Resource Links
Comprehensive Idaho DEQ Plans and Studies to Support Lake Management
and Surface Water Quality.
http://www.deq.state.id.us/WATER/data_reports/surface_water/water_bodies/studies_plans.cfm
Headwaters Economics – Wildlands/Urban Interface Analysis
Analysis of the percentage of interface zone developed in the west by state and county. Also free software is available to generate community/neighborhood level economic profiles based on 2000 Census data, but updated regularly with new information. Requires PC.
http://www.headwaterseconomics.org/wildfire/
Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington – Wildfire Prevention: The Wildland/Urban Interface
Links to many useful articles about fire prevention in the wildland urban interface. It includes the International Wildland/Urban Interface Code, Pacific Northwest National Fire Plan, Local Government Land and Regulatory Provisions, Reducing the Community Risk of Wildland-Urban Interface Fires, Wildland-Urban Fire Research, and more.
http://www.mrsc.org/subjects/pubsafe/wildfire.aspx
Urban Habitats
An electronic journal on the biology of urban areas around the world. There are many articles about diversity and wetland restoration in urban areas.
http://www.urbanhabitats.org/v05n01/hydrology_full.html
Population Estimates through 2006
Idaho US Census
http://idaho.hometownlocator.com/census/estimates/cities.cfm
Washington US Census
http://washington.hometownlocator.com/census/estimates/cities.cfm
The Exurban Change Program – Ohio State
A collection of articles and presentations about exurbanization. Most are on the topic of measurement.
http://exurban.osu.edu/index.htm
National Academy of Science Report of the Coeur d’Alene Basin Superfund Site.
This report describes the superfund site and recommendations for remediation activities gathered from site characterization, human and ecological assessment, remedial planning and decision-making.
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/accomp/coeur/index.htm
Spokane Aquifer Joint Board
Informative website about the Spokane Valley – Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer and the collaborative efforts on the Washington side between stakeholders.
http://www.spokaneaquifer.org/aq.htm
Panhandle Health District
Information about the aquifer and septic system limits for development over the aquifer. There are also lists of program operating in the area for protection, sampling, and education about water quality threats from human settlement.
http://www2.state.id.us/phd1/env_aquifer.html
Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie Hydrologic Project
Lots of documents describing USGS involvement and information about the aquifer
http://wa.water.usgs.gov/projects/svrp/publications.htm
Lake*A*Syst
Lakeshore Assessment System is a voluntary educational program to assist shoreline property owners in making well-informed decisions in the management of their lakefront property.
http://www.plrcd.org/lakeasyst/index.htm
Coeur d’Alene Lake Management Plan
The LMP was developed with the collaboration of Idaho DEQ, EPA, and the Coeur d’Alene Tribe.
http://www.deq.state.id.us/WATER/data_reports/surface_water/water_bodies/cda_lake_mgmt_plan.cfm
EPA Website on the Bunker Hill Mining and Metallurgical Superfund Site
This site provides information about the clean up of the superfund site including the Coeur d’Alene Basin. There is also information about citizen groups working in the area.
http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/CLEANUP.NSF/sites/bh
and Surface Water Quality.
http://www.deq.state.id.us/WATER/data_reports/surface_water/water_bodies/studies_plans.cfm
Headwaters Economics – Wildlands/Urban Interface Analysis
Analysis of the percentage of interface zone developed in the west by state and county. Also free software is available to generate community/neighborhood level economic profiles based on 2000 Census data, but updated regularly with new information. Requires PC.
http://www.headwaterseconomics.org/wildfire/
Municipal Research and Services Center of Washington – Wildfire Prevention: The Wildland/Urban Interface
Links to many useful articles about fire prevention in the wildland urban interface. It includes the International Wildland/Urban Interface Code, Pacific Northwest National Fire Plan, Local Government Land and Regulatory Provisions, Reducing the Community Risk of Wildland-Urban Interface Fires, Wildland-Urban Fire Research, and more.
http://www.mrsc.org/subjects/pubsafe/wildfire.aspx
Urban Habitats
An electronic journal on the biology of urban areas around the world. There are many articles about diversity and wetland restoration in urban areas.
http://www.urbanhabitats.org/v05n01/hydrology_full.html
Population Estimates through 2006
Idaho US Census
http://idaho.hometownlocator.com/census/estimates/cities.cfm
Washington US Census
http://washington.hometownlocator.com/census/estimates/cities.cfm
The Exurban Change Program – Ohio State
A collection of articles and presentations about exurbanization. Most are on the topic of measurement.
http://exurban.osu.edu/index.htm
National Academy of Science Report of the Coeur d’Alene Basin Superfund Site.
This report describes the superfund site and recommendations for remediation activities gathered from site characterization, human and ecological assessment, remedial planning and decision-making.
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/accomp/coeur/index.htm
Spokane Aquifer Joint Board
Informative website about the Spokane Valley – Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer and the collaborative efforts on the Washington side between stakeholders.
http://www.spokaneaquifer.org/aq.htm
Panhandle Health District
Information about the aquifer and septic system limits for development over the aquifer. There are also lists of program operating in the area for protection, sampling, and education about water quality threats from human settlement.
http://www2.state.id.us/phd1/env_aquifer.html
Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie Hydrologic Project
Lots of documents describing USGS involvement and information about the aquifer
http://wa.water.usgs.gov/projects/svrp/publications.htm
Lake*A*Syst
Lakeshore Assessment System is a voluntary educational program to assist shoreline property owners in making well-informed decisions in the management of their lakefront property.
http://www.plrcd.org/lakeasyst/index.htm
Coeur d’Alene Lake Management Plan
The LMP was developed with the collaboration of Idaho DEQ, EPA, and the Coeur d’Alene Tribe.
http://www.deq.state.id.us/WATER/data_reports/surface_water/water_bodies/cda_lake_mgmt_plan.cfm
EPA Website on the Bunker Hill Mining and Metallurgical Superfund Site
This site provides information about the clean up of the superfund site including the Coeur d’Alene Basin. There is also information about citizen groups working in the area.
http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/CLEANUP.NSF/sites/bh