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A Landowner's Guide to Commercial Wind Energy Contracts
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A Landowner's Guide to Commercial Wind Energy Contracts

This publication provides landowners with information to consider when evaluating and negotiating contracts with wind energy developers. Topics covered include lease vs. easement, parts of a wind energy contract, propert...

Assessing Your Land's Potential for Wildlife
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Assessing Your Land's Potential for Wildlife

Many landowners would like to make their land area more attractive for wildlife, but do not know where to start. This paper outlines the basic decision-making process landowners must go through prior to initiating manage...

Before you sign: 7 tips for entering carbon markets
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Before you sign: 7 tips for entering carbon markets

Should your farm entity participate in a carbon market? In this publication, a Purdue University educator advises that farm managers should get answers to seven questions before signing up. ...

Bovine Tuberculosis in Wild White-tailed Deer
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Bovine Tuberculosis in Wild White-tailed Deer

Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a bacterial disease of mammals resulting from the infection of Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis). It is a zoonotic disease that can infect humans, domestic stock, and wild animals. Outbreaks ...

Brownfields: A Rural Community Problem
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Climate Change and Sustainable Development
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Climate Change and Sustainable Development

Energy-intensive development practices contribute to increasing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, which are leading to shifting climate patterns. This publication builds on two previous publications -

Climate Change: Are you preparing for it?
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Climate Change: Are you preparing for it?

This publication provides an overview of how changing climate conditions will affect Indiana and the Midwest and offers sensible strategies for coping with these changes. Understanding past and future environmental chang...

Climate Change: Communication strategies to support local planning
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Climate Change: Communication strategies to support local planning

Despite strong evidence that climate change is happening, many people do not realize the urgency with which we need to act, nor do they fully understand the types of impacts facing their communities. This publication pro...

Community Planning for Agriculture and Natural Resources: A Guide for Local Government
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Community Planning for Agriculture and Natural Resources: A Guide for Local Government

Purdue Extension and the Indiana Land Resources Council collaboratively developed the Community Planning for Agriculture and Natural Resources: A Guide for Local Government to support plan commission members as well as l...

Developing a Wildlife Habitat Management Plan
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Developing a Wildlife Habitat Management Plan

This publication is primarily a resource for teachers and coaches preparing high school students for the Wildlife Habitat Education Program (WHEP) Career Development Event (CDE). During that event, teams of students writ...

Enhancing the Value of Public Spaces
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Enhancing the Value of Public Spaces

Enhancing the Value of Public Spaces supports the development of great public spaces reflective of community values. The Indiana-based curriculum is designed for use by decision makers and local leaders with ov...

Enhancing the Value of Public Spaces:  Creating Healthy Communities
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Enhancing the Value of Public Spaces: Creating Healthy Communities

In Indiana, community leaders make decisions about public spaces such as parks, trails, farmers markets, schools, and Main Streets every day that affect the health and wellness of the community. Using Purdue Extension's ...

Environmental Hypermedia Programs, Vol. II
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Environmental Hypermedia Programs, Vol. II

It features 11 programs, several of which are available only on CD-ROM: Chemical Contamination in Fish Update; Environmental Planning for Small Communities (TRILOGY); Environmental Assessment Case Study (ALASKA); Envi...

Environmental Planning in Community Plans
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Environmental Planning in Community Plans

To guide decisions about development, quality of life and public safety, communities create comprehensive plans, parks and recreation plans, multi-hazard mitigation plans, and sub-area plans. Such plans include opportuni...

Fish: Healthy Protein Handout
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Fish: Healthy Protein Handout

Fish is a healthy choice and this quick guide shares what to look for to ensure fresh fish along with health benefits which includes lowering heart disease and boosting brain health. ...

Illinois Soil Contest Site Card
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Illinois Soil Contest Site Card

This free, downloadable card is designed for use by students participating in Illinois soil judging contests. Pairs with

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Illinois Soil Evaluation Agriculture Field Book
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Illinois Soil Evaluation Agriculture Field Book

This field book is an updated (2021), condensed version of Illinois Soils: Evaluation for Agriculture and Home Sites. Students can use this book to prepare for soil judging contests. Includes

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Illinois Soil Evaluation Agriculture Scorecard
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Illinois Soil Evaluation Agriculture Scorecard

This free, downloadable scorecard is designed for use by students participating in Illinois soil judging contests. Pairs with

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Illinois Soil Evaluation Home Site Scorecard
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Illinois Soil Evaluation Home Site Scorecard

This free, downloadable scorecard is designed for use by students participating in Illinois soil judging contests. Pairs with Illinois Soil Contest Agriculture Scorecard

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Implementation Examples of Smart Growth Strategies in Indiana
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Implementation Examples of Smart Growth Strategies in Indiana

This publication highlights how 10 Indiana communities are implementing smart growth strategies developed by the Smart Growth Network. As part of the Climate Change series, the study builds on another Extension publicati...

Indiana Farmland Provides Rest and Forage for Arctic Travelers
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Indiana Farmland Provides Rest and Forage for Arctic Travelers

Shorebirds, those little brown birds normally associated with ocean shorelines, make an appearance twice a year along seasonally flooded agricultural fields in Indiana. The birds are making their way in the spring to bre...

Indiana Land Surveys: Their Development and Uses
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Indiana Land Surveys: Their Development and Uses

Land surveys precisely define the locations and boundaries of tracts of land. This publication reviews the history and development of two survey systems, how they work, and the particular value of each.

