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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.

The tools and resources shown here were gathered through a robust search of both federal and non-federal sources. We recognize that this library will never be completely comprehensive, but if you know of an important missing tool or resource, please email nesp@duke.edu.

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This guide provides recommendations for various fuel treatments within ponderosa pine forests. It includes social, political, economic, and ecological factors regarding fuel treatments.

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This guide provides information on how to implement smaller green roofs.

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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.

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Focusing on site selection, this guide helps managers use landscape Analysis Toolsto determine the best sites for stream restoration based on social, environmental, and economic metrics. The authors also discuss the regulatory hurdles involved in stream restoration as well as non-regulatory markets for ecosystem services.

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This guide provides information on different silvicultural treatments used to create and manage fire-resistant forests.

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This document provides best management practices for land managers to prevent the introduction and spread of invasive species.

This guidebook provides information on how to prevent invasive species establishment, maintain native forests, and eradicate invasive species in southern forests.

This guidebook helps restoration managers choose suitable sites for restoration and develop effective restoration strategies. The authors put an emphasis on matching the applicable restoration strategies with an appropriate site for that strategy.

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This document provides information on integrated pest management principles and focal landscapes for the different federal agencies.

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Spatially explicit sagebrush conservation plan to identify priority areas for collaborative conservation.

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Developed by the Interagency Workgroup on Wetland Restoration, this guidebook provides information on restoration project planning, implementation, and monitoring.

Coastal communities increasingly realize the need for adaptation strategies, but many are unsure where to begin. Attend this course to gain a thorough grounding and practical skills for incorporating adaptation strategies into planning processes. Time in class is provided to practice applying what you’ve learned, and opportunities for local collaboration and next steps are emphasized through discussion, participant activities, and local speakers and examples.

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Developed for stormwater and floodplain managers, as well as land use planners, this interactive website incorporates tools and methods to derive critical coastal water-level thresholds, as well as assess the potential impacts of exceeding those thresholds on stormwater infrastructure. Managers can take various actions to address the issue, and this guide introduces planning, policy, on-the-ground, and funding options.

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This toolkit lists several resources and tools that can be used to assess and prevent damages due to post fire flooding and related events.

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This storymap catalogues the Alabama Barrier Island Restoration Assessment whichaimed to investigate viable options for the restoration of Dauphin Island following damage incurred after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. It summarizes the needs assessment, baseline assessment, benefit modeling, and solutions approaches used. This storymap could serve as a helpful tool for planning understanding how similar initatives could be undertaken.

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This site hosts applciation support materials for the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program to reduce barriers to applicaiton. Each support document provides detailed information on how to submit/complete applications for funding based on the 13 most common project types.

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The plan outlines government agency strategies to address invasive and nuisance aquatic species.

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