Great Lakes Shoreviewer

The Great Lakes Shoreviewer is a risk assessment and climate adaptation planning tool. It provides stunning, oblique-angle color photography plus multiple layers of additional analysis...

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AquaCrop-OS

AquaCrop-OS is a free, open-source version of AquaCrop, a crop water productivity model developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. AquaCrop-OS...

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ESRI Green Infrastructure Map

This online mapping resources displays actual green spaces and natural areas nationwide. This is not a map of green infrastructure management practices. The site includes...

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Rainwater Rewards Calculator

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This green infrastructure benefits calculator is available within the Grand Rapids area. The tool was developed by West Michigan Environmental Action Council (WMEAC), Grand Valley...

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SoilWeb

This online mapping tool displays soils information derived from the U.S.Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) SSURGO database. The map is available...

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FishWerks

This tool allows users to view barriers to fish movement across the Great Lakes Basin. Users can also evaluate the impact removing barriers may have...

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Lake Observer

This is a crowdsourcing mobile app for collecting and sharing water quality data. It was developed by members of the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network...

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Water Footprint

The site helps you determine your water footprint or the amount of water you use in and around your home throughout the day. It includes...

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Useful to Useable (U2U)

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Weather and climate patterns are a driving force behind the success or failure of Corn Belt cropping systems. Useful to Usable (U2U) is an integrated...

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US Climate Resilience Toolkit

The Climate Resilience Toolkit provides resources and a framework for understanding and addressing the climate issues that impact people and their communities. Tools are available...

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H2O University

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Developed by the Southern Nevada Water Authority, and includes information, games, and activities tailored for various K-12 grade levels.

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Yard Map

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The YardMap Network is a citizen science project designed to cultivate a richer understanding of bird habitat, for both professional scientists and people concerned with...

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Vital Signs

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Anyone with an interest in learning and contributing to scientific research is invited to join the Vital Signs community. We are a mix of students,...

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TNC Climate Wizard

ClimateWizard enables technical and non-technical audiences alike to access leading climate change information and visualize the impacts anywhere on Earth. The first generation of this...

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Green Infrastructure Center

The Green Infrastructure Center, Inc. (GIC) was formed in 2006 to help local governments, communities, and regional planning organizations, land trusts and developers evaluate their...

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ParkScore

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ParkScore is the most comprehensive rating system ever developed to measure how well the 60 largest U.S. cities are meeting the need for parks. Using...

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LandVote

Across the country, dozens of state and local governments each year vote to raise public funds in support of land conservation. The Trust For Public...

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Visual Plumes

The Visual Plumes model system is a Windows-based software application for simulating surface water jets and plumes. It also assists in the preparation of mixing...

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NOAA’s Digital Coast

This NOAA-sponsored website is focused on helping communities address coastal issues. The Digital Coast provides coastal data from reputable sources and the all-important tools, training,...

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Virtual Beach

Virtual Beach version 3.0 (VB3.0) has been added to the CEAM site. Virtual Beach facilitates the development of statistical models of pathogen indicator levels at...

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National Tree Benefit Calculator

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The Tree Benefit Calculator allows anyone to make a simple estimation of the benefits individual street-side trees provide. This tool is based on i-Tree’s street...

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PhillyTreeMap

PhillyTreeMap is a web-based map database of trees in the greater 13-county, 3-state Philadelphia region.

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Stormwater Management Model (SWMM)

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EPA's Stormwater Management Model (SWMM) is used throughout the world for planning, analysis and design related to stormwater runoff, combined and sanitary sewers, and other...

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Swim Guide

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Swim Guide is built and powered by Waterkeepers to connect you to beaches and swimming holes everywhere. Discover a wide variety of beaches, ranging from...

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Green Infrastructure

Green infrastructure can be considered a conceptual framework for understanding the 'valuable services nature provides the human environment.' At the national or regional level, interconnected...

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Smart Growth On-line

In 1996, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency joined with several non-profit and government organizations to form the Smart Growth Network (SGN). The Network was formed...

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EPA Smart Growth

EPA's portal to Smart Growth. Includes basic information, publications, funding sources, guides, news, and webinars about smart growth.

