**Disclaimer: These sites are provided for informational use, By listing these sites, the County does not in any way promote any of the resources or organizations.**
Land Use Planning Information
- American Planning Association www.planning.org
- Planetizen www.planetizen.com
- Cyburbia www.cyburbia.org
- Montana Association of Planners http://www.montanaplanners.org/
- Planners Web and the Planning Commissioners Journal
http://pcj.typepad.com/ - Western Planner http://www.westernplanner.org/
- Blackstone Institute http://www.nps.gov/archive/blac/institute/resources/community/cp-toolbox.html
- Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute http://www.law.du.edu/rmlui/
- Smart Growth Online http://www.smartgrowth.org/library/ldrlist.asp?res=1280
- Lincoln Institute of Land Policy http://www.lincolninst.edu/index-high.asp
- Urban Land Institute http://www.uli.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home
Data Resources
- Census and Economic Information Center http://ceic.mt.gov/
- Natural Resource Information Center at the Montana State Library
http://nris.state.mt.us/ - Montana Natural Heritage Program http://nhp.nris.mt.gov/
- O’Connor Center for the Rocky Mountain West http://www.crmw.org/
(See their recent report on the Bitterroot Valley:
http://crmw.org/read/Downloads/BRLT/Parts1-4.pdf)
Economic Development and Business Resources
- Ravalli County Economic Development Authority
www.rceda.org - Business Resources Division at the Montana Department of Commerce
http://businessresources.mt.gov/ - Bitterroot Valley Chamber of Commerce
http://www.bitterrootvalleychamber.com/
Groundwater Information
- Sustainability of Ground-Water Resources U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1186
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/circ1186/ - Ground-Water-Level Monitoring and the Importance of Long-Term Water-Level Data U.S. Geological Circular 1217
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/circ1217/ - Assessing Ground-Water Vulnerability to Contamination: Providing Scientifically
Defensible Information for Decision Makers U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1224
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/2002/circ1224/#pdf - Water Budgets: Foundations for Effective Water-Resources and Environmental Management U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1308
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/2007/1308/ - Water Policy Interim Committee 2007-2008
http://leg.mt.gov/css/lepo/2007_2008/water_policy/default.asp
Agriculture
- American Farmland Trust http://www.farmland.org/default.asp
- Montana State University Extension Service
http://extn.msu.montana.edu/
Land Conservation
- Bitterroot Land Trust www.bitterrootlandtrust.org
- Trust for Public Land http://www.tpl.org/
- Five Valleys Land Trust www.fvlt.org
- Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation www.rmef.org
- The Land Trust Alliance http://www.lta.org/
- The Nature Conservancy http://www.nature.org/
- Montana Land Reliance http://www.mtlandreliance.org/
Public Process Resources
- Public Policy Research Institute at University of Montana
http://www.umtpri.org/ - Consensus Building Institute http://www.cbuilding.org/
State and Local Government
- State of Montana www.mt.gov
- Montana Code Annotated http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/mca_toc/index.htm
- Montana Association of Counties http://maco.cog.mt.us/
- Montana League of Cities and Towns http://www.mlct.org/
- Montana Attorney General Opinions http://www.doj.mt.gov/resources/opinions.asp
- Montana Legislature http://www.leg.mt.gov/css/default.asp
- Montana Department of Commerce http://commerce.mt.gov/
Other Montana Counties
- Lake County Planning Department
http://www.lakecounty-mt.org/planning/index.html - Cascade County Planning Department
http://www.co.cascade.mt.us/?p=departament&ido=98