Jordan River Commission

Technical Resource Library

2013 Open Space / Natural Lands Integrated Weeds Management Plan

A Landowner’s Guide to Utah Wetlands

America’s Great Outdoors 50-State Report

An Introduction and User’s Guide to Wetland Restoration, Creation, and Enhancement: A Guide for Citizens

An Introduction and User’s Guide to Wetland Restoration, Creation, and Enhancement: A Guide for Citizens

Best Management Practices (BMPs) – Salt Lake County

Best practices for revegetation along the Jordan River (Utah, USA) following control of invasive plant species 2024

Best Practices for Riverfront Communities

Best Practices for Riverfront Communities – Jordan River Commission (2013)

Best practices to control non-native, invasive Phragmites within the Jordan River Corridor (Utah, USA) 2024

Best practices to control non-native, invasive Russian olive and tamarisk within the Jordan River Corridor (Utah, USA)

Bicycling Means Business

Bioretention Design for Xeric Climates Based on Ecological Principles

BMPs for Western Stream Riparian Ecosystem Protection

Boise River System Ordinance – Boise, Idaho

Center for Watershed Protection (low impact development; stormwater management)

Ch. 17.23 Natural Open Space Zone – South Jordan, Utah

Civil and Enviornmental Engineering Student Engineering Associates (SEA)

Civil and Enviornmental Engineering Student Engineering Associates (SEA) – VOLUME 1 INTRODUCTION

Civil and Enviornmental Engineering Student Engineering Associates (SEA) – VOLUME 2 FACT SHEETS

Civil and Enviornmental Engineering Student Engineering Associates (SEA) – VOLUME 3 MODEL DESIGNS

Clustering – University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

Conservation Easements – Utah Open Lands

Conservation Subdivision Design

DEQ – Harmful Algal Bloom Updates

Development of a Statewide Recovery Potential Prioritization Scheme for Nutrient Reduction Efforts

Economic Benefits of Land Conservation – Trust for Public Land

Economic Development

Economic Value of Protected Open Space in Southeastern Pennsylvania

Economics and Sociology of Open Space and Recreation

Effects of Urban Development on Stream Ecosystems in Nine Metropolitan

EPA – Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan for Construction Activities (Guidelines and Resources)

Example Riparian Protection Ordinances

Farmland Preservation Plan

FWS Wetlands Inventroy Mapper

Green Spaces and Wellness

Greenway Guides – Dutchess County, New York

Greenway Overlay Zone – Portland, Oregon

Guidance Document for Stormwater Management in the Jordan River Corridor

Guidance Document for Stormwater Management in the Jordan River Corridor

Guidebook for Riparian Corridor Conservation (includes model ordinance) – Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Guiding Documents & Reports

Habitat Friendly Development Practices Brochure – City of Beaverton

Habitat Restoration

How to Manipulate Water in New, Restored or Enhanced Wetland to Encourage Wetland Plant Establishment. J. Chris Hoag. 2007

How to Manipulate Water in New, Restored, or Enhanced Wetlands – NRCS

How to Prepare a SWPPP – Salt Lake County (PDF)

Identification Key for Willows, Cottonwoods, Alder, Birch and Dogwood – NRCS

Jordan River Flood Channel Management

Jordan River Land Use Map

Jordan River Protection Overlay Zone – Lehi City, Utah

Jordan River Specific Studies, Plans, and Resources

Jordan River TMDL – Utah Division of Water Quality

Jordan River Water Level Readings

Land and Water Conservation Fund

Land Management

LeRay McAllister Critical Land Conservation Fund

Link to other Stormwater Managment Manuals

Low Impact Development (LID) “Barrier Busters” Fact Sheet Series

Mechanisms for Protecting Open Space in Utah – Utah State University

Migratory Bird Conservation Actions for Projects to Reduce the Risk of Take during the Nesting Season

Model Ordinances for Regulating Wetlands, Riparian Habits and Stream Buffers – Association of State Wetland Managers

