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AWARE Community Awareness Review Sheet (PDF)

AWARE Model Ordinance List (PDF)

New! National Management Measures to Control Nonpoint Source Pollution from Urban Areas (U.S. EPA)

New! Parking Spaces / Community Places: Finding the Balance Through Smart Growth Solutions (U.S. EPA)

New! Protecting Water Resources with Higher-Density Development (U.S. EPA)

New! Using Smart Growth Techniques as Stormwater Best Management Practices (U.S. EPA)


A Source Book on Natural Landscaping for Public Officials

Addressing Imperviousness in Plans, Site Design and Land Use Regulations (PDF)

Articles from "The Practice of Watershed Protection"

Brake Pad Partnership Technical Reference Library

Calculating the Value of Boulder's Urban Forest

Colorado Phase II Municipal Guidance (PDF)

Columbus, Ohio, Stormwater Regulations

Conservation Easement Handbook

Denver Water Quality Management Plan 2004

Down the Drain: The Impact of Sprawl on Colorado’s Water Supply (PDF)

Effects of Urbanization on Stream Ecosystems (PDF)

Field Evaluation of Permeable Pavements for Stormwater Management

Getting in Step with Phase II: A Workshop for Stormwater Program Managers

GIS Mapping Links Open Space and Water Resource Protection

Low Impact Development: A Literature Review (PDF)

Measuring Sprawl and Its Impact (PDF)

Natural Approaches to Stormwater Management

Northern Mountain and Prairie Community Tree Guide: Benefits, Costs and Strategic Planting

Online Land Use Decisionmaking Tool

"Open Space" Zoning: What It Is & Why It Works

Paving Our Way to Water Shortages: How Sprawl Aggravates the Effects of Drought

Promoting Stormwater Infiltration With Mountain Construction and Post Construction BMPs

Regional Ecosystem Analysis for Metropolitan Denver and Cities of the Northern Front Range

Smart Growth for Clean Water

Source Water Stewardship: A Guide to Protecting and Restoring your Drinking Water (PDF)

Stratham, New Hampshire, Aquifer Protection District

The Right BMPs? (PDF)

Trees, Parking and Green Law: Strategies for Sustainability (PDF)

Urban Drainage and Flood Control District, Best Management Practices, Volume 3

Urban Small Sites Best Management Practice Manual

Urban Sprawl: The Big Picture

U.S. Geological Survey - Colorado Front Range Infrastructure Resources Project

Water-Efficient Landscape Design - Colorado Department of Local Affairs, Office of Smart Growth (PDF)

Water Quality and Nonpoint Sources in Urban Watersheds