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"Getting Started" Guides for Citizens
Understanding Your Watershed (Monitoring)
State/Regional Management
Design and
Restoration
Agriculture & Watershed Protection
"Getting Started" Guides for Citizens
Watershed Action Guide for Indiana
This guide was developed to fill the need for technical
information and practical instruction for developing a watershed management
plan in Indiana. It discusses how to build the group, how to set attainable
goals, how to conduct a watershed inventory, and where to get information
in Indiana. It is published by the Indiana Department
of Environmental Management, Watershed Management Section, 1998.
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Getting in Step: A Guide to Effective Outreach in Your Watershed
This guide focusing on outreach, provides some tools
to develop and implement an effective watershed outreach plan. It has step
by step instructions to address public perceptions, to promote management
activities, and to inform or motivate stakeholders. Published by
The Council of State Governments.
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Planning and Managing a Successful Nonpoint Source Pollution Control
Project
Provides a procedure for governments and concerned citizens
who are interested in protecting water quality. Specific steps are outlined
for choosing a viable project, documenting the water quality problem, defining
objectives and goals, involving the community, obtaining funding, clarify
roles and administer effectively, define the critical areas, choose a land
treatment approach, and monitor and evaluate. RCWP Technology Transfer
Fact Sheet No. 2, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, 1995.
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Watershed Management: Planning and Managing a Successful Project to
Control Nonpoint Source Pollution
This document provides assistance to individuals concerned
about the quality of their water. It discusses the causes of water quality
problems, watersheds and ground-water recharge areas, and the nine steps
to building a successful voluntary project. NCSU Water Quality Group,
Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department, North Carolina State
University, 1995.
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Community-Based Environmental Protection: A Resource Book for Protecting
Ecosystems and Communities
This book is a citizen's handbook for initiating community
based environmental projects. It is made up of four sections: Getting started,
Assessing the conditions of local ecosystems and their effects on communities,
Strategies to consider for ecosystems protection, and Evaluating and choosing
strategies for ecosystem protection efforts. Also included throughout the
publication are summaries of real community protection efforts throughout
the country. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Policy,
Planning, and Evaluation, EPA 230-B-96-003, 1997.
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Lakewalk Manual: A Guidebook for Citizen Participation
This manual encourages citizens to learn about lakes
and to collect observed information and data. It looks at water clarity,
the lake bottom, in-lake vegetation, buffer zone, lakeside vegetation,
inlets and outlets, animals and the habitat conditions. Also is listed
how to determine latitude and longitude from topographical map. This manual
was designed for people to collect data and sent to the EPA who then keeps
the information in a database. This manual is a good starting place to
develop a local monitoring team. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Region 10 Water Division, EPA 910-B-95-007, 1996.
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Watershed Protection: A Project Focus
This document describes a process for planning and implementing
watershed projects and in each chapter describes lessons learned in previous
projects. Elements of the process include (1) building a project team and
public support, (2) defining the problem, (3) setting goals and identifying
solutions, (4) implementing controls, and (5) making success and making
adjustments. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water,
EPA 841-R-95-003, 1995.
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Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials (NEMO)
This project has ways to help local land use decision
makers deal with the complexities of nonpoint source water pollution. The
NEMO team uses a combination of water quality, land use planning, and computer
technology to develop their information. They have developed fact sheets,
articles, and a videotape for educational materials. They have also developed
a detailed "how to" program guide, slide sets, and fact sheet templates
suitable for adapting to local circumstances. Published
by the University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension
Service.
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Know Your Watershed Publications
These publications are are part of the Know
Your Watershed series, published by the Conservation Technology Information
Center (CTIC).
Building Local Partnerships,
A Guide for Watershed Partnerships
This document describes who should be included, how
to attain goals, and how to identify and resolve obstacles.
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Getting to Know Your Local Watershed,
A Guide for Watershed Partnerships
It describes what a watershed is, why are they important
and how to understand your watershed.
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Leading and communicating, A Guide for
Watershed Partnerships
It provides information on how to be an effective leader,
how to create constructive communication skills, and how to conduct effective
meetings.
