The Institute for Ecological Health; IEH Periodical

Our periodical Linkages explores key land use issues related to the design of vibrant human communities, avoiding urban/suburban sprawl, conservation of wildlife habitat and biodiversity; and the conservation of agriculture. Most issues have a special focus, as well as more general articles and occasional book reviews. There are now three columns, Planning for Quality of Life, Needs of Nature, and Sustaining Agriculture, and also News from IEH. Most issues have an Information Resources section, with details about pertinent books, reports and web sites, while individual articles include lists of key reading and web sites. You can download back issues as PDF files. To get future issues promptly on publication, go to “Join Us" page.
	Issue #16, Fall 2004
Special focus: Regionalism and Land Use Articles: Central Coast Bioregion: Land Use Issues in a Spectacular Landscape Recent Events May Spur Flood Control Reforms Lessons from San Diego Fires Brief Updates:- Draft Vernal Pool Ecosystems Recovery Plan Linking Funding for Transportation and Habitat Columns: Planning for Quality of Life - Zoning Codes for Smart Growth Sustaining Agriculture - Musings of a Rancher and the Public Access Issue Information Resources: Riparian Areas
	Issue #15, Fall 2003
Special focus: Regionalism and Land Use Articles: Grappling with Regional Growth, Will Regional Thinking Become Important in Land-use Decision Making? Planning for a Floodplain: Southern California’s Santa Clara River Columns: Needs of Nature - Providing for the Needs of Nature at the Regional Scale Planning for Quality of Life - It is Time to Fix the Local Government Fiscal Crisis Sustaining Agriculture - California and the World Agriculture Crisis Information Resources: Smart Growth Zoning Codes; Measuring Sprawl and its Impact; Drafting a Conservation Blueprint; Riparian Areas; California Metropatterns; Investing in a Sustainable Future; Atlas of the Biodiversity of California
	Issue #14, Spring 2003
Special focus: Conservation Planning Articles: Regional Conservation Planning Takes Hold Across California and Other Western States Making Regional Conservation Planning Work - from Stakeholders to Science Adaptive Management, the Future of Habitat Conservation Planning Floodplain Management for the 21st Century Columns: Planning for Quality of Life - Designing New Neighborhoods and Assessing Impacts Sustaining Agriculture - The Farm Economy Crisis Information Resources Smart Growth Online; Farmland Protection Action Guide
	Issue #13, Summer 2002
Special focus: Making Smart Growth Work Articles: Overcoming Obstacles to Smart Growth Design and Location: Making Infill Happen Linkages Between Rural Land Conservation and Smart Growth in Cities California Legislative Update Review - Local Politics of Global Sustainability Columns: Needs of Nature - Large-scale Connectivity Sustaining Agriculture - New Farm Bill Expands Conservation Programs Information Resources: Confronting Suburban Decline; When City and County Collide; Solving Sprawl; Sprawl Hits the Wall; Agricultural Easements
	Issue #12, Fall 2001
Special focus: Rural Land Stewardship Articles: Ecological Benefits from Rural Land Stewardship Incentive Programs for Agricultural Land Stewardship Providing for Nature in Cropland and Rangeland Landscapes Columns: Needs of Nature - The Importance of Context Planning for Quality of Life - A Renaissance for Mixed Use Development Sustaining Agriculture - a New Column
	Issue #11, Spring 2001
Articles: Land People and Nature - a Paradigm for the 21st Century Reinventing LAFCO’s - the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 Smart Growth Proposals Abound in Legislative and Ballot Measures Review - The Regional City Column: Planning for Quality of Life - Land / Human Values in Northern New Mexico
	Issue #10, Fall 2000
Special Focus: Land Use - Water Linkages Articles: Water and Land Use Watershed Management - Linking Land and Water Managing Stormwater Runoff in Urban Watersheds The High Risks of Building in California’s Floodplains Water Supply and Growth UC Merced – a Growing Controversy Reviews - Land Use Planning and Management in California Columns: Planning for Quality of Life - California’s Growth & Air Quality Challenge Needs of Nature – The Importance of Large Rural Landscapes Information Resources: Smart Growth Case Studies; Restoring North America’s Birds; Planning California Governance for the 21st Century
	Issue #9, Winter 2000
Special Focus: The Future of our Rural Landscapes Articles: Can Our Rural Landscapes Survive the 21st Century? Congress Struggles with Funding for Land Conservation Conserving Wildlife Habitat in the Sierra Nevada Foothills Some Landowner Incentives for Rural Land Protection Can Local Plans Effectively Govern Land Use? Review - Shaping the Sierra Columns: Planning for Quality of Life - Investment and Metropolitan Growth Needs of Nature - New Column Information Resources: For the Health of the Land; Planning for Biodiversity; Smart Growth Network; Smart Investments; Smart Public Investments; California Farmland and Urban Pressures; Agricultural Land Conservation.
