Watershed Education for Communities and Officials

• WECO Brochure
• The Basics of Public Involvement - a slideshow
• Collaborative Watershed Planning factsheets
  
  • Searching for Agreement
  • Collaborative Problem Solving
  • Reaching Agreement
• Local Watershed Planning: Getting Citizens Involved guidebook
• Working for the Watershed video - a great training tool!
• Common Mistakes when planning Public Involvement - Bonfire article
• Meeting participants continually repeat themselves: what to do? - Bonfire article
• Phase II Stormwater Education website
• Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention and Control Through Land Use Planning
• Extension's Role in Public Issue Education and Dispute Resolution
• International Association of Public Participation  

• Engaging Wilmington Residents in Stormwater Management
• The Race to Protect Shellfish Waters of the White Oak River Through Research, Stormwater BMPs, Public Involvement, and Education
  
• Successful Collaboration for Stormwater Solutions: Partnerships Protecting the White Oak River
• Evaluating Successful Public Involvement in NC Watershed Planning Processes
• WECO History and Success
  
• WECO: Building Consensus for Watershed Solutions in the White Oak River Watershed
• Involving Watershed Stakeholders: An Issue Attribute Approach to Determine Willingness and Need
• Planning for Success in North Carolina's Watersheds : WECO
  

• Low Impact Development:  A Guidebook for NC
• US EPA Watershed Academy (online learning)
• Landscaping for Wildlife with Native Plants
• Who Permits What in my watershed?
• National Extension Water Outreach and Education Site: Resources for best practices
• Watershed Glossary
• US EPA's Watershed Planning Site Check out EPA's online "Watershed Plan Builder" at this website
• Green Growth Toolbox - NC Wildlife Resources Commission
• Conservation Planning Tool - NC Natural Heritage Program
  
  

• LID & economics factsheet
• LID & policy factsheet
• Black Creek Watershed Assessment and Plan (2009)
• Troublesome Creeks Local Watershed Plan
  
• New Hanover Local Watershed Plan
• Goose Creek Watershed Plan
• 2003 Gaston County Environmental Report Card
• White Oak River Watershed Shellfish Closures Summary Finding Report
• Addressing Storm Water Runoff in the White Oak River: An Alternative Solutions Analysis
• Assessment of watershed stakeholder involvement: 4 files: Goose Creek, White Oak River Basin, New Hanover County watersheds, Troublesome Creek

• check out these great publications and videos from NRLI
• EPA LID site
• WECO LID site
• NRLI: Natural Resources Leadership Institute
• NEMO: Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials
• NC Cooperative Extension
• BAE: NCSU Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
• EEP: NC Ecosystem Enhancement Program
• CWP: Center for Watershed Protection
• EPA Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds
• EPA Online Catalog of Federal Funding Sources for Watershed Protection
• USDA CSREES: Cooperative State Research, Ed. & Ext. Service
• EPA Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans

Rainscaping:

1.0 Know about rainscaping

2.0 Rainbarrels

3.0 Disconnect downspouts

4.0 Naturalize with conservation plantings

5.0 Raingarden

5.1 Size a raingarden

5.2 Design a raingarden

5.3 Plants for a raingarden

5.4 Constuct a raingarden

factsheet references

• Rainwater Harvesting: Guidance for Homeowners / NCSU
• Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Landscaping - Chesapeake Bay Watershed / US Fish & Wildlife Service
• Amending Clay Soils / NCSU
• Landscaping for Wildlife with Native Plants / NCSU + NC DFR