This guide provides information on how to conduct a variety of fuel reduction projects.
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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.
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This guide helps link specific management actions to desired ecosystem services, as management choices have a large impact on which benefits a project will yield. Additional topics covered include oyster reef restoration techniques, socioeconomic outcomes of restoration and multiple case studies.
This report identifies various funding sources that can be used to support stormwater management programs or finance individual projects. This includes financing options for individual projects and larger-scale programs, examples of existing muncipal programs and a resource list to further explain opportunities.
Compilation of resources for grassland and sagebrush restoration practitioners, including a web map for priority sagebrush areas, links to existing projects, and data synthesis on invasive annual grasses.
This document gives an overview of how to use prescribed fire for grassland management in the United States.
This online guide is a hub where planners and practitioners share solutions, best practices, and lessons learned for building resilience, as well as the necessary tools, data and maps, and publications. The guide shares community-authored case studies that provide explicit direction on the best practices and tools to use. Learn more about the collaborative process used to develop the Great Lakes Coastal Resilience Planning Guide.
This short fact sheet explains how green infrastructure can be used to protect coral reefs and lists out tools and resources interested parties can use to explore green infrastructure capabilities.
*Includes: Stormwater Management Model (SWMM), National Stormwater Counter (SMC), Green Infrastructure Wizard (GiWizard), Watershed Management Optimization Tool (WMOST), Visualizing Ecosystems for Land Management Asessment (VELMA) Model, Green Infrastructure Flexible Model (GIFMod), Community-enabled Lifecycle Analysis of Stormwater Infastructure Costs (CLASIC) Tool, and the Integrated Decision Support Tool (i-DST)
This resource guide provides a brief overview of green ifnrastructre interventions before explaining green infrastructure/engineering soutions to 11 infrastructure planning concerns. Each section breaks down specific engineering design options to address the issue, design and siting considerations, monitoring and evaluation resources, and tips on raising awareness and education about the topic issue.
This toolkit provides basic information about green roofs, their benefits, installation considerations, and maintenance needs.
This webpage provides information on how to implement green roofs on historic buildings, specifically within the NPS.
Also developed by NOAA, this guidebook outlines the physical, ecological, and policy considerations that influence a living shoreline creation project. Emphasis is given to the site suitability factors for successful projects.
This webpage includes guides communities can use to support hazard mitigation projects. BMP's for connecting with different demographics (e.g. older adults, faith based communities) and on connecting mitigation to core community pillars like transportation and agriculture are included.
This comprehensive guide covers every aspect of seagrass restoration from project planning to monitoring. The guide also gives a regional breakdown of permitting requirements needed for a project.
This guide provides information on how to thin a ponderosa forest. This includes stocking rate, basal area, and deciding which trees to mark.
This guide is tailored to restoration projects following commercial peat extraction. The authors cover restoration strategies based on the starting condition of the peatland, setting goals for the restored peatland, and the environmental impacts of rewetting peatlands.
Overview webpage outlining funding, restoration techniques, invasive species removal, design considerations, and potential obstacles to restoration. This resource focuses on practical concerns, such as finding contractors and funding opportunities.
This is a step-by-step guide to conducting a prescribed burn from start to finish, with habitat management as the primary goal. It also offers specific technical guidelines.
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.