River Friendly Growth: Resources
Population & Growth Projections
Potomac Conservancy, County Data (sources listed in the pdf)
http://potomac.org/sonr2014-county-data
Chesapeake Bay Program, Population Figures
Produced by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and apportioned to the region by the Chesapeake Bay Program
http://www.chesapeakebay.net/indicators/indicator/chesapeake_bay_watershed_population
Impervious Surface Data
Potomac Conservancy, County Data (sources listed in the pdf)
http://potomac.org/sonr2014-county-data
Emerging Clean Water Threats
Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs)
Potomac River
http://www.waterkeeperschesapeake.org/about-us/resources/item/57-potomac-riverkeeper
Anacostia River
http://www.dcwater.com/green
Drinking Water Source
www.potomacdwspp.org/aboutdocs/DWSPP_AnnualReport_2013_final.pdf
Forest Cover Loss
http://www.chesapeakebay.net/indicators/indicator/bay_watershed_forest_cover
Pollution from Urban Runoff
http://www.cbf.org/about-the-bay/issues/polluted-runoff
Stream Health Ratings in the Potomac River Watershed
http://www.chesapeakebay.net/indicators/indicator/health_of_freshwater_streams_in_the_chesapeake_bay_watershed
Local Success Stories
2013 Sustainable DC Plan
http://sustainable.dc.gov/FinalPlan
2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement
www.chesapeakebay.net/documents/FINAL_Ches_Bay_Watershed_Agreement.withsignatures-HIres.pdf
Clean Rivers Project
http://www.dcwater.com/cleanrivers
Frederick County Green Homes Challenge
www.frederickgreenchallenge.org
Maryland Sustainable Growth and Agricultural Preservation Act
http://www.mdp.state.md.us/PDF/OurWork/SepticsBill/septicsLawImplementationReport20130201.pdf
Open Space Institute
http://www.osiny.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Issues_Habitat_Resilient_Landscape_Regions
Silver Metro Line
http://silverlinemetro.com/
Tysons Smart Planning Project
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/tysons/
Battlegrounds: Loudoun County (VA) and Frederick County (MD)
Stream Health Ratings
http://potomac.org/sonr2014-stream-health
Population Growth Projections
http://potomac.org/sonr2014-county-data
Developed Land Percentage
http://potomac.org/sonr2014-county-data
Building Guidelines, Virginia
http://jrava.org/what-we-do/va-scorecard
Building Guidelines, Maryland
http://potomac.org/esdscorecard
Impervious Surface Change maps
http://potomac.org/sonr2014-impervious
Trump National Golf Course Tree Cutting
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/12/AR2010081206471.html
Bi-County Outer Beltway
http://pecva.org/our-mission/transportation/175-outer-beltway/973-update-on-the-bi-county-parkway
Declining Water Quality
http://potomac.org/sonr2014-stream-health
www.loudoun.gov/DocumentCenter/Home/View/5094
Weakened Stream Buffer Protections
http://friendsoffrederickcounty.org/fofc-testifies-against-weakening-waterbody-protection/
County Ignores State Anti-Sprawl Law
http://cbf.typepad.com/bay_daily/2013/01/rural-counties-refuse-to-obey-maryland-anti-sprawl-law.html
Troubled Waters
https://frederickcountymd.gov/documents/6616/6617/7903/FCSS_4Yr%20final_FredCo_FINAL_062613_201306261258070900.pdf
POTOMAC RIVER WATERSHED, COUNTY DATA
STREAM HEALTH, LOUDOUN (VA) AND FREDERICK (MD) COUNTIES
IMPERVIOUS SURFACE CHANGE, 2006-2040
SUB-WATERSHED WATER QUALITY RATINGS
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