Center for Land Use Education

Land Use Tracker Newsletter - Chronological Archive

• Summer 2015 Volume 14, Issue 4
• A Closer Look at Local Government: The Who, What and How of Local Plan Commissions
• Statewide Parcel Database for Wisconsin Now Available Online
• Groundwater: Diminishing Resource, Increasing Conflict

• Spring 2015, Volume 14, Issue 3
• Electric Vehicles: A Good Idea for Wisconsin?
• Reading the Wetland Landscape Workshops
• Wisconsin Wetlands Association to Release County Wetland Fact Sheets
• Understanding the Benefits of Trees in Lakes

• Winter 2014-15, Volume 14, Issue 2
• Developing Wisconsin's Forests: How Landowner Attitudes Shape Community Response to Growing Development Threats
• Characteristics of Wisconsin Woodland Owners
• Sustainability and Community Planning
• More than Just a Big Map: Modernizing the 1964 Wisconsin Landscape Resource Inventory

• Fall 2014, Volume 14, Issue 1
• Updating Your Rural Comprehensive Plan: Strategies to Address Shifting Trends
• Engaging Young People in Comprehensive Planning: The Iron County Case Study
• Online Zoning Codes Made Easy

• Summer 2014, Volume 13, Issue 4
• Getting the Wheels Rolling: Using Policy to Create Bicycle Friendly Communities
• Bicycle and Pedestrian Planning in Action: The Case of Portage County, Wisconsin
• Bicycle Friendly Communities: How Does Your Community Rank?
• The History of Bicycling in Wisconsin
• Bicycle Planning Resources 

• Winter 2013-14, Volume 13, Issue 3
• Lakes, Lawns and Shorelands: The Human Equation
• Coastal Cities Trail Inventory Complete
• Urban Agriculture in Practice: Riverview Gardens

• Fall 2013, Volume 13, Issue 2
• Green Cemeteries: A Tool for Sustainable Communities
• The Presence of Sustainable Zoning in Wisconsin Cities
• What is Happening to Honey Bees in Wisconsin?

• Summer 2013, Volume 13, Issue 1
  • Capitalizing on Wetlands as Community Assets
  • Steps for Identifying Wetlands
  • New Tools for Considering Wetlands in Watershed Planning
  • Using Local Wetland Policies to Advance Planning Goals
  • DNR Lake Grants Offer Wetland Project Funding Opportunities
  • Field-Based Workshops Help Local Officials Administer Wetland Land Use Policies
  • Test Your Knowledge of Wetlands
    
• Spring 2013, Volume 12, Issue 4
• Planning for Healthy Communities
• Paving the Way for Complete Streets
• Survey Reveals Community Preferences
  
• Winter 2012, Volume 12, Issue 3
• Addressing Food System through Comprehensive and Sustainability Plans
• Regional Food Systems Portal Provides Access to Data, Maps and Resources
• Solar Communities: Planning for Solar Energy
• Time to Appoint New Plan Commission Members
  
• Fall 2012, Volume 12, Issue 2
  • Placemaking: A Tool for Rural and Urban Communities
  • Land Use Community of Practice: An Extension Resource for Wisconsin Planners
  • New Well Water Quality Viewer Provides a Window into Wisconsin's Buried Treasure
  • Livestock Siting Law Preempts Local Regulation
  • Calendar of Events
    
    
• Summer 2012, Volume 12, Issue 1
• Tracking the Rate of Farmland Loss in Wisconsin Counties
• Isolated Forest Patches Lose Species, Diversity
• The Economic Impact of Agriculture in Wisconsin Counties
• The Economic Impact of Organic Agriculture in Wisconsin
• New Plan Commission Handbook Available
  
• ​Spring 2012, Volume 11, Issue 4
• Planning and Zoning for "Frac Sand" Mining
• Alternative Lawn Care Practices for Wisconsin
• CLUE Unveils New Website
• Legislative Changes Related to Planning, Zoning and Land Use Regulation
• New Plan Commission Handbook Available

