Geography, Wetlands, & City Planning Reference Guide

Dan's Planning & Environmental Links

Complement a University of Washington Geography degree with an Environmental Studies, Urban Planning, Forestry, or Oceanography as a minor. Wonder what Geographers do? For disaster info, see the WA Emergency Management Agency. For a cool screensaver, visit Webshots. Visit Google or Dogpile search engines. Here's every Federal Government agency and research info. Check WADF&W for fishing & hunting Weekender reports or go to XTide to plan your saltwater adventures. Explore Hubble Space Telescope photos. Understand various Map projections. Find money conversion rates for your a vacation. Here's a great local WA State Real Estate site. How about links to MSN - YAHOO - Gmail to set up an email account. My latest adventure pictures #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Enjoy!

WA State - Counties - Cities - RCW's & WAC's - Ecology - Maps

King County - Schools/Misc Govt - Reports

Pierce County - Pierce County PALS - Assessor's Office - Pierce County Plat Maps

University Place

Thurston County - County Code - Tenino - Rainier

Planning& Policy Items of Interest

American Planning Association - Mainstay for Planners

Association of WA Cities - Seminars, Classes, Jobs

City Manager Form of Government

Noxious Weeds - All the info you need to rid your property of problem weeds

NTA, Inc. - Planning & Building On-Line Library Links

Park Planning

Planning Commissioner's Website - If you are a Planning Commissioner, this site offers great resource material

Planning & Community Development - MR&SC Planning Resource Sites

Smart Growth Network - Information about Urban issues

Sustainable Communities Network - Linking Citizens to Communities

Urban & Regional Information Systems Association

WA Research Council - Independent information for the public and local government

Evergreen Freedom Foundation - Providing private oversight of Washington legislative issues

The Heritage Foundation - Conservative policy research organization

Environmental

Environmental News Network - Great archive section

Pacific Northwest Fish Facts - Online Data, Maps, & Library

Environment & Natural Resources - MR&SC Resource Sites

WA Community Forestry Council - Links to Urban & Community Forests

Salmon Information Center - Current information regarding Salmon recovery and the 4(d) rule

USGS - National Water Quality Assessment Program - Great intuitive mapping programs regarding water quality

Puget Sound Water Quality Action Team - To restore & protect the bio-health & diversity of Puget Sound

Stormwater Management Manual for Western WA - Product of Ecology

Geography/GIS

Geography Employment Resources - Geography job links

DEM - Great site with information and data for Digital Elevation Modeling

WSDOT GIS Infrastructure Management - Links to every WA city/county agency using GIS

Total Geography - Look no farther for geography information

Other Links

Library of Congress Maps - Interesting maps

The Business Examiner Newsletter - To keep current with business

Total Reference Library - If you can't find it here, give up!

Wetland Web Links

Wetland Link Word Document - Very complete wetland link site with Nationwide Permit Regulation for Seattle Region

Society of Wetland Scientists

Technical & Biological Links

Botanical Epithets - Check here if you're looking for the meaning of a plant name

National Wetland Inventory

Nature Conservancy

WA State Wetland Delineation Manual - Pub #96-94

Analytical Software

CITYGreen - Analyze carbon sequestration, stormwater detention, air quality, and habitat potential of trees

ERDAS Imaging - Coupled with ESRI products, satellite imaging can be more than a photo from space

ESRI - Leader in Mapping Software

Web Mapping Made Easy - Convert your GIS View into HTML for interactive web based mapping

Haestaad Methods - Hydraulics & Hydrology analysis for Storm, Waste, Delivery, and Detention water systems

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(enter a common or a botanical name)

Include all records Only records with images
Only records with vendor links Only records of botanical taxa

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Wetland Web links by subject

