Watershed
Academy:
Principles
of Water Quality Monitoring,
Planning, and Restoration
March 1 - 4, 2004
Weeks
Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
Fairhope, Alabama
Sponsored
by the USDA CSREES Southern Region Water Quality Program
This workshop is approved for 2.1
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
from Auburn University.
Thank you for making the first Watershed Academy a success! The
workshop participants represented 12 states from Florida to Colorado
and a variety of professional affiliations. We had local planners,
extension agents, watershed managers, and state agency representatives
working together to build a watershed plan for the Cowpen Creek
and Corn Branch watersheds.
Kudos to Mike Shelton and the Weeks Bay Watershed
Project for their hard work and local arrangements.
If you have suggestions for the next Watershed
Academy or resources you'd like to see on the web page, please contact
me - Eve Brantley.
We'll start planning the reunion workshop
soon!
List of Participants (PDF)
List
of Presenters (PDF)
Watershed Academy Presentations
Read the Baldwin
Press Register newspaper article about the Watershed Academy
Resources
and Information submitted by Academy Participants
Check out what your Academy cohorts have posted online for your
use ... lots of good information on example ordinances, educational
programs, and more!
Web Resources
Day 1 - The Basics
EPA Watershed Academy Web - Online Training
Clean Water Act History (EPA Region 5)
Bioassessment
EPA
Rapid Bioassessment Protocols for Use in Streams and Wadeable Rivers:
Periphyton, Benthic Macroinvertebrates, and Fish
USDA
Stream Visual Assessment Protocols
Alabama
Water Watch
Georgia
Adopt-A-Stream
Watershed Assessment
Chesapeake
Bay Community Watershed Assessment Handbook
Center
for Watershed Protection, Watershed Assessment
Center for
Watershed Protection, Vulnerability Analysis
Georgia
Adopt-A-Stream, Watershed Survey
University
of Georgia, Watershed Assessment
Watershed
Assessment Powerpoint Presentation
Day 2 - Planning and Outreach
Smart Growth and Water Quality
US EPA
Smart Growth
About
Planning
American Planning
Association
Center
on Urban and Metropolitan Policy
Cyburbia
New Urbanism
Planetizen
Plannersweb
Smart Growth
Network
Sustainable
Development Center
Low
Impact Development Center
National
Low Impact Development Clearinghouse
Smart
Growth America
Outreach and Education
Getting
in Step: A Guide for Conducting Watershed Outreach Campaigns
Day 3 - Solutions
Urban Stormwater Management Practices
Overview
of Structural BMPs
Green
Roof Article
Permeable
Pavement Article
Stormwater
Wetland Article
Stream Restoration Using Natural Channel Design
Wildland
Hydrology
NC
Stream Restoration Institute
AL
Cooperative Extension System
Stream
Corridor Restoration: Principles, Processes, and Practices
Funding for Watershed Management
PLAN2FUND,
a watershed planning tool developed by the Environmental Finance
Center, walks users through estimating the costs of their watershed
plan's goals and objectives, assessing any local matches, and determining
funding needs to meet the goals and objectives.
Workshop Supporters and Partners
include:
North Carolina State University
Auburn University
Clemson University
US EPA Region 4
Local Partners:
Alabama Department of Environmental Management
Weeks Bay Watershed Project
Auburn University Marine Extension and Research Center – Mississippi-Alabama
Sea Grant Consortium
Mobile Bay National Estuary Program
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, State
Lands Division, Coastal Section
NOAA
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