Links

Green Infrastructure Background

• Arizona State University: 2000 APA National Planning Conference: Seven Principles of Green Infrastructure - A working definition and principles of green infrastructure developed of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Defenders of Wildlife: Integrating Land Use Planning and Biodiversity
• GreenInfrastructure.net: Green infrastructure web site sponsored by the Conservation Fund and the USDA Forest Service
• Michigan State University: Why Plan Green?
• National Governors Association Center for Best Practices: Growth Tool Kit: Create Corridors of Open Space for Natural Habitats and Recreation
• Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse: Green Infrastructure: Smart Conservation for the 21st Century - Report by Mark Benedict and Edward McMahon

Background on Related Issues

• Biodiversity Partnership: Policy and Funding
• Community Open Space Partnership: The Economics of Parks and Open Spaces: Harnessing the Proximity Effect for Smart Growth
• Heinz Center: The State of the Nation’s Ecosystems
• Maryland Department of Natural Resource: Green Infrastructure and Strategic Forests
• Trust for Public Land:
  • Building Green Infrastructure: Land Conservation as a Watershed Protection Strategy
  • Economic Benefits of Parks and Open Space
• University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics: Biodiversity Bibliography: Ecology, Economics and Policy
• Wildlands Project: Rewilding and Biodiversity: Complementary Goals for Continental Conservation - Article by Michael Soulé and Reed Noss

Green Infrastructure Organizations

• Conservation Fund: Green Infrastructure
• Nature Conservancy: Conservation by Design: Our Approach - Ecoregional conservation approach
• Partnerships Beyond Public Lands
• Trust for Public Land: Greenprinting: Land Conservation as a Smart Growth Strategy

State and Regional Green Infrastructure Programs

• Chicago Wilderness
• Crozet OnLine.com: Vision Statement - Green infrastructure master plan for Crozet, Virginia
• Georgia Department of Natural Resources: Community Greenspace Program
• Maryland Department of Natural Resources: GreenPrintProgram
• Minnesota Department of Natural Resources: Metro Greenways program
• University of Florida: GeoPlan: Florida’s Statewide Greenways Planning Project