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The Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) Eco-Logical Project

lisapool — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:58:17 CDT

THIS WIKI WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE AFTER OCTOBER 2, 2009.
Please see http://www.marc.org/transportation/conservation.htm for information on this project.
Contact Lisa Pool at lpool@marc.org with questions/comments. Thanks for your participation in this project.

Linking Environmental and Transportation Planning

Welcome to the wiki site for the MARC Eco-Logical Project! The purpose of this wiki site is to provide a place for discussion and information exchange. This is a companion site to the project website hosted by MARC at http://www.marc.org/transportation/conservation.htm. There you will find more information on the MARC Eco-Logical project including dates for upcoming workshops and archives of meeting materials.

Background
In early 2008, MARC was awarded funding from the Federal Highway Administration's Eco-Logical grant program, which supports making infrastructure more sensitive to wildlife and ecosystems through greater interagency cooperation and conservation.

Project Purpose
With this grant, MARC will work with the consulting team of Shockey Consulting, LLC, Parsons Brinckerhoff, and Environmental International, Ltd. to:

create a regional green infrastructure mitigation plan,
conduct professional development and community engagement exercises to build a better understanding of Eco-Logical principles and approaches, and
refine an action plan that was initially drafted at the Linking Conservation and Transportation Planning workshop in February 2008.

This work to shape a strategy for better integrating environmental and transportation planning will impact the next update of the Long-Range Transportation Plan, Transportation Outlook 2040, and create a more sustainable regional transportation system.

Would you like to contribute to the site? To make a comment on the site or to start or join an e-mail thread, click on the "join this wiki" icon to become a registered user. If you would like to add content, we encourage your contributions. Simply request to become a writer using the icon on the top left side of the page. Check the To-Do tab for specific requests for feedback and input as the project progresses.

For questions about this site, you can click on the 'help' link at the bottom of this page or contact Beth Quindry, beth@shockeyconsulting.com or 314-497-3126 .

Workshops, Conferences and Webinars

lisapool — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:20:13 CDT

See this link for a copy of an EPA Green Streets Webcast (July '09) http://www.epa.gov/npdes/webcasts/presentations/gi_retofits_o&m.pdf

See this link for more information on an up-coming ICOET (International Conference on the Environment and Transportation) Conference in Minnesota in Sept, '09.
http://www.icoet.net/ICOET2009.asp

Interesting Links

lisapool — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:37:46 CDT

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 Environment
Mid-America Regional Council's (MARC) Eco-Logical Webpage

Federal Highway Administration's Eco-Logical Site
AASHTO's Center for Environmental Excellence
AASHTO's Integrating Transportation Planning and NEPA Decision-Making Webcast
FHWA's Vital Few Environmental Goal: Streamlining and Stewardship
FHWA Vital Few Goal: Exemplary Ecosystem Initiatives
FHWA Vital Few Goal: Integrated Approaches Q&A
FHWA's Toolkit for Integrating Land Use and Transportation Decision Making
Context Sensitive Solutions
GAO briefing to Congress on changes in 2005 SAFETEA-LU regarding planning and the environment

Wetland Banking

EPA's Mitigation Banking Program (history and current status summary)
EPA Mitigation (main website)
Federal Compensatory Mitigation Regulations 4_10_08

Corps Regulatory Program

National Mitigation Action Plan

Sample Wetland Banking Programs
King County, Washington
State of Michigan
Colorado Wetland Bank

Carbon Offsets

General Information
Wikipedia - Carbon Offsets
David Suzuki Foundation

Certification Standards
Chicago Climate Exchange
Clean Development Mechanism

Other Reference
Kyoto Protocol

Contacts

MARCecological — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:45:19 CDT

For questions or comments about this site or the MARC Eco-Logical project, please contact any of the following individuals:

Tom Gerand, Mid-America Regional Council
tgerend@marc.org
816.701.8303 office

Lisa Pool, Mid-America Regional Council
lpool@marc.org
816.701.8338 office

Sheila Shockey, Shockey Consulting LLC
sheila@shockeyconsulting.com
913.515.4365 cell
913.248.9585 office

Carla Dods, Shockey Consulting LLC
carla@shockeyconsulting.com
816.716.3402 cell

Action Plan Advisory Committee: August 26, 2008

bquindry — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 14:38:51 CDT

At this meeting, the Committee discussed the template for best practices interviews. As follow up to the meeting Committee members were asked to comment on the template and to contribute to the list of contacts to be interviewed.

Best Practices Research

bquindry — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:59:19 CDT

Best Practices in Linking Environmental and Transportation Planning

Best Practices in Mitigation

Mitigation

bquindry — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:56:16 CDT

There is no abstract available for this page revision.

Linking

bquindry — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:55:52 CDT

There is no abstract available for this page revision.

Action Plan: Current Version

bquindry — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:41:34 CDT

There is no abstract available for this page revision.

Action Plan Advisory Committee: August 1, 2008

bquindry — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:33:01 CDT

In addition to the documents attached below, the following were made available from the Long-Range Transportation Plan:

Environmental Integration in Transportation

Roadway Capacity Project Evaluation Process