Written by a distinguished team of stream experts, this guide covers different stream design processes and channel configurations. Additional topics covered include permitting, stream hydrology, and impacts on sediment.
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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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Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
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Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), General Services Administration (GSA)
This document provides useful information for landscape designers, cpntracting officers, etc. whose pollinator projects must comply with the design and maintenance requirements of the National Pollinator Health Strategy.
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Green Infrastructure Center and United States Forest Service (USFS)
Provides guidance on implementing urban tree planting projects from start to finish.
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Vibrant Cities Lab (United States Forest Service (USFS) American Forests and the National Association of Regional Councils)
Provides a more user-friendly adaptation of The Sustainable Urban Forest: A Step-by-Step Approach (Leff 2016). This is a full-service resource for all the guides, case studies, and research needed for an urban forestry project.
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Center for Watershed Protection
This manual helps managers determine the tree planting specifications for an urban reforestation project.
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United States Department of Interior (DOI)
This resource provides information on training opportunities within the DOI to inform invasive species management.
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