - Inventory - #1, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: Comprehensive study of municipal/county planning and land use regulations.
Penn State Extension -CAS
Land Use Plan - Subdivision and Land Development Regulations #6, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: Subdivision & land develoment ordinances--most common form of land use regulation.
Penn State Extension -CAS
Land Use Plan - How effective is land use planning in PA? #10, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: How effective is the land use planning process in PA?.
Penn State Extension -CAS
Local Taxes and our Community #2, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: Overview of community's population and use of services in relation to the tax base.
Penn State Extension -CAS
Managing your restored Wetland, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: Where and How wetland restoration is possible; ecological concepts etc .
Penn State Extension -CAS
PA Wildlife #16:Riparian Buffers for Wildlife, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: Creating riparian buffers for wildlife while protecting our water quality.
Penn State Extension -CAS
PA Wildlife #1: Wildlife-Habitat Relationships, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: Most important wildlife-habitat relationships and management techniques .
Penn State Extension -CAS
Sustainable Community Development: Quality of life in PA, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: Views and hopes for the future of PA community members.
Penn State Extension -CAS
Valuing PA's Water Resources, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: All issues about water in PA .its value, use and management .
Penn State Extension -CAS
Water Quality Research in the CAS, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: Importance of water quality research in effective policy making.
Penn State Extension -CAS
Cleaner Water for PA, paimpact.cas.psu.edu
Description: Different facets of water pollution management ...
Chesapeake Bay Program
Chesapeake Bay Agreement, www.chesapeakebay.net
Description: Overview of goals & priority commitments for living resources; water quality; development; governance et al.
Chesapeake Bay Program
DID YOU KNOW? Facts about the Chesapeake Bay, www.chesapeakebay.net
Description: Numerous facts and features of the Chesapeake Bay.
Chesapeake Bay Program
Chesapeake Bay: How is it doing?, www.chesapeakebay.net
Description: In depth power point on the state of the Chesapeake Bay.
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
Exec Council sets up watershed financing authority, www.bayjournal.com
Description: Bay cleanup leaders took first step toward a watershed wide authority ...
Penn State Extension
The Joy of Farm Watching: A Roadside Guide to Pennsylvania Agriculture, pubs.cas.psu.edu
Description: Guide: Helps people identify crops, farm machinery, buildings that they don't recognize.
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The Toolbox is a joint effort of The Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development (NERCRD)
and Penn State Cooperative Extension in Adams County.
This page was last updated on July 13, 2005.
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