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Managing Conflict, A Guide for Watershed
Partnerships, A Guide for Watershed Partnerships
It describes how to understand conflict and gives five
steps to managing conflict.
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Putting Together a Watershed Management Plan,
A Guide for Watershed Partnerships
This details the three steps to putting together a plan:
Challenges and Objectives, Developing the Plan, and Implementing and Evaluating.
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Reflecting on Lakes, A Guide for Watershed
Partnerships
It provides information on understanding the lake-watershed
link, the in-lake environment, and on what threatens a lake.
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Groundwater and Surface Water: Understanding
Interaction, A Guide for Watershed Partnerships
This provides an understanding of groundwater, how groundwater
and surface water connects, threats to groundwater, and how to manage groundwater.
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Understanding Your Watershed (Monitoring)
Linking Water Quality Trends with Land Treatment Trends
This publication outlines the development of effective
monitoring designs and describes the land treatment and water quality monitoring
needs to link water quality and land treatment. RCWP Technology Transfer
Fact Sheet No. 10, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, 1995.
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Identifying and Documenting a Water Quality Problem
This publication gives lessons learned about identifying
and documenting a water quality problem from the results of the Rural Clean
Water Program experience. RCWP Technology Transfer Fact Sheet No.
4, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, 1995.
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Environmental Indicators of Water Quality in the United States
This report describes the eighteen indicators that the
EPA believes measures the progress of water quality. The indicators present
information on status or trends in the state of the environment, they can
measure pressures or stressors that degrade environmental quality, and
they can evaluate society's responses aimed at improving environmental
conditions. Some of the indicators are: population served by community
drinking water systems violating health-based requirements or served by
unfiltered surface water systems at risk from microbiological pollution
or served by systems exceeding lead action levels, source water protection,
fish consumption advisories and surface water pollutants. U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Water, EPA 841-R-96-002, 1996.
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Section 319 National Monitoring Program: An Overview
This publication provides an overview of why this program
was developed and how projects were selected. A description of the eleven
projects is also included. Authors: Osmond, D.L., D.E. Line, and
J. Spooner, NCSU Water Quality Group, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Department, North Carolina State University, 1995.
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A Citizen's Guide to Coastal Watershed Surveys
This guide was developed to aid Maine's volunteers in
understanding pollution, design and conduct surveys for pollution runoff
and to use information on how to eliminate sources of pollution.
Published by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection, 1996.
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A Citizen's Guide to Lake Watershed Surveys: How to conduct a Nonpoint
source Phosphorus Survey
This guide was developed to aid Maine's volunteers in
watershed surveys. It gives background and technical information about
pollution, contains steps to organize and design a survey, and contains
step-by-step instructions in conducting a survey. Published by the
Maine Department of Environmental Protection, 1997
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Save Our Streams: Volunteer Trainer's Handbook
This handbook was designed for a trainer in creating,
organizing, and running a Save Our Streams project. Also provides project
ideas and management techniques from other volunteers, trainers, and regional
coordinators. Author: Firehock, Karen, Izaak Walton League
of America, Inc. 1994.
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Hands On Save Our Streams: To Save Our Streams Teacher's Manual
This handbook was designed for teachers of grades one
through twelve. It has various lessons to give students a hands-on opportunity
to learn about rivers and streams. Author: Firehock, Karen,
Izaak Walton League of America, Inc. 1995.
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Action Guide, Give Water a Hand: A Youth Program for Environmental Action
This book gives steps to create an action plan for water
management. It is aimed at youth education. It contains checklists (school,
home, community, and farm) to determine their influences on water quality.
Published by the University of Wisconsin Extension Service, 1996.
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Handbook on Drinking Water Quality
This booklet was produced for the customers of the Fort
Wayne City Utilities to inform them about some of the measures of water
quality. Published by Fort Wayne City Utilities, 1996.
