The Federation of Northern Chester County Communities (the Northern Federation) has been addressing planning issues that transcend municipal boundaries since it was established in 1974. Municipalities in the Region have worked over the last three decades to increase protection of resources through their individual planning documents and ordinances, as well as working together to develop regional water resource plans and studies. Municipal protection efforts have been progressive and effective at the municipal level, however, until now the Northern Federation has not developed a plan for regional resource protection.
Since 2003, the Northern Federation has been developing the Regional Resource Protection Plan. The goal of this Plan is to provide regionally consistent recommendations and actions for the identification and protection of the Region’s Natural, Historic, Scenic, Agricultural, and Recreational resources. Specifically, the Plan:
• Identifies municipal resources and Regionally significant resources;
• Recommends developing community, Regional, County, and state support for municipal and regional plan initiatives;
• Coordinates municipal implementation of this Plan; and
• Provides strategies, the legal basis, legislative actions, and information on organizations
which will help enable municipalities to succeed in their preservation efforts.
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| Introduction |
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| Table of Contents-Plans |
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Executive Summary
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| Map RP1 Study Area |
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| Map RP1 Regional Perspective |
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| Chapter 1 - Coordination Plan |
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| Chapter 2 - Natural Resources Plan |
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| Chapter 3 - Historic Resources Plan |
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| Chapter 4 - Scenic Resources Plan |
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| Chapter 5 -Recreation Resources Plan |
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| Map 5-1 Recreation Plan |
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| Chapter 6 - Agricultural Resources Plan |
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| Map 6-1 AgriculturalPlan |
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| Glossary of Terms |
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| Table of Contents Inventories |
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| Chapter 7 - Natural Resources Inventory |
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| Map 7-1 Natural Water Resources |
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| Map 7-2 Natural Land Resources |
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| Map 7-3 Natural Biotic Resources |
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| Chapter 8 - Historic Resources Inventory |
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| Chapter 9 - Scenic Resources Inventory |
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| Chapter 10 - Recreation Resources Inventory |
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| Map 10-1 Recreational Resources |
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| Chapter 11 - Agricultural Resources Inventory |
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| Map 11-1 Agricultural Resources |
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| Appendix A - ResourcePrioritization |
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| Appendix B - ParticipantFeedback |
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| Appendix C - CurrentNRProtection |
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| Appendix D - RecommendedPlantLists |
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| Appendix E - HistoricSurveyResults |
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