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SWIM Initiative to Protect Creeks and Mountain Island Lake
Mecklenburg County and the City of Charlotte, North Carolina have partnered with other local governments in the region to acquire over 4,400 acres in the Mountain Island Lake watershed, permanently protecting Mountain Island Lake's shoreline from the impacts of development in one of the fastest growing communities in America. |
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New Jersey — An Intergovernmental Partnership Fosters USTfield Reuse
The U.S. EPA and the State of New Jersey are working closely with the City of Trenton, a Brownfields Showcase Community, to address four USTfield sites. |
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The Massachusetts Community Preservation Initiative
Recognizing the importance of protecting the unique character of Massachusetts as the Commonwealth continues to evolve, the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs (EOEA) launched the Community Preservation Initiative in January 1999. |
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Smart SRFs for Iowa Clean Water
In 2002, Iowa passed a new law that will help its communities pursue clean water and smart growth goals simultaneously. |
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The Cherry Creek Smart Growth for Clean Water Partnership
The Cherry Creek Stewardship Partners, a broad coalition of municipal and county governments, developers, environmental and community organizations, and state and federal government officials, began in 2001 to craft a plan to promote smart growth approaches to meeting the phosphorus and other nutrient challenges in the Cherry Creek watershed |
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Land Protection Criteria Guide Conservation in Suffolk County, New York—Pioneering Programs Help Protect Land and Water Resources
Suffolk County is in the midst of the biggest conservation push in Long Island history. |
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United States Army Corps of Engineers Emerges as Community Partner on Waterfront Preservation and Revitalization
More United States Army Corps programs and projects are focusing on a mission of environmental stewardship that meets the needs and desires of local communities for restoration and preservation of water resources. |
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Waterfront Brownfields and Economic Revitalization
New Bedford is revitalizing its waterfront and port areas into new tourism, recreational, multi-modal transportation, and marine industrial facilities, and undertaking major ecological restoration projects to address the unfortunate legacy of pollution associated with the City’s 30 brownfield sites. |
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Urban and Community Forestry Avoids Gray Infrastructure Costs
A number of communities across the nation are partnering with groups like American Forests to identify how the “green infrastructure” of trees can help reduce stormwater runoff and nonpoint source pollution, protect the quality of surface and groundwater, save localities millions of dollars in gray infrastructure costs, and meet the regulatory mandates of stormwater and TMDL rules. |
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Lake Calumet Initiative
The 20-square mile Calumet area on Chicago’s southeast side is the focus of a new initiative centered on rehabilitating both the region’s economy and ecology through innovative, smart growth projects. |
