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Whatcom County News, March 2008

Saturday, March 1, 2008

Urban growth limits challenged: Council decision blocks Larrabee Springs developer, Bellingham Herald, March 15

Posted by Brock at 12:03 AM

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Washington GMA & Land Use Laws

RCW 36.70A: Growth Management Act
RCW 90.58: Shoreline Management Act
RCW 36.70C: Land Use Petition Act
RCW 36.70B: Local Project Review
RCW 36.70: Planning Enabling Act
WAC: Environmental & Growth Mgt Review Fund
WAC: Resource Land Guidelines
WAC: GMA Procedures
WAC: Growth Boards

Other Wash. Environmental Laws

Administrative Procedure Act : RCW 34.05
Forestry Practices : RCW 76.09
Salmon Recovery Act : RCW 77.85
Salmon Restoration Program : RCW 77.95
Shoreline Management Act : RCW 90.58
State Environmental Policy Act : RCW : 43.21C
Watershed Planning Act : RCW 90.82

Wash. GMA & Land Use Resources

Futurewise's Practice Handbook
GMHBs' Practice Handbook
Washington Research Council Studies
Municipal Research & Services Ctr. of Wash.
GMA Oral History Project (page n/a)
Washington Center for Real Estate Research
Theo Eicher Land Use Studies

Other Smart Growth Resources

American Planning Association
Brookings Institute Metropolitan Policy Program
Congress for the New Urbanism
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Northeast-Midwest Institute
Resources for the Future
Sierra Club: Stopping Sprawl
Smart Growth America
Smart Growth Network
Urban Land Institute
Urban Institute
Prof. Boudreax: Land Use Blog
Prof. Mandelker: Land Use Law
Prof. Salkin: Law of the Land Blog

Washington State Government

Growth Management Hearings Boards
CTED Growth Management Services
OFM Population Projections
WDFW Habitat Program
Dep't of Ecology's Climate Change Mitigation
State Courts
Environmental Hearings Office
Dep't of Natural Resources
Office of Farmland Preservation
Dep't of Archeology & Historic Preservation

Pro-GMA Groups

Futurewise
People for Puget Sound
Puget Soundkeepers Alliance
Washington Environmental Council

Anti-GMA Groups

Building Industry Association of Washington
Citizens' Alliance for Property Rights
Kitsap Alliance of Property Owners
Master Builders Ass'n of King & Sno. Counties
Pacific Legal Foundation
Washington State Farm Bureau

Smart Growth Groups in Other States

1000 Friends of Connecticut
1000 Friends of Florida
Hawaii's Thousand Friends
Idaho Smart Growth
1000 Friends of Iowa
Grow Smart Maine
1000 Friends of Maryland
Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance
Michigan Land Use Institute
1000 Friends of Minnesota
Montana Smart Growth Coalition
1000 Friends of New Mexico
1000 Friends of Oregon
Smart Growth Vermont
1000 Friends of Wisconsin
Smart Growth BC

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