Governments

Local
State & Regional

Planning Resources

Connecticut and Massachusetts
Other Northeast States
National

Conservation Resources

Connecticut and Massachusetts
Conservation Commissions
Local Land Trusts
National
Water Resources

State & Regional

Central MA Regional Planning Commission

CT General Assembly

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

MA General Court (Assembly)

Pioneer Valley Planning Commission

Southeastern CT Council of Governments

State of Connecticut

Windham Regional Council of Governments

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Connecticut and Massachusetts Planning Resources

1,000 Friends of CT

The Borderlands Project, CT & RI

Center Edge Coalition

Center for Land Use Education and Research, UCONN

Center for Rural MA, UMASS

Citizen Planners Training Collaborative - UMASS Cooperative Extension

CT Chapter of the American Planning Association

Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy, CCSU

Livable Communities Toolkit, Capital Region Council of Governments, CT

MA Chapter of the American Planning Association

MA Smart Growth Alliance

Smart Growth Toolkit, MA

State Plan of Conservation and Development, CT

Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials, UCONN

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Other Northeast Planning Resources

Achieving Smart Growth in New Hampshire

Congress of New Urbanism New England

Gaining Ground Information Database - Land Use Law Center, Pace University

Grow Smart Maine

Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

New England Environmental Finance Center – University of Southern Maine

Northeast Center for Rural Development

Regional Plan Association – CT, NY, NJ

Smart Planning and Growth Coalition - Cape Cod, MA

Smart Growth RI

Vermont Forum on Sprawl

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National Planning Resources

American Planning Association

Congress for New Urbanism

Environmental Protection Agency, Smart Growth

Orton Family Foundation

Placemakers

Placematters

Planning Commissioner’s Journal Planners Web

Sierra Club – Stopping Sprawl

Smart Growth America

Smart Growth Online

Sprawl Watch Clearinghouse

Sustainable Communities Network

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Connecticut and Massachusetts Conservation Resources

Audubon, CT

Audubon, MA

The Borderlands Project, CT & RI

CT Association of Conservation & Inland Wetlands Commissions

CT Department of Environmental Protection

CT Forest & Parks Association

Eastern CT Conservation District

MA Association of Conservation Commissions

MA Conservation Districts

MA Department of Conservation & Recreation

MA Department of Environmental Protection

MA Land Trust Coalition

The Nature Conservancy, CT Chapter

Natural Resources Conservation Service, CT

Natural Resources Conservation Service, MA

New England Greenways

Quinebaug Shetucket Heritage Corridor

Trustees for Reservations

Working Lands Alliance

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Local Conservation Commissions

Eastford

Killingly

Woodstock

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Local Land Trusts

Avalonia Land Conservancy

Charlton Heritage Preservation Trust

Dudley Conservation Land Trust

Greater Worcester Land Trust

Joshua's Tract Conservation and Historic Trust

New Roxbury Land Trust

Norcross Wildlife Foundation

Opacum Land Trust

Wolf Den Land Trust

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National Conservation Resources

Land Trust Alliance

The Conservation Fund

The Nature Conservancy

Trust for Public Land

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Water Resources

American Rivers

French River Connection

MA Watershed Coalition

MA Waterwatch Partnership

Rivers Alliance of CT

Thames River Basin Partnership

Willimantic River Alliance

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