Planning Links

Local and Regional Resources

Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy
The Watershed Center, Grand Traverse Bay
Grand Traverse Conservation District
Leelanau Conservancy
Little Traverse Conservancy
Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council
Land Information Access Association
The Center for New Urbanism
Michigan Land Use Institute
Top of Michigan Trails Council

State Organizations

Michigan Association of Counties
Michigan Association of Regions MAR
Michigan Legislative Information Web Server
Michigan Legislature "Look up a Bill"
Michigan Municipal League
Michigan Townships Association
Michigan Association of School Boards

 

Federal

Library of Congress "Look up a Bill"

Planning

American Planning Association
Michigan Association of Planning
Planning & Zoning Center
2001 Planning and Zoning Act Amendments
Center for New Urbanism

 

Environment

Environmental Impact Analysis Data Links
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
Michigan Department of Natural Resources
National Water & Climate Center
Great Lakes Commission
Environmental Protection Agency
Healthy Communities Environmental Mapping
National Small Flows Clearinghouse
Preserving Michigan’s Wetlands: Options for Local Governments
National Wetlands Inventory
EPA Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds
HUD Environmental Mapping "E" Map Project

 

Transportation

American Public Transportation Association
Federal Highway Administration
National Scenic Byways Program
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
National Transportation Library
Electric Vehicle Association of the Americas
Center for Transportation Analysis
The Surface Transportation Policy Project

Agriculture

Michigan Organic Food and Farm Alliance
USDA – National Agricultural Statistics Service
Value Added Agriculture, a Michigan State University Extension site
Winrock International, Henry A. Wallace Center for Agricultural and Environmental Policy
1997 Census of Agriculture, Volume 1
Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas
American Farmland Trust
County Road Association of Michigan

 

GIS

Urban and Regional Information Systems Association
Michigan State University - Center for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Science
Michigan Center for Geographic Information
MDNR – Spatial Data Library
USGS Topographic Maps
USGS Global Land Information System
IMAGIN – Improving Michigan’s Access To Geographic Information
ESRI Northern Michigan User Group
Michigan Counties Association of Mapping Professionals
GEOWorld