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RELATED REGIONAL PLANNING INITIATIVES
MetroGreen
MetroGreen is a regional plan for a 1,144-mile interconnected system of public and private open spaces, greenways and trails that is designed to link seven counties in the Kansas City metropolitan area.
Natural Resources Inventory
The Natural Resources Inventory, developed by MARC, is an inventory of digital map data showing valuable natural resource assets and ecological features in the Kansas City region. This data is intended to provide a framework for environmental planning at local and regional levels.
Long-Range Transportation Plan
The Kansas City area's existing Long-Range Transportation Plan, Transportation Outlook 2030 Update, serves as a blueprint for the management of the region's transportation system through the year 2030. MARC is in the process of developing a new Long-Range Transportation Plan, Transportation Oultook 2040.
Missouri River Recovery Program
The mission of the Missouri River Recovery Program is to restore some of the Missouri River ecosystem's natural form and function by concentrating on four areas: habitat creation, flow modifications, science and public involvement.
OTHER LINKS OF INTEREST
Green Highways
The Green Highways Partnership (GHP) is a voluntary, public/private initiative that seeks to incorporate environmental streamlining and stewardship into all aspects of the highway lifecycle through concepts such as integrated planning, regulatory flexibility, and market-based rewards.
Green Instrastructure Wiki
This user-generated site offers links to general information on green infrastructure, including national and international case studies. It also proposes a system for classifying green infrastructure and proposes measures of effectiveness for each.
Missouri Comprehensive Wildlife Strategy
Missouri's Comprehensive Wildlife Strategy promotes management that benefits all wildlife, rather than targeting single species, by outlining a framework of Conservation Opportunity Areas to focus conservation action.
Transportation Planning and the EnvironmentMid-America Regional Council's (MARC) Eco-Logical WebpageFederal Highway Administration's Eco-Logical SiteWetland Banking
AASHTO's Center for Environmental Excellence
AASHTO's Integrating Transportation Planning and NEPA Decision-Making Webcast
FHWA's Vital Few Environmental Goal: Streamlining and StewardshipFHWA Vital Few Goal: Exemplary Ecosystem InitiativesFHWA's Toolkit for Integrating Land Use and Transportation Decision Making
FHWA Vital Few Goal: Integrated Approaches Q&A
Context Sensitive Solutions
GAO briefing to Congress on changes in 2005 SAFETEA-LU regarding planning and the environment
EPA's Mitigation Banking Program (history and current status summary)
EPA Mitigation (main website)
Federal Compensatory Mitigation Regulations 4_10_08Corps Regulatory ProgramNational Mitigation Action Plan
Sample Wetland Banking ProgramsKing County, Washington
State of Michigan
Colorado Wetland BankCarbon Offsets
David Suzuki FoundationGeneral InformationWikipedia - Carbon Offsets
Certification Standards
Chicago Climate ExchangeClean Development Mechanism
Other Reference
Kyoto Protocol
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