• Winter 2011, Volume 11, Issue 3
• Planning for High Water
• New GIS-Based Toolkit
• Solar Permitting Update
  
• Fall 2011, Volume 11, Issue 2
• Planning for Airports: The Role of Local Government
• Working with the New Impervious Surface Standard
• Comparing Zoning Systems through Spatial Modeling
• Helping Wisconsin Residents Save Money through Water Efficiency
  
• Summer 2011, Volume 11, Issue 1
• Solar Power: What Local Government Can Do
• Role of the Plan Commission
• Court Rules Zoning Amendment May Nullify Conditional Use Permit
• New Publications Focus on Shoreland and Wetland Zoning
  
• ​Spring 2011, Volume 10, Issue 4
• Location Efficiency and Housing Type: Boiling it Down to BTUs
• Roles and Responsibilities of the Zoning Board
• Wind Siting Rules Suspended
• State Budget Update

• Winter 2010, Volume 10, Issue 3
• Creating a "Third Place"
• CLUE Offers Plan Commission and Zoning Board Workshops
• New Wind Energy Rules to Go Into Effect
• Platting Law Changes
• GIS Applications for Managing Working Lands and Operations
• Meet the New DNR Shoreland Zoning Team
  
• Fall 2010, Volume 10, Issue 2
• Principles of Community Placemaking
• Farming on the Edge: Land Use and Economic Impacts of Agricultural Land Conversion
• Burning Biomass is a Hot Topic in Wisconsin
  
• Summer 2010, Volume 10, Issue 1
• 2010 Updates to Wisconsin's Comprehensive Planning Law
• Changes to Wisconsin's Platting Laws
• State Shoreland Development Rules Updated
  
• Spring 2010, Volume 9, Issue 4
• Lawns: A Large Part of Wisconsin's Landscape
• What Happened to the Phosphorous?  Homeowner Information on New Turf Fertilizer Restrictions
• 2009 Wisconsin Planning and Zoning Case Law Update
  
• Winter 2009, Volume 9, Issue 3
• Creativity, Culture, Community, Commerce
• Planning for Arts and Culture
• GIS Mapping of Cultural Assets: The Case of Madison
  
• Fall 2009, Volume 9, Issue 2
• Managing Controversy: The Case for Community Dialogue
• Urban Chickens Raise Unique Land Use Questions
• Zoning Change Found by its Effect, Not its Label, Says Wisconsin Court of Appeals
• Children's Books Help Us Share Land Use Planning Ideas

• Summer 2009, Volume 9, Issue 1
• Are We Drinking Our Land Use Habits?
• Landscape Features that Drive Parcelization
• Wisconsin Joint Finance Committee Completes Budget Work; Adopts Working Lands Initiative
• Status of County GIS Mapping
  
• Spring 2009, Volume 8, Issue 4
• The Roots of Landscape Change: Parcelization
• Capital Improvement Plan Factsheet
• State Budget/Federal Stimulus Highlights
  
• Winter 2008, Volume 8, Issue 3
• Livable Communities: A Blueprint for Small Communities
• Planning for Walkable/Bikable Communities
• Planning for Third Places
• Miskowiak to Spearhead GIS Center at UWSP
  
• Fall 2008, Volume 8, Issue 2
• Governor's Task Force on Global Warming: Proposed Policies for Energy Efficient Communities
• Land Use Impacts of Renewable Energy
• Wisconsin's Energy Independent Community Partnership
• Climate Change Summit: Wisconsin Communities Take Action
  
• Summer 2008, Volume 8, Issue 1
• Planning for Your Airport: The Time is Now
• Targeting Priority Working Lands and Operations
• What is LESA?

• Spring 2008, Volume 7, Issue 4
• Mitigation Planning for Natural Hazards
• The Transportation Aspect of Disaster Planning
• With Growing Hope: A Study of the August 2007 Kickapoo Flood in the Village of Gays Mills
• Disaster Planning and Recovery Resources
  
• Winter 2007, Volume 7, Issue 3
• Planning for Community Food Systems
• Can Eating Local "Save the Environment?"
• Farming Subdivisions: Problematic or Promising?
• Community Gardens: For Now or Forever?
  