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Streamwalk Manual
A monitoring checklist for people who are interested
in learning more about their streams and rivers. Areas looked at include
water clarity, water flow, stream channel cross-section shape, stream bottom,
riparian zone, debris, and fish. This manual was designed for people to
collect data and send to the EPA who then keeps the information in a database.
This manual is a good starting place to develop a local monitoring team.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10 Water Division, EPA 910-B-94-002,
1994.
Texas Watch: Manual for Conducting a Watershed Land Use Survey
This Publication will equip a group with the ability
to survey a stream or watershed and make a record of its history, geography,
land use, water use, and pollution sources. This guide gives information
to locate probable pollution sources, where to get maps and how to read
them, and what to look for when exploring the watershed. Published
by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, 1997.
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Watershed Owner's Streamwalk Guide
This guide is designed to help people interested in
water quality learn more about their local streams and how human use of
the water and surrounding land affects that quality. You will learn about
water quality issues, how to read a topographic maps, how to map your watershed,
how land use affects water quality, and what signs to look for in your
stream that can alert you to water quality problems. Published by
the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission Nonpoint Source Program
Team, 1996.
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Stream Visual Assessment Protocol
This document presents an easy-to-use assessment protocol
to evaluate the condition of aquatic ecosystems associated with streams.
It is based primarily on physical conditions within the area. This is intended
to be conducted with the landowner, therefore includes informational questions
to be used by the surveyor. Fifteen items are surveyed and given a score,
the overall score then indicates the condition of the water. Published
by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, National Water and
Climate Center Technical Note 99-1, 1998.
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State/Regional Management
Contributions and Successes of The Rural Clean Water Program
Overview of the contributions and successes of the RCWP
in Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Nebraska, Oregon, and Vermont. RCWP
Technology Transfer Fact Sheet No. 1, North Carolina Cooperative Extension
Service, 1995.
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Statewide Watershed Management Facilitation
Many states have decided to create statewide watershed
management frameworks or redo existing water programs. Many have undergone
this process with expert facilitation assistance from the EPA. This guide
details this process. Part I of the document describes the facilitation
process and Part II summarizes the experiences of 13 states in development
and implementation. The experiences of the states include a timeline of
when items were completed or when they are expected to be completed.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, EPA 841-R-97-011,
1997.
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Selecting Priority Nonpoint Source Projects: You Better Shop Around
This guide presents six case studies of how states (IL,
OH, NY, NM, RI, and CO) have identified their priorities for managing nonpoint
source pollution. These case studies are intended to help water quality
managers to develop or refine their own process. The following criteria
were used when deciding which studies to document: severity or threat of
impairment, public value of the water body, resolvability of nonpoint source
pollution impairment, and availability and quality of assessment information.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 506/2-89/003, 1989.
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Watershed Approach Framework
This publication explains the EPA's vision for watershed
approaches. Local, state, tribal, and EPA experiences in implementing these
guiding principles are detailed throughout the publication. The four key
elements of the approach. They are stakeholder involvement, geographic
management units, coordinated management activities, and a management schedule.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, EPA 840-S-96-001,
1996.
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State Source Water Assessment and Protection Programs Guidance
This publication was developed to provide guidance for
state Source Water Assessment programs. Includes an overview of how source
water assessment and protection integrates with other programs and how
other EPA and federal programs can assist. U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, Office of Water, EPA 816-R-97-009, 1997.
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Design and Restoration
A Citizen's Streambank Restoration Handbook
This handbook provides alternatives to traditional methods
of channelization and promotes environmentally sound, cost-effective techniques
for streambank restoration. Authors: Firehock, Karen and Doherty
J., Izaak Walton League of America, Inc. 1995.
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Stewards for Our Streams: Buffer Strip Design, Establishment, and Maintenance
This publication discusses how to design, plant, and
maintain a multi-species buffer strip. Also listed are the various types
of vegetation that are effective buffer strips. Published by the
Iowa State University Extension, Pm-1626b, 1996.
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Systems of Best Management Practices for Controlling Agricultural Nonpoint
Source Pollution
This publication discusses various best management practices
and their effectiveness. RCWP Technology Transfer Fact Sheet No.
6, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, 1995.
