Infrastructure
Infrastructure enables access, powers facilities, connects people to recreational opportunities, creates opportunities for employment and protects our parks from an increasingly unpredictable natural environment. This area contains resources applicable to planning, installing, and upgrading various aspects of park infrastructure.
Stormwater Emergency Response Plan
Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection, 2022
Website dedicated to stormwater emergency response resources
Stormwater Management and Design Guidance
WV Dept. of Environmental Protection, 2012
Website dedicated to stormwater management resources.
Stormwater Pond Design, Construction, and Sedimentation
Clemson Cooperative Extension, 2022
Stormwater retention ponds are designed to minimize the adverse effects that impervious surfaces have on watersheds. Impervious surfaces (ie. paved surfaces, buildings, etc.) increase the volume of surface runoff in a watershed because they prevent rain water from infiltrating into the soil.
What are Permeable Surfaces?
Penn State Extension, 2022
Permeable surfaces are alternatives to typical paving methods that can help to greatly increase infiltration and decrease flooding and run-off issues
What are Combined Sewer Overflows?
Penn State Extension, 2021
Combined sewer overflows (CSOs) are a priority water pollution concern because they discharge a combination of stormwater, untreated human and industrial waste, and other stormwater pollutants into our waterways.
Stormwater Basics
Penn State Extension, 2021
Ready-to-Use Educational Toolkit for Stormwater Management
What is a Stormwater Credit?
Penn State Extension, 2020
Stormwater credits offer the opportunity to reduce stormwater fees that may be charged by your local municipality.
Stormwater Management Design Examples
NY Dept. of Environmental Conservation, 2015
This chapter presents design examples for two hypothetical development sites
Introduction to Stormwater Drainage System Design
Iowa Dept. of Transportation, 2010
The function of stormwater drainage systems is to collect minor design storm runoff and convey majordesign storm (flood) runoff to a discharge point.
Asset Management Basics
Cartegraph, 2022
From crafting your asset management strategy and finding the right system for your community to performing your initial inventory and maintainingyour system investment, this ebook will guide and support you every step of the way.
Conservation Landscaping Guidelines
Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council, 2013
Engaging in the conservation landscaping practices described here can make an important difference in helping preserve the region’s plants, habitats, and animals, all critical elements in the complex web of life that characterizes a watershed.
Municipal Toolkits
NWTAC, 2022
The NWTAC has assembled a number of template toolkits and checklists for communities to adapt to their infrastructure planning needs.
Trail Maintenance Basics
Rails-to-Trails, 2021
Trail building toolbox
Habitat Installation Guide - Pennsylvania
The Xerces Society for Invertegrate Conservation, 2019
These instructions provide in-depth guidance on how to establish and maintain pollen-and nectar rich wildflower habitat for pollinators and beneficial insects. The requirements and considerations in this guide are in addition to NRCS criteria applicable all purposes for the planned conservation practice.
Facilities Operations & Maintenance - An Overview
Don Sapp, 2017
Facilities operations and maintenance encompasses a broad spectrum of services, competencies, processes, and tools required to assure the built environment will perform the functions for which a facility was designed and constructed.
