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Stream-Friendly Resources - because we all live in a watershed!

Building a willow wall and brush mattress!
    

Techniques and integrated site models for permeable paving, rain catchment systems, infiltration basins etc. See Field Guide to Water Quality Friendly Development

Best Management Practices (BMPs) for New Development and Redevelopment - A Handbook

Provides general guidance for selecting and implementing Best Management Practices (BMPs) to reduce pollutants in runoff in newly developed areas and redeveloped areas to waters of the State. This handbook also provides guidance on developing project-specific stormwater management plans including selection and implementation of BMPs for a particular development or redevelopment project. Published by the California Stormwater Quality Association.

Welcoming Rainwater Into Your Life and Lanscpape. By Brad Lancaster

Chesapeake Bay Riparian Handbook

More Information

When it rains, it's porous (December 23, 2006)

Concrete-slab driveways may soon be a thing of the past as new paving products address water runoff problems - Judy Richter, Special to The Chronicle Saturday, December 23, 2006

Greywater Guerrillas

The Greywater Guerrillas (San Francisco) are a collaborative group of educators, designers, builders, and artists who educate and empower people to build sustainable water culture and infrastructure.

Practical Streambank Bioengineering Guide (3.42MB PDF)

Published by the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve System. Great background info! Visit their website at http://www.elkhornsloughctp.org/reference

Other pages in Landowner's Guide to Watershed Friendly Living

Stream-Friendly Resources - because we all live in a watershed!

The San Geronimo Valley Fish Friendly Citizen's Guide

Woody Debris Let it be!

Rainwater Harvesting

Finding Pesticide Alternatives

Preventing the Spread of Invasive Species

Declare Your Backyard A Bird Sanctuary!
By PRBO Conservation Science

Local Native Plant Nurseries

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