This strategy document outlines methods that government agencies can employ to promote open space conservation, including forests.
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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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FVS is a tool commonly used in forestry by land managers. FVS can provide useful insight into how to thin for various goals, especially the Fire and Fuels Extension.
Resource library that provides managers with best practices for managing forests within urban areas as opposed to street trees or landscaped parks.
This guide provides information on how to conduct a variety of fuel reduction projects.
These webinars build knowledge on financing and funding strategies for coastal resilience activities.
This quick reference guide briefly covers different funding and financing options for coastal resilience projects. It covers tax proceeds, fees, grants, public-private partnerships, crowdfunding platforms, voluntary surcharges, loans, state revolving funds, muncipal/local government bonds, environmental impact bonds, green bonds, resilience bonds, and parametric insurance.
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 database is a compilation of literature resources documenting the effectiveness and economics of nature-based solutions and green infrastructure for coastal resilience.
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.
This self-paced training module walks spatial analysts through 6-step process to create a GIS plan that integrates NBS to address coastal flooding issues. It goes from defining your goal to creating a scoring system for prioritizing the best natural features to focus NBS implementation on, and links to resources, checklists, case studies and guidance that can help demystify each step.
*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 guide is an abridged version of a longer guide available by request through NOAA's Office of Coastal Management. It summarizes the most common green infrastructure practices and how they may reduce flood risk, provides planning/implementation considerations, and a helpful chart to estimate an interventions water storage potential and associated costs.
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.