03/06 - Delaware Natural Resource Based Planning Guide & Training

Delaware NEMO is pleased to announce the availability of their new publication Delaware NEMO: Guide to Natural Resource Based Planning. The resource guide provides an overview of natural resource management principles and practices to help guide local planning commissions and councils as they weigh the decisions of what to preserve and where to develop. It will be distributed throughout the state and is being used as the basis for a half day course on Natural Resource Based Planning as part of the University of Delaware’s Local Government Leadership program. The Guide draws from the expertise of DE NEMO’s advisory committee members, as well as natural resource based planning materials from the CT and Northland NEMO programs.

While hard copies are reserved for Delaware officials, Joe Farrell, Delaware NEMO Coordinator, has offered to send CD versions to all NEMO partners who want one. Just send him an email with your mailing address at jfarrell@udel.edu. The manual will also be available in a web version on DE NEMO’s new website, nemo.udel.edu, which will be up and running in April.

Delaware NEMO is also sponsoring an ongoing Conservation Design Roundtable to bring together local government officials, developers and design consultants, and state agencies to encourage the use of low impact development (LID) approaches and to bridge institutional barriers. The next Roundtable workshop in March will feature NEMO partner Lynn Richards in EPA’s Office of Policy, Economics and Innovation.