Making Your Community Forest-Friendly: A Worksheet for Review of Municipal Codes and Ordinances
This worksheet was designed to help communities review and revise their development regulations, so that future projects conserve and protect…
DC’s Green Design Manual for Public Spaces
This comprehensive manual summarizes regulations and specifications for design elements of public spaces. Places high emphasis on multi-benefit planning and…
Green Infrastructure for Los Angeles
Addressing Urban Runoff and Water Supply Through Low Impact Development
Low Impact Development Guide for Puget Sound
Provides stormwater managers and site designers with a common understanding of LID goals, objectives, specifications for individual practices, and flow…
Types of Green Infrastructure Used in New York City
Comprehensive list of green infrastructure solutions suitable for densely populated communities.
Georgia Stormwater Management Manual.
Recent revisions emphasize protecting and enhancing trees and forests.
Virginia StormwaterManagement Handbook.
Another comprehensive tool useful in smaller communities.
Urban density leaves little room for trees. Is there a good solution?
A Comparative Analysis of Conventional and Stormwater Street Tree Pits for Stormwater Management in Urban Environments.
Tree Trench Factsheet.
This factsheet describes tree trenches and includes photos and graphics. Other useful information includes benefits and limitations of use, maintenance…
Tree Trenches Can Reduce Runoff from Sidewalks.
Information and additional resources are provided for the low-impact development technique of using tree trenches in sidewalk design projects.
Tools and Resources for Building Trees into a Stormwater program.
Green Streets Give Back Much More than a “Nice” place to Drive
Design Specifications and Drawings Templates for Green Streets.
NY’s Million Trees are Going to Work
The City's green infrastructure plan will cut stormwater flow, improve neighborhoods, and save money.
Comprehensive Stormwater Management Handbook from Virginia.
Guidelines for Maintaining Trees in GI Projects.
Focus on tree maintenance in the Great Lakes region.
Construction Design Specs for Tree BMP’s.
Guide to Monitoring Tree BMPs.
Minnesota Stormwater Management Manual Recognizes Trees as Important Tool.
One of the few that offers comprehensive guidance on the use of "natural practices" to manage stormwater.
Handy Checklist for Bioswale and Tree Filter Pit Inspections.
Regular inspection and maintenance is critical to the effective operation of bioretention systems and tree filters to insure they remain…
Trees on Green Streets Deliver Multiple Benefits
Appendix to this manual Includes guidance, design, and maintenance strategies.
Soil Matters. Always.
Soil volumes and composition can dictate tree growth and survivabity as well as capacity for stormwater capture.
Green Infrastructure Maintenance Ordinance.
Like any municipal asset — even a car or building — green infrastructure BMPs require routine maintenance and inspection.
Contract Specifications for Green Infrastructure Installation.
Onandaga County NY accompanies their maintenance manual with contract specitications for contractors, developers and others.
Green Streets for a Small New England Town
Green streets design specifications and templates.
Basic Guides on Using Trees in Stormwater Management.
Guide to the benefits and challenges of using trees as part of stormwater management system. Emphasizes the importance of engineered…