Sample Plans and Forest Resources:

Wisconsin's Forests

DNR Foresters by County
http://dnr.wi.gov/forestry/private/assist/coopforesters/

Wisconsin State Forests
http://dnr.wi.gov/forestry/StateForests

UW Extension Forestry Fact Sheets
http://forest.wisc.edu/extension/forfact.htm (exit DNR)

WI County Forests
http://www.wisconsincountyforests.com/ (exit DNR)

Wisconsin’s rare animal, plants and natural communities
http://dnr.wi.gov/forestry//er/biodiversity.htm

Private Landowner Forestry Assistance Program
http://dnr.wi.gov/forestry/private/financial/costshare.htm

WI Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry Site
http://dnr.wi.gov/forestry/

WI Woodland Owners Association
http://www.wisconsinwoodlands.org/ (exit DNR)

WI DNR Urban Forestry
http://dnr.wi.gov/forestry/UF/program/

Sample Plans and Ordinances that address Forestry

Dane County:
Dane County does a great job incorporating forestry and natural resources into all elements of their plan.
http://www.daneplan.org/draft_plan.shtml (exit DNR)

Lincoln County:
http://www.co.lincoln.wi.us/forms_and_documents (exit DNR)

Vernon County Land and Water Conservation Department: http://lwcd.org/ (exit DNR) Town of Crystal Lake, Marquette County:
http://co.marquette.wi.us/Comp_Planning/Local_Pages/town_crystal_lake.htm (exit DNR)

Washburn County Forest Comprehensive Land Use Plan:
http://www.co.washburn.wi.us/departments/forestry/pdfs/Chapter3000_draft_071805.pdf (PDF, exit DNR)

Town of Dane:
Town of Dane Comprehensive Plan (PDF, 7.9M)

Town of Dunn, Wisconsin has a Purchase of Development Rights Program, which can be modified to preserve forestland and support viable forestry operations. More information about this program is available on their website at http://town.dunn.wi.us/ (exit DNR)

Fulton County, GA adopted legislation that allowed Transfer of Development Rights transactions. The University of Georgia School of Law, College of the Environment developed a transfer of development rights program for the Chattahoochee Hill Country area. This program protects the area from development by allowing landowners in this area to sell their land's development rights and transfer them to areas that have been designated as "receiving areas." To learn more about how their Transfer of Development Rights program is structured go to the Chattahoochee Hill Country Alliance website at http://www.chatthillcountry.org/hot-topics/tdr.htm (exit DNR)

Coconino County, Arizona Comprehensive Plan, especially the Natural Environment section, available on their website at http://co.coconino.az.gov (exit DNR)

General

The Gathering Waters Conservancy has a directory and map of land trusts in Wisconsin on their website at http://www.gatheringwaters.org/ (exit DNR)

The Wisconsin Chapter of The Nature Conservancy has "A Landowner's Guide to Conservation Options" available on their website at http://nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/wisconsin/contact/art10407.html (exit DNR)

Growing Greener: Conservation by Design booklet available on the Natural Lands Trust website at http://www.natlands.org/categories/article.asp?fldArticleId=65 (exit DNR)

Open Ground: Effective Local Strategies for Protecting Natural Resources (2003) by John R. Nolon.

Protecting Nature in Your Community: A Guidebook for Preserving and Enhancing Biodiversity (2000) by Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission available at http://www.nipc.org/test/unused%20Files/protecting_2001%20.htm (exit DNR)

Conservation Design Resource Manual: Language and Guidelines for Updating Local Ordinances (2003) by the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission and Chicago Wilderness available at the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission publications website at http://www.nipc.org/environment/sustainable/content.htm#conservation (exit DNR)

Example Tree Ordinance-Kenosha WI
http://www.kenosha.org/departments/court/ordinances/chapter34.pdf (exit DNR)

Guidelines for developing and Evaluating a Tree Ordinance
http://www.isa-arbor.com/publications/ordinance.aspx (exit DNR)

Community Planning and Land Use Management, WDNR Science Services
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/es/science/landuse/

Conservation Briefing Book
http://www.conservationvoters.org/WLCVI/PublicFiles/Custom/WLCVPriorities2008.pdf

Planning for Natural Resources Guidebook
http://www.dnr.wi.gov/org/es/science/publications/SS_964_2002.pdf [PDF, 885K]