Subjects	Links
Wetland Stuff	Wetlands Management Handbook. Sprecher & Schneider. 2000. Corps WES. Restoration, Creation, and Recovery of Wetlands. Wetland Functions, Values, and Assessment. National Water Summary on Wetland Resources, United States Geological Survey Water Supply Paper 2425. Richard P. Novitzki, R. Daniel Smith, and Judy D. Fretwell. Wetlands Engineering Handbook. (Corps WES 2000). USDA Wetlands Reserve Program Association of State Wetland Managers
Monitoring	Wetland Monitoring Project Thurston County’s volunteer . Links to slide shows of wetland plants, birds, amphibians, amphibian egg masses, etc.—Wonderful, wonderful pictures.
Amphibians	Amphibian declines and deformities North American Amphibian monitoring program Amphibian ID
Bioassessment	Biological Assessment of Wetlands Workgroup (BAWWG)
Bioengineering	Guidelines for Bank Stabilization Projects (in the Riverine Environments of King County) Soil Bioengineering
Digital photos	University of Michigan’s Museum of Zoology (pictures of insect larvae and many other critters)…and their Animal Diversity Web. (get 3-D pictures of beaver and nutria skulls).
Hydric Soils	Field Indicators of Hydric Soils Hydric Soils Technical Notes (proper use of hydric soil terminology; use of alpha-alpha, etc.) Keys to Soil Taxonomy Hydric Soils of the U.S. Soils of Washington NRCS Wetland Science Training Institute training materials on soil taxonomy, redoximorphic features, field indicators, and hydric soil terminology. Includes pdf and PowerPoint format
Hydrology	Washington Climate Summaries Real-time precipitation and temp data
Invertebrates	Dragonflies Freshwater Invertebrate Field Guide Aquatic Macro invertebrate Identification Key Aquatic Macro invertebrate Monitoring Program (Xerces Society)
Isolated wetlands	ASWM, Isolated Wetlands Bibliography
Lakes and Bulkheads	A Summary of the Effects of Bulkheads, Piers, and Other Artificial Structures and Shorezone Development on ESA-listed Salmonids in Lakes. Kahler, Grassley and Beauchamp. 2000. Summary - King County.
Legal Links	FindLaw (Starts you in State of Washington) Municipal Research Services Center City and County codes and some SMP's.
Libraries	University of Washington Washington State Library
Mitigation Banking	WA Wetland Mitigation Banking Oregon wetland mitigation banking guidebook Wetland Mitigation Banking Study Environmental Law Institute under "reports & tools" tab.
Training	Watershed Ecology module Stream Corridor Structure module List of training modules Society of Wetland Scientists Wetland Training Institute, Inc. Richard Chin Environmental Training, Inc.
Pesticides, Biocontrol	Biopesticides
Regulatory Links	Corps of Engineers Nationwide Permits
Riparian Areas, Buffers	Functions and Values of Riparian Areas Fact Sheets Riparian Areas: Functions and Strategies for Management National Research Council. 2002. . Committee on Riparian Zone Functioning and Strategies for Management, Water Science and Technology Board, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Chapters include: Structure and functioning of riparian areas; human alterations of riparian areas; existing legal strategies for riparian area protection; and management of riparian areas.
Salmon Ecology, Habitat, Recovery, etc.	Essential Fish Habitat at NMFS or PSMF (description and identification of essential fish habitat, adverse impacts and recommended conservation measures for salmon). Stream Corridor Restoration: Principles, Processes, and Practices Anadromous Fish Life History Profiles Includes nice color images of male and female fish at spawning.
Stormwater	Also includes 800 page "The Practice of Watershed Protection", a reference compilation of the past seven years of articles and technical notes from Watershed Protection Techniques. Urbanization and Streams: Studies of Hydrologic Impacts King County Report: Wetlands and Urbanization: Implications for the Future
Tides	WA Tide Data
Water Quality, Pesticides	Lethal Lawns: Diazinon Use Threatens Salmon Pesticide Action Network Pesticide Database
Web-based Mapping	US Wetlands Interactive Mapper
Wetland Delineation	Corps 1987 delineation manual, on-line version Wetland Science Institute Training Materials
Wetland Functions & Values	The Value of Wetlands
Wetland Hydrology	Establishing Proper Hydrologic Conditions. Wetland Engineering Handbook (go to Section 5).
Wetland Mitigation, Restoration	Guidelines for Developing Freshwater Wetlands Mitigation Plans and Proposals. Washington Department of Ecology. 1994. Success Standards for Wetland Mitigation Projects – a Guideline. WSDOT, updated 4/2/08. Mitigation Tools for Special Circumstances: Preservation of High Quality Wetlands. WSDOT, 1999. State of Washington Alternative Mitigation Policy Guidance for Aquatic Permitting Requirements Ecology and Fish and Wildlife. 2000. Examples of Performance Standards for Wetland Creation and Restoration in Section 404 Permits and an Approach to Developing Performance Standards Wetland Restoration Bibliography
Wetland Plants, Botany	Field Guide to Selected Rare Plants of Washington Click on the "Alphabetical List" button at the top of the page to go to a listing of rare plants. From there you can click on photos, illustrations, and distribution maps for the listed species. Western Wetland Flora Invasive non-native freshwater plants Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants, University of Florida Includes link to excellent APIRS database, with over 53,000 references.
Wetlands & Stormwater	Wetlands and Urbanization: Implications for the Future. Azous, A. & R. Horner (eds.) 1999.
Wildlife	Introduction to non-lethal beaver management (for culverts and other surface water features) Priority Habitats & Species