Rural Development Guidelines & Policies

The Rock River Coalition's Rural Development Guidelines and Policies Manual is available in pdf format by clicking on the following links:

Cover (pdf 495KB)-  The cover includes Rock River Coalition information and colored maps that relate to information in the main text.  This was done limit color printing to two pages thus saving money and resources.

Manual text (pdf 154KB)- The manual contents includes: Manual Use and Premise, Situation and Context of the Rural Development Issue in the Rock River Basin, Concerns with Rural Development and Benefits of Focused Development, Protecting Agriculture as an Asset to the Basin, Rock River Coalition Policy Summary, Resources and Appendix.

Rock River Basin Rural Development Forum Report (doc 61KB)

The Rural Development Guidelines and Policies manual was a joint project between the Rock River Coalition, Inc, the University of Wisconsin-Extension and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.