News courtesy of Kurt Schindler at MSU-Extension:

A new manual describing Low Impact Development (LID) techniques that uses basic principles modeled after nature to protect the environment and manage storm water runoff for land development in Michigan is now available.

[For a more basic answer to the question, What is low impact development? - click here or on the image below to download a nifty brochure (.PDF file) from the National Association of Home Builders.]lid-brochure

The manual, titled Low Impact Development Manual for Michigan: A Design Guide for Implementers and Reviewers was developed by the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG) through a grant provided by the Department of Environmental Quality and funded with federal money.

The manual includes approximately 500 pages of technical and policy guidance for implementing LID specific to Michigan’s climate, geology, and native plant species.

Click here to download the entire manual as an Adobe Reader (.PDF) file [Warning: This is a very large, 15.1 megabyte file].

Individual chapters, appendices, worksheets, methodology, brochures, workshop power points, reference web site links, model stormwater ordinance, can be found here (http://www.semcog.org/lowimpactdevelopmentreference.aspx).

2 Responses to “New Low Impact Development Manual Available”

  1. 1:03 pm, 12 May, 2009 р.
    Timothy Colman says:

    Hi from Seattle.

    I am starting work on a Low Impact Living poster for NW stormwater agencies and conservation districts.

    We want to make a Rain Garden poster and Low Impact Living poster for Michigan, too.

    Any ideas on who to talk with?

    Thanks!

    Best fishes,

    Timothy Colman

  2. 10:42 pm, 12 May, 2009 р.
    rodneynanney says:

    Timothy, I would be willing to bet that the good folks at the Huron River Watershed Council would be an excellent place to start a conversation on this topic. You can find them at http://www.hrwc.org/. By the way, I went to your Good Nature Publishing website (http://www.goodnaturepublishing.com) and was very impressed with the posters you have for sale for rain gardens and invasive plants. Beautiful illustrations - covering important topics with an artist’s eye.

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