Resources

Rural Urban Development

• Sprawl Watch
  The Spawl Watch Web site provides extensive coverage of issues around “smart growth”, the impacts of uncontrolled planning on issues such as traffic congestion, transport policies, air quality, and farm land.
  
  
• Rural Development
  Rural Development is committed to helping improve the economy and quality of life in all of rural America. Through our programs, we touch rural America in many ways.
  
  
• NC Department of Environmental Resources-Stromwater and Runoff Polution
  This stormwater awareness and outreach site provides basic information about stormwater, stormwater pollution, and water resource, including children’s outreach activities and student/teacher resources.
  
  
• Pollution Solution Workbook
  The NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources offers this child-oriented online workbook that covers subjects such as storm water drainoff, water pollution, and river basins. The workbook also includes online river basin riddler cards, pollution diagrams and text entry questions, an exercise to grade your schoolyard, and more.
  
  
• Stormwater and You
  The NC Department of Transportation provides this informative workbook about topics such as the watershed, runoff, conservation, grass recycling, and compost. The workbook also includes colorful graphics and offers teacher suggestions and class and individual activities.