Plans, Reports, and Studies:
Environmental Planning Links

Local/Regional Resources

• New River Valley Planning District Commission

State Environmental Resources

• Comprehensive Plans & Ordinances
• Virginia Water Resources Research Center (Virginia Tech)
• Virginia Cooperative Extension (Some useful materials on riparian protection)
• Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
• Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
• Code of Virginia
  • Title 62.1 Waters of the State, Ports and Harbors
  • Title 10.1 Conservation
  • Title 3.1 Agriculture
  • Title 15.2 Counties, Cities and Towns

Federal Environmental Resources

• USGS--Water Resources of Virginia
  • Streamflow data: Roanoke River at Lafayette
  • Montgomery County: Groundwater Levels: Annual Report, 2001
  • National Water Summary
  • National Atlas
• Environmental Protection Agency
  • Watershed Information Network
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• United States Department of Agriculture
  • Natural Resources Conservation Service
• National Weather Service

• Virginia Conservation: Preserving Virginia's Heritage: Approaches for Protecting Open Space
• Henrico County, Planning Department: 2015 Update of the Parks, Recreation, and Open Space Plan
• City of Fairfax: Open Space Citizens' Advisory Committee Report on the Acquisition of Open Space
• The Northern Virginia Conservation Trust
• Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation: Recreation planning, land management--the local connection.
• Sierra Club--Open Space Protection--1999 Sprawl Report
• Virginia Conservation Network
• Virginia Preservation: Saving Virginia's Special Lands (Report)
• Smart Growth Online: Principles of Smart Growth

Community Indicator Projects & Resources

• Redefining Progress
• The New Century Council
  • Environment Chapter
• US Department of Health & Human Services: Community Level Indicators
• Environmental Protection Agency & Virginia Tech: Check Your Success--A Community Guide to Developing Indicators
• Thomas Jefferson Sustainability Council (TJPDC): Indicators of Sustainability Report
• Interagency Working Group on Sustainable Development Indicators