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Local Land Use Links
 

Brown County Smart Growth Plan
Calumet County Land Information
Door County Planning Ordinance
Door County Ecological Mapping Project
Door County Planning and Zoning Office
Florence County Zoning Department
Fond du Lac County Planning Division
Forest County, Wisconsin
Green Lake County Government (planning/zoning)
Kewaunee County (under department/zoning)
Langlade County, Wisconsin
Langlade County website
Manitowoc County Strategic Plan 2005
Marinette County Landuse Planning
Menominee County, Wisconsin
Menominee County Focus Group Results
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
Oconto County Comprehensive Planning
Outagamie County Smart Growth Plan
Shawano County Planning Department
Sheboygan County Planning Department
Waupaca County Zoning Department
Waushara County Zoning Department
Winnebago County Planning
Bay Lake Regional Planning Commission  (covers Northeast Wisconsin along Lake Michigan)
East Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission  (covers Northeast Wisconsin, Inland)
Northeast Wisconsin Land Trust
Door County Land Trust
Sheboygan Area Land Conservancy
Eyesore of the Month (it's not local, but it could be...) from James Howard Kunstler  (be sure to visit the entire series)

Wisconsin Statewide Organizations Working on Land Use

1000 Friends of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Wetlands Association
Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin
Gathering Waters - Uniting Wisconsin's Land Trust Movement
Nature Conservancy - Wisconsin Chapter
Wisconsin Land Information Association
Wisconsin Land Council - Wisconsin Dept. of Administration
Wisconsin Chapter American Planning Association
Center for Land Use Education - UW-Stevens Point
Dept of Urban and Regional Planning - UW-Madison
Applied Ecological Services
Wisconsin Land Use Information
Smart Growth Comprehensive Planning & Legislation - Wisconsin Dept. of Administration >
Wisconsin Governmental Links Relating to Land Use
Wisconsin Metropatterns
Wisconsin Number of Farms and Land in Farms, Yearly Tallies - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Walking in Wisconsin - Statistics
Pedestrian Safety, Health and Federal Trans. Spending - Wisconsin Statistics (click on link)
Wisconsin's Spending of Federal Transportation Dollars
The Impact of Sprawl on Household Transportation Expenses [between Milwaukee and Racine]
Congestion and Transportation Choice in Milwaukee, WI
Wisconsin's Rustic Roads:  a positive step backward - Wisconsin Dept. of Transportation
Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey
Wisconsin Land Information Clearinghouse
Wisconsin State Cartographer's Office
Land Use in the Great Lakes Region
Town of Dunn Land Use Management - A Great Example
Guide to Community Planning in Wisconsin
Smart Growth Initiative - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Series
Landmark Legislation - Smart Growth
National Land Use Organizations
 
Sprawl Busters
Smart Growth Online
Smart Growth America
American Farmland Trust
Surface Transportation Policy Project
The Trust for Sustainable Development
Center for Neighborhood Technology
Congress for the New Urbanism
About Planning
Intelligent Transportation Society of America
Center For Livable Communities
Urban and Regional Info. Systems Assn.
Urban Land Institute
National Rural Development Partnership
Rails to Trails Conservancy
Sustainable Communities Network
The Biodiversity Project
The Nature Conservancy
Miscellaneous Land Use Information
Encouraging Smart Growth - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Smart Communities Network - U.S. Dept. of Energy
The True Costs of Urban Sprawl are Overwhelming
Suburban sprawl as it affects bicyclists
Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law
Land Use Articles - EcoIQ Magazine
Planning Commissioners Journal
Planning and Design Institute
Sprawl Guide
Is it time to abandon growth management? - Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce
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