C R P 293 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Natural Resources Conservation Service, Environmental Planning, National Environmental Policy Act
11 Oct 2016
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Chapter 1-taking stock of the environment and creating environmental plans: natural areas-undeveloped lands, working landscapes- contribute to economic wealth, built environments- infrastructure public spaces, parkland. Adding environmental planning to the comprehensive planning: decide on appropriate uses of land and spatial pattern of development. Identify lands with development constraints, such as flood plains, wetlands, steep slopes, and shallow depth to bedrock, as well as lack of central water and sewage service: regulate the location, timing and design of development; Environmental plans should be as holistic as possible (everything is connected. The planning commission and elected officials implement, monitor and evaluate the performance of the environmental action plan through and annual review of progress toward benchmarks and then make revisions and updates as needed. Environmental features for natural resources inventory maps: soils (slope erosion potential, wetness, strength, depth to bedrock, frost, action, shrink-swell provides by nrcs natural resources.
