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Buffers for Wetlands and Surface Waters: A Guidebook for New Hampshire Municipalities
Chase, V. P., Deming, L. S., Latawiec, F. 1997. Buffers for Wetlands and Surface Waters: A Guidebook for New Hampshire Municipalities. Audubon Society of New Hampshire, Concord, NH. manual, wetlands, zoning, Vegetation, Buffer https://www.nh.gov/osi/planning/resources/documents/buffers.pdf This guidebook aims to assist municipalities by providing scientific reasoning for the importance of naturally vegetated buffers adjacent to wetlands and surface waters. It also aims to provide guidance on the various means of protecting wetland and surface water buffers.
Wetland Buffers: Use and Effectiveness
Wetlands and Urbanization, Implications for the Future: Final Report of the Puget Sound Wetlands and Stormwater Management Research Program
A New Mapping Standard: National Wetlands Newsletter
Awl, J., Christie, J., Heber, M., Wilen, B. 2009. A New Mapping Standard: National Wetlands Newsletter. Association of State Wetland Managers, Washington, DC. Volume 31, Number 5. 10-11 Management, wetlands, GIS https://www.aswm.org/pdf_lib/christie_mapping.pdf This document outlines the new national standards for wetlands mapping as approved by the Federal Geographic Data Committee.
Water and Growth: Toward a Stronger Connection between Water Supply and Land Use in Southeastern Pennsylvania
10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania, Inc. 2007. Water and Growth: Toward a Stronger Connection between Water Supply and Land Use in Southeastern Pennsylvania. 10,000 Friends of Pennsylvania, Inc., Harrisburg, PA.
Assessment, development, policy, urban, water supply, Land Use
http://10000friends.org/water-and-growth
By examining water supply infrastructure, this study aims to examine state investment policies regarding land use and development in order to solidify policy recommendations.
Protecting the Source: Land Conservation and the Future of America’s Drinking Water
Guidelines for Developing and Evaluating Tree Ordinances
A new approach in measuring rainfall interception by urban trees in coastal British Columbia
Asadian, Y., Weiler, M. 2009. A new approach in measuring rainfall interception by urban trees in coastal British Columbia. Water Quality Research Journal of Canada. Volume 44, Number 1. Pages 16-23 forest, urban, Stormwater, Green Infrastructure, Trees, Rainfall, Interception This study assessed the efficacy of two different tree species (Douglas-fir and western red cedar) at incercepting rainfall by collecting and analyzing throughfall.
Rainfall interception in an urban environment
Asadian, Y. 2010. Rainfall interception in an urban environment. The University of British Columbia. forest, Practice, runoff, stormflow, urban, Green Infrastructure, Trees, Rainfall, Interception This Master’s thesis aims to outline the importance of urban trees in stormwater management. Asadian (2010) measured throughfall under 54 urban trees and analyzed the rainfall interception of the various species.