Regional Blue & Green Intrastructure Planning

Green Infrastructure

pdf2009 GWRC Green Infrastructure and Conservation Corridors Maps

 

pdfIntroduction to Green Infrastructure Planning

Discusses green infrastructure and its importance to communities, and goes through the process of developing green infrastructure maps for the George Washington Region and the final green corridor maps.

 

pdfUrban Ecosystem Analysis for the George Washington Region (PD 16)

 

pdfEstimating Impervious Surface Area: A Compariative Assessment of CITY green and NOAA's Impervious Surface Analysis Tool (ISAT) Methodologies

 

"Green Infrastructure: Smart Conservation for the 21st Century

Benedict, Mark A. and McMahon, Edward T., Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse Monograph Series

 

 

Land Conservation Easements Program Information

Virginia Department of Forestry - Conserving Forest Land

 

Virginia Department of Conservation & Recreation - Land Conservation

 

The Nature Conservancy - Where We Work

 

The Conservation Fund - Strategic Conversion

 

 

Planning Tools (Transfer & Purchase of Development Rights)

pdfManaging Growth and Development in Virginia: A Review of the Tools Available to Localities

 

 

Impaired Waters Maps

George Washington Region Impaired Waters Map
Caroline County Impaired Waters Map
   
Fredericksburg Impaired Waters Map
King George County Impaired Waters Map
   
Spotsylvania County Impaired Waters Map
Stafford County Impaired Waters Map

 

* Prepared by the George Washington Regional Commission using Virginia Department of Environmental Quality information.

 

Regional Land Cover Change

pdf2009 Analysis Report for the George Washington Region

 

pdf2006 Analysis Report for the George Washington Region

 

pdf2001 Analysis Report for the George Washington Region

 

pdf1996 Analysis Report for the George Washington Region

 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

"This project was funded, in part, by the Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program at the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality through Grant # NA09NOS419 of the U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended.

Virginia Coastal Zone Management Program