• Fall 2007, Volume 7, Issue 2
• The Impact of Wisconsin's Public Participation Requirement on Local Comprehensive Plans
• Mapping Meaning and the Meaning of Maps
• Is Your Community Planning to Protect Its Drinking Water?
  
• Summer 2007, Volume 7, Issue 1
• Dakota County Program Aims to Preserve Farmland and Natural Areas
• The First Year of the Livestock Facility Siting Law
• Regulatory Approaches to Conservation Subdivisions in Wisconsin
• Legal Update: Zoning Boards May Consider Zoning Official Mistake
• Leadership Program Aims to Ease Workforce Challenges in Wisconsin's County Zoning Offices
  
• Spring 2007, Volume 6, Issue 4
• Wisconsin Working Lands Initiative
• Garber and Robertson: Frequently Asked Questions
• State and Local Steps for Successful Farmland Preservation
• The Pension Protection Act of 2006
• TDR Program One of Many Protection Practices Used in Western Wisconsin
• Farmland Protection Strategies in Southern Wisconsin
• Northeast Wisconsin Considers Itself the "Heart of the Wisconsin Dairy Industry"

• Winter 2006, Volume 6, Issue 3
• Status of Comprehensive Planning and Educational Needs in Wisconsin
• Transfer of Development Rights
• Designing Communities for Active Lifestyles
• Shoreland Protection Rule Revisions Move Forward: Focus Groups Finalize Recommendations
  
• Fall 2006, Volume 6, Issue 2
• Sustainable Communities: Lessons from Wisconsin and Sweden
• Regional Collaboration: A Framework for Solving Complex Planning Problems
• Adopting More Stringent Standards for Livestock Facility Siting
• Effort to Update Shoreland Protection Rules Enters New Phase: Groups to Focus on Areas Criticized in Original Proposal
  
• Summer 2006, Volume 6, Issue 1
• Planning on the Cutting Edge Requires Fine Honing - What if in Waupaca County
• New Technology for Manure Management
• Regulatory Options Under the Livestock Facility Siting Law and Rule
  
• Spring 2006, Volume 5, Issue 4
• Honing an Old Land Use Tool: Regulating Rural Land Division at the Town Level
• Comprehensive Planning in Wisconsin: Are Communities Planning to Protect Their Groundwater? Part III
  
• Winter 2005, Volume 5, Issue 3
• Comprehensive Planning in Wisconsin: Are Communities Planning to Protect Their Groundwater?
• L-THIA - Three Versions, Three Groups, Three Projects
• Is Municipal Financing of Storm Water Projects Failing?
• Legal Update: New Quorum and Alternate Requirements for Zoning Boards
  
• Fall 2005, Volume 5, Issue 2
• Retirements in County Zoning Offices Spur New Ideas for Facilitating Workforce Succession
• CLUE Initiates Parcelization Study
• Legal Update: New Court Decisions Regarding Conditional Use Permits and Zoning Boards

• Summer 2005, Volume 5, Issue 1
• Do Wisconsin's "Smart Growth" Plans Conform to Smart Growth Principles?
• CLUE-in on Technology - Web Mapping for Comprehensive Planning
• Legal Update - Nonconforming Structures
  
• Spring 2005, Volume 4, Issue 4
• Comprehensive Planning in Wisconsin: Are Communities Planning to Protect Their Groundwater?
• Fostering Outreach Education and Public Involvement with GIS
• Sustainable Sweden Workshop Visits Ashland
• Legislative Updates
  
• Winter 2004, Volume 4, Issue 3
• Tapping the New APA Energy Policy Guide to Make Wisconsin's Smart Growth Law Even Smarter
• The Role of Energy in Comprehensive Planning
• The Wildland-Urban Interface and the Farmland-Urban Interface in Wisconsin
• CLUE Offers Plan Commission Workshops
  
