Environmentally Sensitive Area

This report discusses options for protecting environmentally sensitive areas in Cedar Falls, Iowa. It aims to balance population growth with sensitive area protection. The survey provides historic information on natural areas, evaluates areas for natural quality, and provides recommendations to promote area protection. Recommendations are divided into regulatory approaches, such as establishing an environmentally sensitive lands overlay zone, and incentives, including activating a natural heritage registry. It concludes with general and community-specific management strategies for natural areas, such as maintaining vegetative natural area buffers and controlling invasive exotic species.