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EPA's Watershed Events newsletter provides updated and timely information to professionals and others interested in the development and implementation of the watershed approach and in achieving watershed goals. The Spring 2003 (PDF, 238KB) issue highlights several major education and outreach campaigns. At the National Watershed Forum, delegates strongly recommended a national media campaign focused on watersheds. This issue describes innovative efforts under way by EPA and some of our partners to better educate the American public about the importance of watershed protection.

Community Culture and the Environment: A Guide to Understanding a Sense of Place, Nov. 2002, EPA 842-B-01-003 (PDF, 30KB)
The Guide explores the concepts of community and culture and provides tools for identifying, assessing, and working cooperatively within the social dynamics and local values connected to environmental protection. These tools will help you define your community, identify stakeholders, enhance education and outreach, build partnerships and consensus, identify resources, plan and set goals, and integrate local realities with ecological issues. The Guide is designed for people involved in community-based initiatives, including those affiliated with community and watershed-based organizations, universities, and federal, state, tribal, and local agencies.

Evaluation of States' Watershed Approaches (PDF, 173KB)
Over the past decade, more than 20 states have adopted a statewide watershed approach in the management of their water programs. A statewide watershed approach consists of five key components: (1) the delineation of a state into natural geographic (e.g., watershed/basin) management areas; (2) a series of management steps or phases to guide regulatory and non-regulatory actions within geographic areas (i.e., monitoring, assessment, planning, implementation); (3) the integration of Clean Water Act and other water resource programs through the coordinated implementation of management steps and the formation of partnerships; (4) a process for involving stakeholders; and (5) a focus on environmental results.

National Watershed Forum Recommendations and Discussion Group Proceedings of the National Watershed Forum:

Protecting and Restoring America's Watersheds: Status, Trends, and Initiatives in Watershed Management, June 2001, EPA-840-R-00-001.

Watershed Success Stories: Applying the Principles and Spirit of the Clean Water Action Plan, Sept. 2000.

New Strategies for America's Watersheds, 1999. Exit EPA Disclaimer
328 page book published by Committee on Watershed Management, National Research Council in 1999 which provides a comprehensive look at the rise of "watershed thinking" among scientists and policymakers and recommends ways to steer the nation toward improved watershed management.

Water Drop Patch Project, September 1999.

Protecting Sources of Drinking Water: Selected Case Studies in Watershed Management, April 1999, EPA816-R-98-019.

Top 10 Lessons Learned, 1997, EPA840-F-97-001.

New York City Watershed Agreement, Dec. 1996, EPA840-F-96-005.

Proceedings Watershed '96, June 8 - 12, 1996

Watershed Progress: Rouge River Watershed, Michigan, Sept. 1996, EPA841-R-95-003

Watershed Approach Framework, June 1996, EPA 840-S-96-001.

Why Watersheds, Feb. 1996 EPA 800-F-96-001.

Watershed Tools Directory: A Collection of Watershed Tools, Dec. 1995, EPA 841-B-95-005.

Watershed 93/94 Activity Report Overview, Nov. 1994, EPA840-S-94-001, describes 120 watershed projects in which EPA is a partner.

A Phase I Inventory of Current EPA Efforts to Protect Ecosystems, Nov. 1994, EPA 840-S-94-001.

Publications by Other Organizations

Understanding What States Need to Protect Water Quality Exit EPA Disclaimer Dec. 2002, report published by the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA)

The National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) published a new report in Dec. 2002 called Understanding What States Need to Protect Water Quality Exit EPA Disclaimer which helps support the case for more resources for water quality monitoring and state water quality programs in general. The NAPA study confirms the reliabiliy of an earlier estimate on how much states spend and what resources they need to adequately manage water quality programs. In 1998, a joint state-EPA effort, called the Water Quality Management Resource Analysis, estimated that state water quality programs are facing an annual nationwide shortfall of $735 million to $960 million. In Aug., 2002, EPA and state leaders asked NAPA to conduct an independent review of this analysis to determine whether the national estimate of the resource gap is reasonable and to recommend ways to increase the reliability of future estimates of resource needs. After a detailed review, the Academy's Panel concluded that this estimate is "reasonable and defensible." The Panel also observed that this process has been a valuable source of shared learning among the states and EPA, and is worth repeating in the future. The Panel noted that these analyses provide more reliable estimates of state workloads for implementing water programs and their associated costs. Better information on funding needs for state water quality programs-- and on the condition of the water --will build a beter case for filling these gaps. To view their report, please click hereExit EPA Disclaimer.

The Watershed Project Management Guide, Aug. 2002  Exit EPA Disclaimer
312 page book published by Lewis Publishers/CRC Press outlines a new four-step process for developing a watershed-specific management plan. This process can be used to implement a management strategy to meet the load allocations required by an approved Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), the goals of a Source Water Protection Plan, USDA programs such as EQIP, or a Section 319 Project. Thomas E. Davenport , an Environmental Scientist for U. S. EPA Region 5, is the author of this book.

 

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