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Indiana Soil and Landscape Evaluation Manual
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Indiana Soil and Landscape Evaluation Manual

This publication presents methods for describing soils and landscapes. Its goal is to foster better communication between soil scientists who write soil and landscape evaluation reports and the environmental specialists ...

Indiana Soil and Water: Four Strategies to Improve Your Field's Soil Health
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Indiana Soil and Water: Four Strategies to Improve Your Field's Soil Health

This publication provides four basic strategies to help improve the health of your soil: (1) Practice no-tillage or strip-tillage, (2) Add more crops to your rotation, (3) include cover crops, and (4) manage nutrient...

Indiana Soil and Water: How to Understand and Interpret Soil Health Tests
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Indiana Soil and Water: How to Understand and Interpret Soil Health Tests

This publication describes four common laboratory soil health tests that we evaluated. The publication also discusses the challenges of using these tests in Indiana croplands.

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Indiana's Urban Woodlots
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Indiana's Urban Woodlots

Woodlots are dynamic, vital ecosystems in the urban and suburban landscapes of the Midwest. People own these small wooded lots in urbanized areas for a variety of reasons: timber production, firewood production, recreati...

Individual Residence Wastewater Wetland Construction in Indiana
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Individual Residence Wastewater Wetland Construction in Indiana

This publication describes general procedures for developing a constructed wetland for a single family residence. This guide is designed to be used with the diagrams included. It is intended for use by homeowners, regula...

Informing the Development of the Great Lakes Region Decision Support System
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Informing the Development of the Great Lakes Region Decision Support System

Land use planners in the Great Lakes region make recommendations that can affect the quality and quantity of ground and surface water resources. Challenges include a lack of up-to-date data, and insufficient political an...

Land Use: A Planning and Zoning Glossary
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Land Use: A Planning and Zoning Glossary

Knowing and using a common vocabulary of planning and zoning terms will help you understand planning and zoning issues and communicate in a better way. This glossary of commonly used planning and zoning terms should m...

Land Use: Assessing Your Comprehensive Plan
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Land Use: Assessing Your Comprehensive Plan

This publication discusses the process of comprehensive planning in Indiana. It also describes the content of comprehensive plans and factors to consider when updating or amending comprehensive plans.

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Land Use: The Comprehensive Plan
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Land Use: The Comprehensive Plan

This publication describes the "why, what, and how" of a comprehensive plan and focuses on the process and the contents.

Format: PDF

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Land Use: Welcome to the Plan Commission or Board of Zoning Appeals
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Land Use: Welcome to the Plan Commission or Board of Zoning Appeals

This publication provides an overview of the local plan commission and BZA to help you understand the role of these committees and to prepare for your first few meetings.

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One Water Approach to Water Resources Management
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One Water Approach to Water Resources Management

Climate change is spotlighting the importance of managing water resources. Building on previous work (ID-524-W, ID-520-W, ID-519-W), in this publication the authors discuss how the One Water approach can benefit urban co...

Open Space Planning
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Open Space Planning

You'll learn the basis for open space planning and how to categorize open spaces. In this four-page publication you'll find the steps to develop and open space plan....

Plan Commission Public Hearings: A Citizen's Guide
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Plan Commission Public Hearings: A Citizen's Guide

This publication provides lists of indicators and similar detailed checklists for each business function identified in ID-236. It provides indicators and checklists for productions, procurement and selling, financial man...

Preparing Indiana's Urban Forest for Climate Change
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Preparing Indiana's Urban Forest for Climate Change

Choosing species of trees that will thrive in urban settings has always required careful consideration, but climate change is making that task even more important. In this paper, Purdue and other researchers provide tool...

Private Property Rights: Rights, Responsibilities & Limitations
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Private Property Rights: Rights, Responsibilities & Limitations

This publication addresses frequently asked questions about property rights in land in order to dispel myths and misunderstandings and generate thoughtful discussion. ...

Protecting Prime Farmland in Indiana
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Protecting Prime Farmland in Indiana

This publication seeks to answer the following questions: What is prime farmland? How is it determined? How much has already been lost, and how much do we have left? What are the consequences of continued loss locally...

Renovating native warm-season grass stands for wildlife: A Land Manager's Guide
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Renovating native warm-season grass stands for wildlife: A Land Manager's Guide

Many wildlife species use or require fields and other areas of early successional vegetation to meet their habitat requirements. Native warm-season grass and forb mixtures (NWSG) are promoted through various state and...

Sustainable Aquaculture: What does it mean to you?
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Sustainable Aquaculture: What does it mean to you?

Aquaculture is a rapidly growing industry in the United States. This publication describes what sustainable aquaculture is, a sampling of aquaculture species are produced in the Midwest, health benefits associated with e...

The Law Behind Planning and Zoning
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The Law Behind Planning and Zoning

To understand how planning and zoning may affect your land, it is important to be familiar with the legal terminology. This publication explains some of the basics of Indiana planning and zoning law, including its origin...

Tipping Point Planner
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Tipping Point Planner

Through the decision support system, Tipping Point Planner (tippingpointplanner.org), communities in Great Lakes states can plan for a sustainable future by directly linking data to the local decision-making process. Wit...

Tipping Points: What are they? Why are they important?
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Tipping Points: What are they? Why are they important?

In the eight states in the Great Lakes region, those who make land use plans and natural resource management decisions must keep ecological integrity in mind. In this publication, Purdue University researchers discuss so...