Florida Wildlife Conservation Guide
This guide is intended for multiple users, with valuable applications for private landowners, developers, environmental consultants, and government staff members. It provides land use planning and conservation resources, including information pertaining to wildlife, habitat, and natural resource conservation. Provided by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), and the Florida Natural Areas Inventory. July, 2009.

Best Practices for Urban Waterfronts
This section of our site features a slide show presentation that will help citizens develop a common vocabulary for waterfront planning and design. The presentation is organized around five common elements of successful waterfronts: Access; Quality of amenities, activities and design; Economic development; Environmental quality; Public process

Stormwater Best Management Practices In Site Plan and Subdivision Review
Article from New Jersey but much of the information would be applicable everywhere, especially if stormwater management regulations encourage imitation of the natural water cycle when new development is planned, or all stormwater is required to be treated onsite.

Georgia Green Growth Guide - a practical guide to designing with coastal landscape in mind
This guide is intended for the development community, engineers and land planners, local governments, natural resource managers, conservation advocates as well as for citizenry. The economic benefits of conservation development are analyzed and presented. Techniques such a site fingerprinting, low impact development practices, alternative stormwater and bank stabilization techniques are detailed.

Using Smart Growth Techniques as Stormwater Best Management Practices
The goal of this document is to help communities that have adopted smart growth policies and plans to recognize the water benefits of those smart growth techniques and suggest ways to integrate those policies into stormwater planning and compliance. Taking credit for the work a community is already doing can be a low-cost and practical approach to meeting water quality goals and regulatory commitments. Provided by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

How today’s land-use decisions can protect tomorrow’s water supply: A Planner’s Guide
Guide for local land use officials on integrating drinking water/source water protection into land use planning

Florida Friendly Landscaping
Guide to Florida Friendly landscaping and gardening, Florida native plants and lawn care.

Best Local Land Use Practices (Ohio)
In addition to supporting local decisions about the location of growth, the state will supply guidance on best local land use practices for minimizing development impacts on water quality wherever the expansion of developed areas occurs, and for reducing impacts to water quality in redevelopment situations. This includes a set of model zoning ordinances and resolutions recommended for voluntary adoption by local communities, a set of guidance documents for a range of additional best practices, and training opportunities for local government elected officials and staff. Model ordinances are provided for storm water and aquatic area protection and meadow protection. Guidance documents have been prepared for Conservation Development, Compact Development, Source Water Protection, Agricultural Lands Protection, Tree and Woodland Protection, Scenic Protection, Historic Preservation, Steep Slopes Protection, Transfer of Development Rights (TDR), Brownfields Redevelopment, and Access Management. The training program, previously focused on the Lake Erie watershed, will be expanded statewide and is not limited to communities with Watershed Planning Partnerships