Erosion is a significant issue in arid regions that receive large downpours, a problem this guide seeks to rectify. The authors describe a variety of techniques to retain water, reduce channel incision, and restore buffers.

The author lays out in-depth information about the planning and construction of a vernal pond. The guide provides practical site suitability and budgeting advice to help get projects off the ground.

This resource provides an easy seven-step guide to living shoreline creation projects as well as cost projections, planting guides and permitting considerations. Furthermore, the guide explores hybrid shoreline stabilization methods and recommends techniques based on a property’s characteristics.

Covering all aspects of Phragmites control, this guide recommends a plethora of control and management strategies. Eliminating Phragmites and other invasive species is a major challenge for assisted marsh migration projects.

This library contains a diverse array of resources pertaining to floodplain management, including technical reports and government documents. The library also holds the research of the Flood Science Center, a branch of the ASFPM.

Introduction to principles of bioretention systems (rain gardens, bioswales) and overview of design and construction. Focuses on visual indicators to assess performance and maintenance needs. Also includes visual indicators for other urban stormwater management practices, including permeable pavement and filter strips.

The EPA's Clearinghouse for Environmental Finance offers a trio of catalogues of funding and finance resources and programs for Air, Water and Land improvement. Each clearinghouse includes a navigable directory of resources, and an interactive map that lets users choose their state, tribal land or territory to see what resources/funding programs/financing options are available in their area.

This guide covers the main dune restoration techniques as well as helpful graphics to visualize the restoration process. Additional topics covered include maintenance, conserving shorebird habitat, and managing pedestrian use.

The Conservation Webinar Portal provides live and on-demand webinars on multi-discipline topics by specialists primarily for the East service area states and the Caribbean.

This guide provides information on designing and maintaining green roofs in arid western states. It provides information on when certain types of green roofs are most appropriate and their different benefits.

Covering dune ecology and engineering, this guide gives specific instructions for restoring both front and back dune ecosystems. Additional topics covered include season variability, dune breaches, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) dune standards, and invasive species.

Individualized guidance for each US ecoregion detailing the plants appropriate for pollinator gardens in that region.

EnviroAtlas data and resources can be used to inform a range of projects, from regional to local scales. This easy to use, interactive mapping application does not require any GIS skills to use and provides ready access to 536 map layers likegreen space per capita, mammal species richness or percent developed area and multiple analysis tools. EPA uses this tool for uses like project implementation (e.g. permitting) and designing targeted outreach strategies, but the site includes a repository of diverse ways this tool can be used in advancing all types of environmental work. 

This resource hub includes several links that EPA has backed to help communities implement green stormwater infrastructure projects. These include links to maps, a green infrastructure scorecard tool, planning/design/and implementation tools and guidbeooks, links to funding opportunities, links to climate modeling tools, collaboration guides/support, and a library of resources specific to implementing green stormwater infrastructure to meet Clean Water Act requirements.

This resource explains the differences between constructed and existing firebreaks and how to use them for prescribed burns.

This 2-day course, hosted by Florida Sea Grant, provides an in-depth dive into the design, permitting, implementation, monitoring, and maintenance of living shorelines for various types of property owners.

Resource library that provides managers with best practices for managing forests within urban areas as opposed to street trees or landscaped parks.

This toolkit provides basic information about green roofs, their benefits, installation considerations, and maintenance needs.

This guide gives a framework for designing beach nourishment projects and weighing the trade-offs between different sediment sources. Other topics include estimating the life expectancy and slope adjustment for a project.

This guide encompasses a variety of coral reef damage mitigation strategies, including ways to remediate the impacts of oil spills, dredging, sedimentation, and pollutant-laden stormwater runoff. The guide also contains a comprehensive list of all federal statutes that apply to coral reefs.