• Fall 2004, Volume 4, Issue 2
• Smart Forestry for Smart Growth Planner's Toolbox: Incorporating Forests and Forestry into Local Comprehensive Plans
• Free On-line Course for Local Officials and Woodland Owners
• Considering Noise Impacts of Transportation Facilities
• Connections 2030: The Wisconsin Department of Transportation's Long-Range Plan
• Wisconsin Coastal Management Grants
• Coastal Planning Guide Published
  
• Summer 2004, Volume 4, Issue 1
• The Wisconsin Planning Experience: Results from the Community Planning Survey
• Standards of Review for Conditional Uses
• Wisconsin Supreme Court Distinguishes Between Area and Use Variances and Changes the Standard for Area Variances
• Legislative Update: Revisions to Wisconsin's Comprehensive Planning Law
  
• Spring 2004, Volume 3, Issue 4
• Connecting Land Use and Transportation in Your Comprehensive Plan
• Conditional Uses
• E-Mail: Important Considerations for Local Officials

• Winter 2003, Volume 3, Issue 3
• Meaningful to Citizens-Functional for Planning: Using Public Participation Tools to Accomplish Planning Tasks
• Watersheds and Comprehensive Planning
• CLUSTER Project
• Economic Development Planning Guide Published
  
• Fall 2003, Volume 3, Issue 2
• Integrating the Local Economy and Natural Resources in the Planning Process Part II
• Comprehensive Planning: Ready, Set, Go?, Part II
• Legal Q&A on Comprehensive Planning Law
• Top 10 Myths and Facts About Wisconsin's "Smart Growth" Law
  
• Summer 2003, Volume 3, Issue 1
• Integrating the Local Economy and Natural Resources in the Planning Process
• Comprehensive Planning: Ready, Set, Go?
• Engaging Local Citizens: A Smart Growth Workshop Overview
• Gordie Boucher Case Overturned in Extraterritorial Subdivision Regulation Decision
  
• Spring 2003, Volume 2, Issue 4
• 2003 Comprehensive Planning Grant Awards Program
• Smart Growth: A Solution to Sprawl?
• Guides to the Planning Elements
• CLUE Launches New Comprehensive Planning Education Project
• A Recent Court Opinion About Expansion of Nonconforming Uses
  
• Winter 2003, Volume 2, Issue 3
• To Play the Game You Need to Know the Rules - Town-County Relationships in Zoning Administration
• Land Use Planning Publications
• Defining and Characterizing Sprawl
• SWCS Annual Meeting - "Keeping the Land in Land Use Planning"

• Fall 2002, Volume 2, Issue 2
• Siting Rural Development - To Protect Lakes and Streams and Decrease Road Costs
• Wildlife and Habitat in a Comprehensive Plan
• Link to "What's New at the Center" Web Page
  
• Summer 2002, Volume 2, Issue 1
• An Innovative Tool for Managing Rural Residential Development: A Look at Conservation Subdivisions
• Wisconsin Supreme Court Ruling: Agricultural Use Value Assessment
• Court of Appeals Upholds Rules for Private Onsite Wastewater Treatment
• Impervious Surface - An Environmental Indicator
  
• Spring 2002, Volume 1, Issue 4
• Managing Rural Residential Development
• Legal Update: Moratoria and Takings
• Public Lands and Property Taxes: What is the Relationship?
• Land Use Education Course Group Offered this Summer at UWSP
  
• Winter 2002, Volume 1, Issue 3
• Critical Issues in Undertaking Community Surveys
• Rain and Snow, Where do they go and What do they Take with Them?
• Who's who in the Planning World
• What Changes Invalidate a Nonconforming Use?
• Web-Based Community Planning for the Citizen Planner
  
• Fall 2001, Volume 1, Issue 2
• Nonconformities Project: Coming Soon...A Guide to Developing Policies for Nonconforming Uses, Structures and Lots
• Tips for Successful Grant Writing
• Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Variance Standard
  
• Summer 2001, Volume 1, Issue 1
• Land Use Education Center Established
• Legislative Update: Palazzolo v. Rhode Island and Fabyan v. Waukesha County Board of Adjustment
• How to Hire a Planning Consultant
• Better Meeting Management: Conduct of Zoning Board Hearings