This site includes a series of tools users can employ to address climate change adaptation issues in response to air quality, water management, waste management and emergency response, public health, and adaption planning considerations. These span from knowledge documents, land use planning tools, storm surge freqeuncy maps, to flood resiliency checklists.
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Nature-Based Solutions Tools Search
This database contains over 400 tools and resources that can help guide practitioners at various stages of the nature-based solutions project cycle. Use the filters to identify the tools and resources most useful to you.
You can filter the full list by the habitat type you’re working in, the nature-based solutions strategy you want to use, the project phase you are looking for help with, or the type of tool/resource you’re looking for.
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
This webpage links to several tools useful for water reuse and recycling projects, including guidelines for water reuse regulations by state, examples of potential water reuse applications in conservation or management plans, discussions of enhanced aquifer recharge applciations, and more.
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Rutgers University
Four-day online course on planning, designing, and constructing a functional wetland.
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Cities of Service, AmeriCorps
This short write-up summarizes take-home lessons for planning effective engagement practices for urban resilience programs.
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United States Department of Transportation (USDOT); Federal Highway Administration
This guide provides details on placement and selection of appropriate types of WRCS.
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United States Department of Transportation (USDOT); Federal Highway Administration; Montana Department of Transportation
This report reviews 39 mitigation measures that help reduce wildlife–vehicle collisions and provide habitat connectivity for wildlife crossings. The guide is focused on structures for large terrestrial mammals.
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