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Conservation design is a design system that takes into account the natural landscape and ecology of a development site and facilitates development while maintaining the most valuable natural features and functions of the site. |
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True |
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False |
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Conservation design includes a collection of site design principles and practices that can be combined to create environmentally sound development. The main principles for conservation design are: flexibility in site design and lot size, thoughtful protection and management of natural areas, reduction of impervious surface areas, and sustainable storm water management. |
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True |
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False |
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_________________ is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. |
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Sustainable development |
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Conservation development |
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The following four principles have been identified as essential considerations in the Conservation Design process: Develop Flexible Lot Design Standards, Protect and Create Natural Areas and Drainage Systems, Reduce Impervious Surface Areas & Implement Sustainable Stormwater Management Techniques. |
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True |
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False |
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A comprehensive plan establishes a community’s goals, objectives, and policies, and shows an overall pattern of land use that a community believes will help achieve these goals. Updating and maintaining a current comprehensive plan is an important way to maintain communication between the many stakeholders in the development of the community. |
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True |
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False |
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Flexible lot design standards can lead to attractive, comfortable developments while simultaneously optimizes the protection of natural systems and conserves natural area. |
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True |
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False |
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______________ is a naturally vegetated area located adjacent to streams and rivers that is intended to stabilize banks and limit erosion. |
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Riparian Buffer |
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Land Use Buffer |
| 8. |
Perennial Stream is a natural waterway that contains water throughout the year except in severe drought. |
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True |
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False |
| 9. |
Fen is a wetland that receives some drainage from surrounding mineral soil and usually supports marsh like vegetation. |
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True |
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False |
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_____________ is a non-profit, tax-exempt entity whose primary purpose includes the preservation of open space, natural land, rural land, or agricultural land, and which is permitted to hold conservation easements. |
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Land Trust |
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Land owner |
| 11. |
_______________ represents the Conventional Layout on Development Site Teska Associates, Inc. |
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Figure 2 |
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Figure 3 |
| 12. |
The basic principle underlying the practice of conservation design is the protection of natural and cultural resources through design flexibility. This flexibility involves the reduction of lot sizes in a development in exchange for setting aside the remainder of the property as significant amounts of natural, open space land. |
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True |
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False |
| 13. |
Natural area buffers are an important strategy for protecting sensitive natural areas. |
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True |
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False |
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Greenways, or linear corridors of green, can function to preserve natural resources and in some cases define or link a trail system. Linking and providing connections to existing and proposed trails and greenways provides additional benefits to natural resource protection. |
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True |
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False |
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Natural vegetation does not provide a steady supply of the sort of food required to sustain a population of vermin. |
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True |
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False |
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