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Conferences/Events
Feb 1-2, 07
Riverine Wetlands:
Connections, Corridors and Catchments - Wisconsin Wetlands
Association�s 12th Annual Wetland Science Forum
Radisson Hotel & Convention Center, La Crosse, WI
Wisconsin Wetlands Association will convene members of the wetland
community of Wisconsin and the Great Lakes region to discuss a variety of
issues related to riverine wetlands. The program for this 2-day conference
will focus on the theme of riverine wetlands.
Feb 14, 07
APA Audio/Web Conference Training
Series Complete Streets,
3:00-4:30 p.m., University of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point, LRC 604
Make room for pedestrians, bicyclists, and
transit users on your auto-oriented roads. Learn how the complete
streets movement provides safe and convenient user access and more
choice in transportation modes, and how it has become a major tool for
planning to improve communities. Through programs that rethink the
physical design of streets, complete streets make cities and towns more
livable and appealing to all residents. Learn how communities overcome
resistance and how new federal and state funding supports these
programs. CPD: 3.
Follow link to campus
map below. The LRC is Building 8 in the map. Best parking is
in Lot X (metered).
How?
Register by email. We
only have space for 28 people.
How much? This workshop is sponsored by WAPA. If
you are a WAPA member, there is no charge for this program. For non-WAPA
members, the fee is $10 payable at the door.
Feb 26, 27, and 28, 07
Growing
Wisconsin: A Workshop on How to Sustain Our Working Lands � a
workshop offered in three cities by UW-Extension and Wisconsin
Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP), will
highlight innovative land use tools, agriculture and urban development
programs, and the use of development rights to maintain the unique
character of the state. Feb 28, 07
The Wisconsin Working Lands Initiative
Program -- Cooperative Extension�s Local Government Center -- Local
Land Use Planning and Zoning WisLine Series. Preservation of
agricultural and forested lands is the subject of a Department of
Agricultural, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) initiative; learn
about reactions to the report and proposals to implement it.
Mar 10, 07
The
Tri-State Forest Stewardship Conference
The 2007 Tri-State Forest Stewardship Conference will be held at
Sinsinawa Mound Conference Center, Sinsinawa, WI. The conference is
designed for landowners from Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Agency
professionals, consultants, forestry industry representatives, and
others interested in woodlands and natural resources are welcome.
Concurrent sessions will provide participants with the knowledge and
skills to manage woodlands using good stewardship principles.
Mar 15-16, 07
WAPA/WI-ASLA 2007 Annual
Conference - "Greening Wisconsin - Planning for a Sustainable
Future"
This conference is directed to planners, planning commissioners,
landscape architects, public officials and interested citizens from
Wisconsin. Sessions will provide information on sustainable/green
developments, comprehensive and smart growth plans, mixed use
development, landscape architecture, redevelopment and transportation
planning. In addition, there will be a discussion panel on the Swedish
Eco-Municipality/Sustainable Development Tour. Midwest Airlines
Center, Milwaukee. Visit the
WAPA
website events page in about two weeks for an agenda and
registration information.
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From the Center
Implementation Tools Fact Sheets for 2007
Impact Fees
Land Division Ordinances
Zoning Ordinances
Update of the Zoning Board Handbook, 2nd Edition, is complete, and is
available for free download in electronic form in the publications section
of the website. The 2nd Edition is over 200 pages and the printed
version will bound in a 3-ring binder. Handbooks can be ordered at a
cost of $12.00 per copy today. Contact CLUE to order your copies or
download an
order form
in Word format..
Workshops
Contact CLUE if there is an interest for either Plan Commission or Zoning
Board of Adjustment workshops in your area.
More information will be posted to the
workshops webpage as it becomes available.
News From Around the State
Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel - Jan 30, 07
Smaller lots?
Maybe if we offer the neighbors some upside
by Patrick McIlheran is a Journal Sentinel
editorial columnist
Baraboo News Republic - Jan 12, 07
Sauk County losing
farmland to housing
by
Christina Beam
If you have an article you would like to
submit to the
Land Use Tracker quarterly newsletter, contact
Rebecca Roberts, Managing Editor, or mail your submission to:
The Land Use Tracker
Center for Land Use Education
UW-Stevens Point
800 Reserve St
Stevens Point, WI 54481
It should be 1,000 words or less;
Be informative;
Be of state-wide concern;
And address a land use issue.
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