WI Dept. of Administration Comprehensive Planning Page - wealth of info and links to other resources including the Comprehensive Planning Element Guidebooks
http://www.doa.state.wi.us/category.asp?linkcatid=743&linkid=128&locid=9

Directory of Resources for Comprehensive Planning in Wisconsin (somewhat dated)
http://www.doa.state.wi.us/dir/documents/Resource_directory101703.pdf

WI Dept. of Administration Library of Comprehensive Plans Page
http://www.doa.state.wi.us/category.asp?linkcatid=746&linkid=128&locid=9

WI Dept. of Administration Demographic Services Page
http://www.doa.state.wi.us/section_detail.asp?linkcatid=11&linkid=64&locid=9&sname=

UW Extension & UW – Stevens Point’s Center for Land Use Education
http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/landcenter/landcenter.html

UW – Madison’s Applied Population Laboratory – provides a wealth of compiled Census & Demographic data
http://www.apl.wisc.edu/index.htm

Mississippi River Regional Planning Commission Website
http://www.mrrpc.com/index.htm

Smart Growth Toolkit – national site with various tools for implementing “smart growth” sponsored by the Smart Growth Leadership Institute and the EPA
http://www.smartgrowthtoolkit.net/

Article:  What is Land? A Broad Look at Private Rights and Public Power
http://www.law.uiuc.edu/faculty/pdf/freyfogle_private_property_commentary.pdf

Mississippi Valley Conservancy
http://www.mississippivalleyconservancy.org/

Southwest Badger RC & D
http://www.swbadger.com/index.html

Driftless Area Initiative - provides a variety of natural resource related information including links to other organizations involved with resource management and education within the driftless region that Vernon County is located within. www.driftlessareainitiative.org

Wisconsin DNR’s “Computer Tools” Website – natural resources/environment related
http://dnr.wi.gov/org/es/science/landuse/CompTools

Wisconsin DNR GeoServices – variety of resources (see especially the link to the “List of Interactive Maps”)
http://dnr.wi.gov/maps/gis

Wisconsin GetFacts Site – WI census data
http://www.getfacts.wisc.edu

Surface Water Data Viewer
http://dnrmaps.wisconsin.gov/imf/imf.jsp?site=SurfaceWaterViewer

Environmental Remote Sensing Center (ERSC) – UW Madison – access to downloads of multi-year satellite imagery & aerial photography
http://www.ersc.wisc.edu/resources.php
http://www.wisconsinview.org/

Long-Term Hydrologic Impact Assessment (L-THIA) Model – tool that can be used to assess the water quality impacts of area-specific land use changes, including impacts on recharge, runoff, and non-point source pollution
http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/runoff/lthianew

Resources Regarding Aging Populations for the Comprehensive Planning Process

The following documents on developing aging friendly communities where obtained from The Creating Aging-Friendly Communities online conference website: http://www.icohere.com/agingfriendly .  The site also appears to have several online presentations that can be viewed on this subject.