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STAR Communities

STAR Communities helps cities and counties achieve meaningful sustainability through the first national framework for local community efforts. Incorporated in Washington, DC in April 2012,...

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Green Map

“For all people ready to participate in creating a healthy, sustainable and just world, Green Map System offers a direct pathway to the significant ecological,...

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Green Values® Stormwater Toolbox

"The Green Values® Stormwater Toolbox was originally developed primarily for use by planners, engineers and other municipal staff. As a result, we’ve tried to err...

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H2O Capture

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A well-designed site that provides information on water conservation practices, news, calculators, maps, and planning, with a focus on the Milwaukee, WI region. However, the...

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iNaturalist

“iNaturalist.org is a place where you can record what you see in nature, meet other nature lovers, and learn about the natural world. From hikers...

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SciStarter

SciStarter will bring together the millions of citizen scientists in the world; the thousands of potential projects offered by researchers, organizations, and companies; and the...

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Go Zero Program

The Conservation Fund’s Go Zero program works with individuals, companies and foundations to address climate change and habitat loss by protecting and restoring America’s forests....

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EnviroAtlas

EnviroAtlas is a collection of interactive tools and resources that allows users to explore the many benefits people receive from nature, often referred to as...

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Lake Level Viewer

This tool helps users visualize lake level changes that range from six feet above to six feet below historical long-term average water levels in the...

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Bikeability Checklist

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This is a checklist to evaluate the bike-friendliness of a community. It also provides recommendations to help improve your community's score.

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EPA Flood Resilience Checklist

This checklist includes overall strategies to improve flood resilience as well as specific strategies to conserve land and discourage development in river corridors; to protect...

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Community Resource Inventory Online

This website supports the NEMO (Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials) workshop titled “Conducting a Community Resource Inventory”. In order to effectively plan for your community's...

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Sustainable Cities Institute

The National League of Cities' Sustainable Cities Institute provides cities and sustainability professionals with timely, vetted, and practical resources to identify and implement solutions to...

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Conservation Almanac

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The Conservation Almanac is a web-based resource of conservation spending and statistics. On this site you can discover, analyze, and map the results of federal,...

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EPA Water Sense

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This tool provides consumers with information about how to save water, including specific products that are certified by the tool. It also encourages innovation in...

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Creek Watch

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Creek Watch is an iPhone application that enables you to help monitor the health of your local watershed. Whenever you pass by a waterway, spend...

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Environmental Education for Kids!

A resource from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources that is designed to engage and educate children about various environmental topics. This website also provides...

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Finger Lakes Climate Fund

The Finger Lakes Climate Fund works to promote energy efficiency projects in the Finger Lakes area while strengthening our regional economy and assisting local families...

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RUSLE Online Tool

Online Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation tool. This tool helps to run RUSLE through input forms and quickly view results.

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Great Lakes FieldScope

Michigan Sea Grant has partnered with National Geographic and the USGS Great Lakes Science Center on the development of Great Lakes FieldScope. This web-based mapping...

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National Stormwater Calculator

EPA’s National Stormwater Calculator is a desktop application that estimates the annual amount of rainwater and frequency of runoff from a specific site anywhere in...

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CrowdHydrology

CrowdHydrology is an experiment currently being run by Dr. Chris Lowry at the University at Buffalo Department of Geology and Dr. Mike Fienen at the...

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Green Michigan

This web portal features Tips, How To's, Case Studies and FAQ related to "Green" activities in Michigan. Transportation, Energy Savings, Garden/Landscape, Recycle/Repurpose, Parks/Recreation and Sustainability....

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HIT (High Impact Targeting)

Allows users to prioritize erosion and sediment reduction conservation efforts at watershed scales and field scales. Users can also download maps of erosion and sedimentation...

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i-Tree

i-Tree is a state-of-the-art, peer-reviewed software suite from the USDA Forest Service that provides urban forestry analysis and benefits assessment tools. The i-Tree Tools help...

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eWatershed

The eWatershed (formely ELUCID) tool uses data and modeling results from multiple sources to support natural resource conservation. The common scenarios addressed in the program...

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