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Useful Links:

Alachua County Land Development Regulations
DRC application forms and documents
Building permit application forms
Natural Resources Checklist
Management Plan Template

Sinkhole Information:

Sinkhole fact sheet

Florida sinkhole poster
Florida DEP sinkhole page

Low Impact Development:

New! Report on the economic benefits of LID

Read this LID Introductory Manual

Local LID resources:

Dr. Mark Clark, UF/IFAS Assistant Professor in Soils and Water Sciences - specializes in enhanced stormwater ponds, such as UF SEEP example
UF Program for Resource Efficient Communities

General LID Websites:

The Low Impact Development Center, Inc.
Urban Design Tools (LID)
Center for Watershed Protection
Lake Superior Streams Site Design Toolkit
Whole Building Design Guide (WBDG)
Massachusetts LID toolkit

Examples of local government ordinances and manuals that incorporate LID:

Sarasota County Preliminary LID Manual
Town of Huntersville, North Carolina, (see Water Quality Design Manual)
City of Olympia, Washington
City of Stafford, Virginia
City of Issaquah, Washington
Maine Stormwater BMPs

Additional sites:

Toolbase Services website
Pervious concrete (ConcreteNetworks.com)
Green roofs (greenroofs.org and greenroofs.com)
Exfiltration tanks and trenches (Atlantis and Dauphin County fact sheet)
Vegetated swales (EPA fact sheet, California Stormwater BMP Handbook)
Bioretention basins/rain gardens

New! Local Source for Compost (Watson C&D)

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Florida FWCC
Alachua County listed animals
Alachua County listed plants
Gopher tortoise manag. plan
Bald eagle management plan
Bear facts brochure

SURFACE WATERS AND WETLANDS

EPA Wetland Division
FDEP Office of Submerged Lands
FDEP Wetland Delineation Program
Society of Wetland Scientists

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Alachua County Sustainability Office

UF Office of Sustainability

IFAS Sustainable Living page
Sustainable Sites Initiative

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

St. John's River WMD
Suwannee River WMD
City of Gainesville
Florida DEP

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