Model Riparian Corridor Protection Ordinances Library – Jordan River Commission

MoreProof that Bicycle Facilities Boost Business

My Waterways App – EPA

North Carolina Paddle Tourism Study

NRCS’s Agricultural Conservation Easement Program

Omaha Recreational Trails: Their Effect on Property Values and Public Safety

Open Space Committee

Open Space Plan

Open Space Preservation – Jordan River Commission

Open Space Preservation Tools

Open Space Sales Tax

Open Space Zoning Designations – Salt Lake City Example

Overlay Ordinances – Jordan River Commission

Pedestrian and Bicycle Infrastructure: A National Study of Employment Impacts

Performance Zoning – Chester County Planning Commission

Pet Waste Can Affect Water Quality

Pine Creek Rail Trail 2006 User Survey and Economic Impact Analysis

Planned Unit Developments (PUDS) – American Planning Association

Plants to use in Salt Lake City’s Riparian Corridors – Salt Lake City Public Utilities

Prepare to Launch! Guidelines For Assessing, Designing & Building Access Sites For Carry-In Watercraft – National Park Service RTCA Program and River Management.org

Public Financing of Opern Space – Association of NJ Environmental Commissions

Purchase of Development Rights

Resource Conservation District – Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Riparian Buffer Conservation Zone Model Ordinance – New Jersey

Riparian Buffer Protection, A Municipal Ordinance Perspective – P. Eric Mains, P.E., KPI Technology

Riparian Corridor and Wetlands Protection – Santa Cruz, California

Riparian Corridor Ordinance – Medford, Oregon

Riparian Corridor Overlay District – Salt Lake City, Utah

Riparian Corridor Zone Changes – Sonoma County, California

Riparian Habitat Overlay Zone – Oro Valley Town, Arizona

Riparian Ordinance Toolkit – A Guidelines for City Planners Across the State of Utah (2023)

River Restoration Case Studies

Riverfront Communities

Rooftop to River

Salt Lake County – Real Scoop on Dog Poop

Salt Lake County Natural Areas Plan Standards and Operations Manual (weed management techniques)

Salt Lake County Open Space Program

Salt Lake County Resource Assessment 2013

Salt Lake County Stream Care Guide

Salt Lake Countywide Water Quality Stewardship Plan

Sensitive Lands Overlay – Madison County, Idaho

Smart Preservation

Stream Buffers – Fulton County, Georgia

Streamside Protection Ordinance and Best Management Practices (BMP) – Fayetteville, Arkansas

Summary of available tools and resources – Jordan River Commission

Summit County Open Space GO Bond

SWPPP Template (PDF)

Technical and Scientific Considerations for Upland and Riparian Buffer Strips in the Section 404 Permit Process – USACE

Technical Note: Planting Willows in Rip Rap – NRCS

The Economics of Watershed Protection (includes comparison of traditional and clustered development)

The Outdoor Recreation Economy

Time Out! How Much Time Kids Spend Outside

Toolboxes, Best Management Practices, and other Resources

Tools and Techniques for Preserving Open Space – Jordan River Commission

Transfer of Development Rights – Smart Preservation

Transportation Planning

Trust for Public Lands

Ty Harrison Suggested Restoration Seed Mixes

Utah Lake Shoreline Protection Ordinance – Lehi City, Utah

Utah Open Lands

Utah State Univserity Extension – Firewise plant information

Utah Water Watch – volunteer water quality monitoring

Utah’s Recovery Potential Watershed Planning Tool

Volunteer Stream Monitoring: A Methods Manual – US EPA

Volunteer Wetland Monitoring Resources and Tools – US EPA

Wal-Mart’s Acres for America

Wasatch Front Regional Council’s (Re)Connect Plan

Water Quality Studies, Resources, and Monitoring Tools

Wetland Plants: Function, Adaptation, and Relationship to Water Levels – NRCS

Wetlands and Waterways, and Floodplain Overlay Zones – Teton County, Idaho

When Connections Count – Planning Magazine 03-08

Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Alternatives: A Case Study of Riverbend Golf Course. Riverton, Utah – Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6