Rural Management Resources

Agriculture and Land Use

• Agriculture and Land Use Related Links
  • Agriculture Ecosystems Research Group: http://www.uwex.edu/ces/forage/ageco.htm
  • American Farmland Trust: http://www.farmland.org/
  • DATCP The One-Stop-Shop for Farmers: http://www.datcp.state.wi.us/static/caard/
  • National Agriculture Laboratory: http://www.nalusda.gov/
  • National Wetlands Research Center: http://www.nwrc.nbs.gov/
  • NRCS Farmland Protection Program: http://www.wi.nrcs.usda.gov/soil/prime/fpp.html
  • NRCS Natural Resource Conservation Service: http://www.wi.nrcs.usda.gov/
  • Planners Web Sprawl Guide: http://www.plannersweb.com/sprawl/solutions_farm.html
  • Program on Agricultural Technology Studies: http://www.wisc.edu/pats/landuse/index.html
  • Wisconsin Agricultural Statistics Service: http://www.nass.usda.gov/wi/
  • Wisconsin 1997 Census of Agriculture: http://www.nass.usda.gov/census/

Energy

• Midwest Renewable Energy Association: http://www.the-mrea.org/
• Wisconsin Focus on Energy: http://wifocusonenergy.com/

Forestry

• Forestry Fact Sheets and Bulletins
  • The Managed Forest Law Property Tax Program (2 pages, 100 KB)
  • UW Publications Available from the Forestry Extension Office: http://forest.wisc.edu/extension/publist.htm
  • UW Forestry Facts Series: http://forest.wisc.edu/extension/forfact.htm
  • USDA Forest Service Online Publications: http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/fth_pub.htm
• Forestry Related Links
  • Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest: http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/cnnf/
  • A Forest Landowner’s Guide to Internet Resources: States of the Northeast: http://www.na.fs.fed.us/pubs/misc/ir/index.htm
  • Silva Forest Foundation: http://www.silvafor.org/
  • Wisconsin DNR Private Forestry: http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/forestry/Private/index.htm
  • Wisconsin Forest Productivity Council: http://www.wisconsinforests.org/
  • Wisconsin Forest Resources Education Alliance: http://www.wfrea.org/
  • Wisconsin Woodlands Owners Association: http://www.wisconsinwoodlands.org/

General Natural Resources Information

• General Natural Resources Related Links
  • EPA Brownfields: http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/
  • EPA Green Landscaping with Native Plants: http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/greenacres/index.html
  • Land Owner Assessment and Project Evaluation (LOAPE) Program: http://clean-water.uwex.edu/loape/index.htm
  • Land Stewardship Project: http://www.landstewardshipproject.org/
  • Land Trust: http://www.possibility.com/landtrust/
  • Microsoft Terra Server: http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/default.asp
  • Nature Serve an Online Encyclopedia of Life: http://www.natureserve.org/
  • Price County Land Information: http://wisclinc.state.wi.us/datadisc/county/pr.html
  • USGS Earth Explorer Photo Finder: http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/Webglis/glisbin/finder_main.pl?dataset_name=NAPP
  • UW-Extension Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey: http://www.uwex.edu/wgnhs/
  • Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR): http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/NaturalResources.html
  • Wisconsin Land Information Clearinghouse: http://wisclinc.state.wi.us/landinfo/lidir.html
  • Wisconsin Stewardship Network: http://www.wsn.org

Lake, River, and Watershed Resources

• Lake, River, and Watershed Fact Sheets and Bulletins
  • Price County Riparian Property Owner’s Survey (3 pages, 24 KB)
• Price County Lake Classification Information
  • Price County Lake Classification Program (1 page, 54 KB)
  • Price County Lakes Classification Plan Phase II Map (1 page, 660 KB)
  • Price County Lakes Classification Plan Phase II Natural Heritage Inventory Map (1 page, 126 KB)
  • Price County Lakes Classification Plan Phase II Water Resource Buffer Map (1 page, 101 KB)
  • Price County Lakes Classification Plan Phase II Existing Land Use Map (1 page, 113 KB)
  • Price County Lakes Classification Plan Phase II Resource Waters Map(1 page, 613 KB)
  • Price County Lakes Classification Plan Phase II 303d Map(1 page, 568 KB)
  • Margin of Error? Human Influence on Wisconsin Shores: 
    http://clean-water.uwex.edu/pubs/margin/index.htm
  • WNDR Glossary of Lake and Water Terms: http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/water/fhp/lakes/laketerm.htm
  • WDNR Lake Classification for Shoreland Management UWEX Presentation:
    http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/water/fhp/papers/p3/index.htm
  • WDNR Wisconsin Lakes Management Strategy:
    http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/water/fhp/papers/P5/index.htm
  • WDNR The Wisconsin Lake Partnership’s Shoreland Management and Lake Classification Fact Sheet Series: http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/water/fhp/lakes/facts.htm
• Lake, River, and Watershed Related Links
  • American Rivers: http://www.amrivers.org/
  • EPA Office of Water Clean Lakes: http://www.epa.gov/OWOW/LAKES/
  • EPA Office of Water The Watershed Academy: http://www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/wacademy/
  • Gathering Waters: http://www.gatheringwaters.org
  • Great Lakes Online: http://h2o.seagrant.wisc.edu/
  • Lake Net: http://www.worldlakes.org/
  • River Alliance of Wisconsin: http://www.wisconsinrivers.org/
  • Upper Chipewa River Basin Partnership: http://clean-water.uwex.edu/upperchip/
  • UW Center for Limnology: http://limnology.wisc.edu/
  • Wisconsin Lakes Organization: http://www.WisconsinLakes.org
  • WDNR Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources: http://www.dnr.state.wi.us
  • WDNR Division of Water: http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/environmentprotect/water.html
• Wetlands Related Links
  • National Wetlands Research Center: http://www.nwrc.nbs.gov/

Property Taxes

• Property Tax Fact Sheets and Bulletins
  • Use Value Assessment of Wisconsin Farmland (4 pages, 96 KB)
  • Wisconsin’s Forest Tax Laws: http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/land/forestry/ftax/INDEX.HTM
  • 2001 USE-VALUE GUIDELINES FOR AGRICULTURAL ASSESSMENT: http://www.dor.state.wi.us/slf/50uv2001.html

Price County Zoning Ordinances - Disclaimer: These ordinances may not be complete. For a current copy, please Contact the Price County Zoning Administrator by Email: zoneadmn@co.price.wi.us. Additional information may be found at thePrice County Zoning Department web site.

• Floodplain Zoning Ordinance (32 pages, 79 KB)
• Nonmetallic Mining Reclamation Ordinance (37 pages, 111 KB)
• Private Sewage System Ordinance (26 pages, 92 KB)
• Shoreland Zoning Ordinance (36 pages, 125 KB)
• Tower Ordinance (14 pages, 54 KB)

Education Resources Related Links

• ESRI Land Information and Computer Graphics Facility: http://www.lic.wisc.edu/esri.htm
• ESRI GIS and Mapping Software: http://www.esri.com/index.html
• On Common Ground: http://www.oncommonground.org
• Planners Web, City and Regional Planning Resources: http://www.plannersweb.com
• UW-Extension Local Government Center: http://www.uwex.edu/lgc/
• Wisconsin Department of Administration Office of Land Information Services Comprehensive Planning or “Smart Growth”: http://www.doa.state.wi.us/olis/complanning.asp
• Wisconsin Department of Transportation: http://www.dot.state.wi.us/
• Wisconsin Historical Society Smart Growth: http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/histbuild/smartgrowth/
• Wisconsin State Legislature: http://www.legis.state.wi.us