Natural Resources/Environment

Agencies and Organizations

• Environmental Protection Agency: Smart Growth
• and Choices
• Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
• Michigan Department of Natural Resources
• Michigan Environmental Council
• The Nature Conservancy: Michigan Chapter

Publications

• Analysis of Initiatives and Best Practices for Regional Green Infrastructure Visioning and Policy Setting
• Community Culture and the Environment: A Guide to Understanding a Sense of Place
• Linking Science and Policy for Urban Nonpoint Source Pollution in the Great Lakes Region
• Status of Planning and Zoning in Michigan's Great Lakes Shoreline Communities
• Urbanization Impacts on Aquatic Resources*

White Papers

• Funder's Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities
  • Biodiversity and Smart Growth: Sprawl Threatens Our Natural Heritage
  • Opportunities for Smarter Growth: Parks, Greenspace, and Land Conservation
• MSU Faculty Perspectives
  • Natural Resource Industry Vitality
  • New Approaches for Managing Natural Resources
  • Water Quality and the Great Lakes
• Public Lands Held and Managed for Natural Resources Values*
• Regional Landscape Ecosystems of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin: A Working Map and Classification
• Relationship of Environmental Regulations to Land Use in Michigan*