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Other Resources

      To complement our inventory of news articles referencing Upstate Forever, listings of other organizations and media outlets, and catalogs of UF newsletters, press releases, and position statements, we have included this section containing reports and articles that may be of interest to our members.  Some of this information, such as conference CDs, has been produced by Upstate Forever; other documents are from research institutions and respected media outlets.  Explore, and enjoy!

Upstate Forever Conferences

• Conservation Agreements: The Voluntary Protection of Land
  September 19, 2007

• Trees: The Care and Protection of a Valuable Upstate Resource
  April 26, 2005

• Dealing With Dirt: The Impact and Control of Erosion in the Upstate
  September 23, 2004

• Affordable Housing in the Upstate: Building for the Future
  September 16, 2003

Upstate Forever Projects

• Special Places Inventory (pdf)

• Active Living Assessment for Spartanburg (pdf)
  see also: Upstate Forever Spartanburg

• Modeling Growth and Predicting Future Developed Land
  in the Upstate of South Carolina
  Report submitted to the Saluda-Reedy Watershed Consortium November 2007
  Craig E. Campbell, Jeffery Allen, and Kang Shou Lu
  Strom Thurmond Institute, Clemson University
  Project Abstract
  Full Study
  Slide Show

General Interest:

• Natural Capitalism The Path to a Sustainable World (Address by Brad Wyche Opening Convocation Furman University Spetember 13, 2006)

• Urban Forestry SouthWatershed Forestry Manual - Part I (website)

• Smart Growth for Clean Water: Helping Communities Address the Water Quality Impacts of Sprawl
  National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals (website)

• Efficient Vehicles Versus Efficient Transportation
  Comparing Transportation Energy Conservation Strategies (pdf)

• DRIVEN TO SPEND:
  Pumping Dollars out of Our Households and Communities
  Surface Transportation Policy Project (pdf)

• Air Quality and Smart Growth:
  Planning for Cleaner Air
  Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities (pdf)

• Suburban sprawl eats more than its share of taxes (pdf)

• Clean Air for the Upstate, Southern Environmental Law Center (website)

• Light Imprint New Urbanism: A Case Study Comparison
  Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co., a case study of Griffin Park TND in Greenville County