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Fundamentals of Urban Runoff Management: Technical and Institutional
Issues
This manual provides technical information and offers
an in-depth discussion of institutional issues. Part I presents the fundamentals
of urban runoff hydrology and the impacts of urban land use, some topics
are: hydrologic impacts, water quality impacts, sediment monitoring, and
erosion prevention. Part II presents guidance on the various types of runoff
control measures and practices available, some topics are: government strategies
for urban runoff, site planning and other nonstructural management practices,
and watershed management. Also in this section are nonstructural strategies
and practices. Published by the Terrene Institute, 1994.
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Rapid Watershed Planning Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for Managing
Urbanizing Watersheds,
The handbook is divided into four parts: 1) "Nuts and bolts" with an emphasis
on practical techniques to develop a plan and a review of major tools to
use
to protect urban watersheds, 2) Methods to design a cost effective
plan, 3) Discusses the process of developing a real sub-watershed plan,
and 4) Details
on how budgeting, model selection, monitoring methods, and economics. Published
by the Center for Watershed Protection, October, 1998.
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A Watershed Approach to Urban Runoff: Handbook for Decisionmakers,
This book focuses on a watershed management approach
to urban runoff. The first 3 chapters describe what a watershed is, the
factors that affect its health, what a watershed management plan should
be made up of, and technical tools. Technical tools described include geographical
information systems, equations for pollutant loadings and rules for sizing
water control structures. The final chapter discusses, through a series
of fact sheets, nonstructural and structural BMPs. Nonstructural BMPs include
education, site planning, zoning, street sweeping, and riparian areas.
Structural BMPs include wet and dry detention basins, artificial wetlands,
water quality inlets, oil/grease trap catch basins, infiltration practices,
vegetative practices, and erosion and sediment control practices during
construction. Published by the Terrene Institute, 1996.
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Agriculture & Watershed
Protection
Critical Areas in Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution Control
Projects
This publication gives several methods to designate
critical areas for a nonpoint source pollution control project, proper
identification, prioritization, and treatment of areas that are needed
to improve results of nonpoint source projects. RCWP Technology Transfer
Fact Sheet No. 5, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, 1995.
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Selecting an Agricultural Water Quality Project
Discusses factors that should be considered when selecting
a project to ensure the best use of financial resources. RCWP Technology
Transfer Fact Sheet No. 3, North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service,
1995.
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The Role of Information and Education in Agricultural Nonpoint Source
Pollution Control Projects
This document discusses the importance of information
and education for producer participation, the role of information and education
in the community, and the role of information and education activities
for educating children. RCWP Technology Transfer Fact Sheet No. 7,
North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, 1995.
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Monitoring Land Treatment in Agricultural Nonpoint Source Pollution
Control Projects
This publication discusses the procedure and needs to
develop, implement, and monitor land treatments for nonpoint source pollution
projects. RCWP Technology Transfer Fact Sheet No. 9, North Carolina
Cooperative Extension Service, 1995.
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Watershed Management Above Drinking Water Reservoirs
This publication details the rights and obligations
of Missouri's cities, pesticides and their effects on health, best management
practices for reducing pesticide runoff from agricultural fields, and sample
collecting. Also includes Missouri University publications: Sprayer
and Granular Applications, Choosing Terrace Systems, Operating and Maintaining
Grassed Outlet Terrace Systems, Designing and Maintaining Grassed Waterways,
Estimating Peak Rates of Runoff From Small Watersheds, and Pesticides
and the Environment. Published by University Extension, University
of Missouri and Lincoln University.
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Farmer Participation in Solving the Nonpoint Source Pollution Problem
This publication discusses economic, information and
education programs, environmental concerns, and community support. Also
discussed are factors that influence a producer's participation.
RCWP Technology Transfer Fact Sheet No. 8, North Carolina Cooperative Extension
Service, 1995.
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For more information
contact Jane Frankenberger (frankenb@purdue.edu)
or Brent Ladd (laddb@purdue.edu)
or call the Purdue Extension Safe Water office at 765-496-6331
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