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<br />Planning for Clean Water: The Municipal Guide
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<br />When asked what tools they need to reduce NPS pollution, municipal and county planners in
<br />New Jersey agreed that what they needed was a guide to show local planning board members how
<br />to incorporate NPS concerns into the local planning process. Consequently, the New Jersey
<br />Division of Watershed Management developed a guide for planning board and environmental
<br />commission members showing how water quality concerns can be voluntarily incorporated into
<br />master planning, zoning ordinances, and the site plan review process. Instead of providing BMPs
<br />for every situation, the guide provides concepts and examples of tools, along with directions on
<br />where to get more information. It explains the effects of development on water quality, how to
<br />identify problems and opportunities, how to evaluate various strategies for water quality
<br />protection, and more.
<br />To order the guide, contact the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protections Division of
<br />Watershed Management at (609) 292-2113.
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<br />National Watershed Outreach Conference
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<br />Are you fresh out of new and innovative ways to get citizens in your community involved in
<br />watershed protection activities? Look no further. Register to attend the National Watershed
<br />Outreach Conference in San Diego, April 17-'-19, 2000, and learn how other groups are getting
<br />their word out. EPA, the Aquatic Outreach Institute, The University of California Cooperative
<br />Extension, the UC Sea Grant Extension Program, and the County of San Diego Watershed
<br />Working Group are sponsoring the conference. It will include a combination of preconference
<br />workshops, concurrent session presentations, informal discussion sessions, and field trips.
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<br />The following topics will be covered at the conference:
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<br />. Creative Curricula
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<br />. Using Outreach to Meet Regulatory Goals
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<br />. Funding Your Outreach Efforts
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<br />. Targeting a Specific Audience
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<br />. Making the Most of Your Outreach
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<br />. Beyond the Fact Sheet: Creative Outreach Products
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<br />. Evaluating Outreach Methods
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<br />. Creating Partnerships to Meet Outreach Goals
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<br />. Reaching Across Political and Cultural Boundaries
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<br />. Ways to Deliver Your Message
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<br />. Working with Local Officials
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<br />. And Morel!
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<br />[For more information, visit the conference web site at www.epa.gov/OWOW/watershed/outreach/
<br />events/aprilconf.html or contact Stacie Craddock (craddock.stacie@epa.gov), U.S. EPA, at (202) 260-3788,
<br />or Melissa Bowen (bowenme@tetratech-ffx.com), EPA contractor, Tetra Tech, Inc., at (703) 385-6000.]
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<br />The Volunteer Monitor: 10 Years and Counting
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<br />The Volunteer Monitor, now in its 10th year of publication, is a free national newsletter highlight-
<br />ing watershed monitoring projects conducted by citizen volunteers. Each issue focuses on a theme,
<br />such as "Monitoring Wetlands," "Community Outreach," or "Restoration." The newsletter features
<br />practical how-to articles covering the wide variety of volunteer monitoring activities across the nation.
<br />Professionals and nonprofessionals alike find the articles useful and inspiring. Subscribers include
<br />volunteer monitors, teachers, government agency staff members, consultants, university professors,
<br />and community environmental groups. After reading the newsletter for the first time, one environ-
<br />mental consultant said, "I honestly had no idea how much good work was being done by volunteers.
<br />The articles are full of good and practical information." The Volunteer Monitor is published by River
<br />Network and supported by a grant from EPA's Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds.
<br />[For a free subscription, contact River Network, 520 Southwest 6th Avenue, Suite 1130, Portland, OR
<br />97204-1535; volmon@rivernetwork.org. To suggest article ideas, contact the editor at (415) 255-8049;
<br />ellieely@aol.com. The newsletter can also be found on the web at
<br />www.epa.gov/owow/volunteer/vm_index.html.}
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