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Land and Habitat
Resource Center Links
Environmental Improvement Categories
Environmental Management Systems
EPA and many non-governmental organizations, trade groups, and companies collect and share information on techniques and tools for improving a facility's land use and habitat preservation practices. The Performance Track program encourages applicants and members to report on land and habitat improvements in the indicators listed below. Examples of appropriate measures are also provided.
| Indicators | Units |
|---|---|
| Land and habitat conservation |
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| Community land revitalization |
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General Resources
The Land Research Program in EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) provides innovative science solutions to preserve the nation's land, restore contaminated properties, and protect public health from exposure to environmental contaminants.
The Wildlife Habitat Council's
Corporate
Habitat Certification/International Accreditation
Program
recognizes commendable wildlife habitat
management and environmental education programs
at individual sites. WHC certification adds value
to programs by providing third-party credibility
and an objective evaluation of projects.
Green
Biz Leaders
gives examples of how companies of all sizes
and sectors align environmental responsibility
with business success, as judged by independent
agencies and organizations. Search under
preservation/restoration for examples of
companies undertaking land conservation.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's
Partners for
Fish and Wildlife Program
offers technical and financial assistance to
private (non-federal) landowners to voluntarily
restore wetlands and other fish and wildlife
habitats on their land.
Land Conservation
EPA's River Corridor and Wetland Restoration Page gives information on defining ecological restoration.
EPA’s Watershed Academy outlines Eight Tools of Watershed Protection.
Community Land Revitalization
EPA's Land Revitalization Initiative seeks to resolve barriers to reuse and promote the reuse of sites that are being or have been cleaned up. A major objective of the revitalization initiative is to instill at EPA a culture of reuse of our precious resources. To this end, EPA is working to ensure that cleanup remedies take into account a property's anticipated future use.
EPA's Land Revitalization Action Agenda aims to protect human health and the environment by cleaning up waste sites and restore land to productive commercial, residential, industrial, and green space end uses.
EPA’s Land Research Program conducts Brownfields and Land Revitalization Research. Among the resources on this site is a link to a web-based decision support system for developing and evaluating future reuse scenarios for potentially contaminated land, called Smarte .