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1 REFERENCES Apfelbaum, Steve I., Eppich, John D., Price, Thomas H., and Sands, Michael. The Prairie Crossing Project: Attaining Water Quality and Stormwater Management Goals in A Conservation Development. Center for Watershed Protection. Land Conservation <cwp.org/land_conservation.htm> Chapman, S.S., Griffith, GE., Omernick, J.M., Price, A.B., Freeouf, J., and Schrupp, D.L. Ecoregions of Colorado. Color poster with map, descriptive test, summary tables, and Photographs. Reston: U.S. Geological Survey, Chatfield Basin Conservation Network. Chatfield Basin Conservation Network Concept Plan Chatfield Environmental Education Resource System. Chatfield Watershed Authority. Chatfield Watershed Report 2003: Annual Summary and Water Quality Fact Sheets Chicago Wilderness. Chicago Wilderness Green Infrastructure Vision Chicago Wilderness. Chicago Wilderness and Its Biodiversity Recovery Plan. Ciruli Associates. How Coloradoans Want to Spend their Lottery Money City of Auburn. City of Auburn Land Use Plan - Citywide Development Components: Green Infrastructure Colorado Department of Transportation. South I-25 Corridor and US 85 Corridor Final Environmental Impact Statement Section 4(f) Evaluation Community and Culture and the Environment. Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. Green Infrastructure/ Biodiversity Supporting Programs prepared for Biodiversity Initiative and Livable Delaware Green Infrastructure Subcommittee DeMarco, Margaret. SREcosytem Project, Southern Rockies Wildlands Network VISION

2 Donnelly, Roarke E., and Marzluff, John M. Designing research to advance the management of birds in urbanizing areas Douglas County. Douglas County 2020 Comprehensive Master Plan. Douglas County and the Towns of Castle Rock and Parker, ERO Resources Corporation, Brooke S. Fox and Trout, Raley, Mantano, Witwer and Freeman, P.C. Habitat Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment for Douglas County and the Towns of Castle Rock and Parker Douglas County and Urban Drainage and Flood Control District. Plum Creek Watershed Outfall Systems Planning Preliminary Design Report Douglas County and Urban Drainage and Flood Control District. Flood Hazard Area Delineation Plum Creek and East Plum Creek, Douglas County, Colorado Douglas County. Douglas County Mineral Extraction Plan: An Element of the Douglas County Master Plan. Douglas County. Douglas County Open Space Master Plan. Douglas County, and Urban Drainage and Flood Control District. Flood Hazard Area Delineation Plum Creek Watershed Douglas County. Grading, Erosion, and Sediment Control Manual Douglas County, Prepared by ERO Resources Corp. and Computer Terrain Mapping, Inc. Visual Analysis of Douglas County, Colorado. Highway Corridor Viewshed Analysis; Visual Bluffs Analysis; and Community Separators Analysis Dramstad, Olson, and Forman Educator s Guide to CHEERS Environmental Protection and Regulation Division, Northeast Branch, Department of Environmental Conservation. Northeast New South Wales Corridors < Eugster, Glenn, National Park Service. Seven Principals of Green Infrastructure (2005). Oral presentation at CBCN April 28, 2005 Stakeholder Meeting

3 Front Range Mountain Backdrop Technical Report. Grasslands Conservation Council of British Columbia. Conservation of Grassland Ecosystems (2003). Hellmund Associates, Trials and Wildlife Task Force, Colorado State Parks. Planning Trails with Wildlife in Mind: A Handbook for Trail Planners Hough, Andy. Soil Map Interpretations Jefferson County. Jefferson County Open Space Master Plan. Knight, R.L., and Gutzwiller, K.J. Wildlife and Recreation: Coexistence though Management and Research Knopf et al. Conservation of Riparian Ecosystems in the United States. The Wilson Bulletin, Vol 100 #2, June Landers, Jay. Civil Engineering; High-Impact Innovation Landscape Ecology Principles Levitt, James N. Landscape-scale Conservation; Grappling with the Green Matrix. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Land Lines. January 2004, Volume 16, Number 1. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, City of Tucson, and Sonoran Institute. Growing Smarter at the Edge Executive Summary. Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. Green Infrastructure: A Preliminary Countywide Green Infrastructure Plan Marzluff, John M., and Ewing, Kern. Restoration of Fragmented Landscapes for the Conservation of Birds: A General Framework and Specific Recommendations for Urbanizing Landscapes. Restoration Ecology Morrison, Michael. Wildlife Restoration. Designing a Reserve, Chapter

4 National Association of Counties in cooperation with the Environmental Protection Agency. Smart Growth Strategies, Protecting Water Resources: Local Government Roles and Options for the Rock Mountains and Northern Great Plains Nelson, Scott. Personal communication discussing neighborhood and community corridor widths Northwest Earth Institute. Discovering a Sense of Place Odell, Eric A., Theobald, David M., and Knight, Richard L. Incorporating Ecology into Land Use Planning: The Songbirds Case for Clustered Development. APA Journal (2003). Riparian Corridor Analysis. (Draft) San Diego County. Findings of Conformance: Multi Species Conservation Program. <sdcounty.ca.gov/dplu/resource/docs> Smith, Daniel S. and Hellmond, Paul Cawood. Ecology of Greenways Species List for the Chatfield Basin Conservation Network. Sperger, Raymond H. and Chew, Melissa. South Platte Park Buffer Study Sperger, Raymond H. and Chew, Melissa. South Platte Park Buffering Options of Ensor The State of the Southern Rockies Eco-region. United States Environmental Protection Agency and Natural Resource Conservation Service. The South Platte River in Colorado United States Environmental Protection Agency. Wetland Overview United States Geological Service. National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program: South Platte River Basin April 13, 2005 <co.water.usgs.gov/nawqa/splt/html/spbasininfo.html> Waterton Canyon & CHEERS

5 Williamson, Karen S., RLA, CPSI. Growing with Green Infrastructure. Heritage Conservancy, Woodward, Joan. Waterstained Landscapes: seeing and shaping regionally distinctive places

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