	Issue #8, Spring 1999
Special Focus: Grappling with Growth, Part III Articles: The Case for Urban Villages The Transylvanian Agro-City : Design Ideas for Urban Housing in California’s Central Valley Restoring Main Street Water Supply and Growth : a Groundswell in the California Legislature Column: Planning for Quality of Life - New Column Information Resources: Alternatives to Sprawl; New Directions in Growth Management; Open Space Conservation; Once There Were Greenfields; The Transit Metropolis; Land Use and the California Economy
	Issue #7, Fall 1998
Special Focus: Grappling with Growth, Part II Articles: Grappling with Growth : Solutions for the 21st Century Using Transfer of Development Rights to Put Growth Where it Belongs Curbing Sprawl : Need for Vision and a Regional Perspective Building Livable Communities - the Role of Infill Development Information Resources: Agricultural Task Force Report
	Issue #6, Spring 1998
Special Focus: Grappling with Growth, Part I. Articles: Grappling with Growth - a Silicon Valley Business View Shifting Attitudes for Sprawling Development Portent Major Changes in the Politics of Growth The Smart Growth Movement New Leadership for Sustainable Land Use in California The Role of LAFCO’s in California’s Growth Review: Growth Management in America Information Resources: Developing a Vision for Your Area
	Issue #5, Fall 1997
Special Focus: Conservation Planning Articles: Can we Make Conservation Planning Work in California? Perspectives on Conservation Planning Natural Community Conservation Planning - a 1997 Interim Report Conservation Banks : Regional Planning’s Newest Tool Review: Science and Conservation Planning Information Resources: Nature’s Services; Preserving Working Ranches in the West; Planning for Prosperity
	Issue #4, Spring 1997
Special Focus: Flooding and Land Use in California Articles: Changing Flood Management to Prevent Future Disasters Flood Management and Ecological Enhancement Goals on the Cosumnes River San Joaquin River Possibilities and Southern California Constraints Is Ventura County Getting Serious About Saving Farmland? Information Resources: The New Urbanism; On Borrowed Land; Biodiversity in Managed Landscapes; California Rivers and Streams, the Conflict Between Fluvial Process and Land Use
	Issue #3, Fall 1996
Special Focus: Sierra Foothills and SNEP Report Articles: What is the Future of the Sierra Foothills? Politics of Growth in Tuolumne County Sierra Foothill Biodiversity - from Peril to Conservation The SNEP report Sierra Wealth Index Links Economy and Ecology The Sierra Nevada Alliance Barriers to Livable Communities Hasten Urban Sprawl Information Resources: Land Use in America; Transportation, Land Use and Sustainability; Lost Landscapes and Failed Economies; Reader on Urban Growth Boundaries; Transportation-Related Land Use Strategies; A Planner’s Guide for Oak Woodlands.
	Issue #2, Spring 1996
Special Focus: The Central Valley Articles: The Central Valley Needs a Vision Providing for Nature in the Central Valley Key Protected Areas and Conservation Projects in the Central Valley The San Joaquin River Parkway - an Ongoing Success Story Watershed Management in Central Valley Farmland Information Resources: Land Mosaics, Ecology of Landscapes and Regions; Building Livable Communities; Sustainable America; Balancing the Scales, Bioregional Management; Alternatives for Future Urban Growth in California’s Central Valley; Making Land Use Work; California Rivers and Streams, the Conflict Between Fluvial Process and Land Use; Myths of Jobs Resources; Curtin’s California Land Use and Planning Law; Understanding Development Regulations; CNPS Inventory of Rare and Endangered Vascular Plants of California
	Issue #1, Fall 1995
Articles: Looking to Our Future Wildlife Habitat and Clean Farming can be Compatible What Future for the Santa Clara River? Building Livable Communities Protecting Biodiversity Information Resources: Maintaining Ecological Integrity in Representative Reserve Networks; California Water 2020, a Sustainable Vision