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Recent Additions 
Recent Additions from throughout the Office of Water
October 17, 2008
October 15 , 2008
October 8, 2008
- Watershed News - October 2008
1) FY2009 Community-based Marine Debris Prevention and Removal Project Grants
2) FY2009 Open Rivers Initiative
3) NOAA General Coral Reef Conservation Grants Program
4) FY09 Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund and Cleanup Grants
5) Final Determination - Yazoo Backwater Area Pumps Project
6) EPA Releases Multi-Sector General Permit for Industrial Stormwater Discharges
7) Center for Watershed Protection releases its Municipal Pollution Prevention/Good Housekeeping Manual
8) Federal Agencies Map Plans to Address Marine Debris
9) River Network's River Rally - Call for Workshop Proposals
10) Ocean Conservancy's International Coastal Cleanup on September 20th a Success
11) EPA's Watershed Academy to sponsor free December 3rd Webcast on Implementing a Rain Garden Program to Improve Stormwater Management
12) Green Infrastructure Models and Calculators
13) Lake Icaria, Iowa - Restoration Efforts Repair a Drinking Water Source and Recreational Area
14) Southeast Stormwater Institute
15) WEFTEC.08 Conference
16) EPA's "Getting in Step with Phase II: A Workshop for Stormwater Program Managers"
17) Legal Tools for Pennsylvania Advocates to Clean up the Chesapeake Bay
September 30, 2008
- Cover Memo: Elements of Mercury TMDLs Where Mercury Loadings are Predominantly from Air Deposition (PDF) (2 pp, 13K) - Craig Hooks - Sept. 29, 2008
- TMDLs Where Mercury Loadings are Predominantly from Air Deposition (PDF) (22 pp, 410K), Sept. 29, 2008
September 18, 2008
September 4, 2008
Watershed News - September 2008
1) Water Quality Trading Funding: Proposals due September 9, 2008
2) California and Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program Funding Available
3) Climate Ready Estuaries Coastal Toolkit
4) Gilbert Stuart Stream, Rhode Island: Outhouse Removal Eliminates Source of Bacteria
5) New "One-Stop Shopping" Web Site for Tribes in Search of Clean Water Act Training
6) EPA Launches new Climate Ready Estuaries website
7) Center for Watershed Protection Releases Stormwater Monitoring Guidance
8) New Find Your Watershed" Widget Connects to EPA's Surf Your Watershed
9) 3rd National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration--Call for Special Sessions
10) World Water Monitoring Day Starts September 18th
11) Ocean Conservancy's International Coastal Cleanup - September 20, 2008
12) Wetlands 2008: Wetlands and Global Climate Change
13) Getting in Step with Phase II: A Workshop for Stormwater Program Managers and Regulators
14) 2008 Chesapeake Watershed Forum
15) FLOW 2008: Interdisciplinary Solutions to Instream Flow Problems
16) Southeast Stormwater Institute
17) WEFTEC.08 Conference
18) 2008 AWRA Annual Water Resources Conference
19) 2009 AWRA Spring Specialty Conference
August 31, 2008
August 26, 2008
August 18, 2008
- The Volunteer Monitor, Summer 2008 (PDF) (24 pp, 473K)
Volunteer Monitoring and the Democratization of Science
Volunteer Research Symposium
Getting Volunteer Data into Science Journals
Recipe for Sucess: Free Technical Assistance
Integrating Science into Monitoring—Without Burdening Volunteers
The Long Winding Road to "Outstanding Alabama Water" Status
The Power of One: The Clear Creek Story
Verifying the Validity of Volunteer Monitoring
Report from National Monitoring Conference
August 14, 2008
- New online Watershed Academy Web "Stepping Stone" training module on Key Concepts of Water Quality Standards posted on EPA's Watershed Academy Web.
July 30, 2008
Watershed News - August 2008
1) Water Quality Trading Funding: Proposals due September 9, 2008
2) $5 Million Available for West Coast Estuaries Initiative for the California Coast
3) $5 Million Available for San Francisco Bay Area Water Quality Improvement Fund
4) EPA's Watershed Academy to sponsor free July 16th Webcast on the Clean Water Act State Revolving Fund: What’s in it for Watersheds?
5) EPA’s Watershed Academy to sponsor free July 23rd Webcast on Green Streets: Stormwater Runoff through Low Impact Development
6) Action Plan to Reduce Nutrients to Mississippi River from 31 States Released
7) New "Impaired Waters and Total Maximum Daily Loads" Web Site
8) Final Rule on Water Transfers
9) Estuaries Preparing to be Climate Ready
10) Announcing the 15th Annual Secchi Dip-In – June 28th - July 20th
11) EPA Issues Training Materials on Financing for Watersheds
12) Draft WaterSense New Homes Specification Released
13) “Conserving America’s Wetlands” 2008 Report Available
14) Proposed Vessel Discharge Permits
15) Water Quality Standards Academy: Basic Course in DC area
16) Southeast Watershed Forum /Regional Dialogue
17) Wetlands 2008: Wetlands and Global Climate Change
18) FLOW 2008: Interdisciplinary Solutions to Instream Flow Problems
19) SAVE THE DATE: Southeast Stormwater Institute
20) WEFTEC.08 ConferenceAudio Version of "Clean Water State Revolving Fund: What's in it for Watersheds?" is Now Available.
July 21, 2008
July 10, 2008
- Announcing the availability of EPA's 2004-2006 National Estuary Program (NEP) Implementation Report (EPA's 2004-2006)(PDF) (14 pp, 1MB, About PDF).
June 26, 2008
June 19, 2008
June 9, 2008
June 6, 2008
June 4, 2008
- Copies of PowerPoint presentations are now available from the April 29 - May 2, 2008 meeting on
Enhancing the States' Lake Management Programs Building Partnerships for Improved Fisheries and Lake Water Quality
Chicago, IL -- The main focus of this meeting was on integrating fisheries and lake water quality management. Updates on the status of the Survey of the Nation's Lakes were provided.
June 3, 2008
- Watershed News - June 2008
1) National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program
2) CARE Program (Community Action for a Renewed Environment) RFP expected in late 2008 or early 2009
3) EPA's Watershed Academy to Sponsor June 18th Webcast on EPA's New Database for Water Quality Assessment and TMDL information (ATTAINS)
4) OWOW Posts First Podcast about Green Streets-- From Gray Funnels to Green Sponges Podcast
5) US FWS National Wetlands Maps Available on Google Earth
6) 2008 Farm Bill
7) Public Comment Period Open for EPA Proposed Construction General Permit
8) EPA's Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds 2007 Annual Report Released
9) Whole Effluent Toxicity Testing Video Series
10) FY 2009 EPA's National Water Program Guidance Released
11) Water Quality Standards Academy: New On-line Training Course
12) The U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) releases Synthesis and Assessment
13) U.S. Botanic Garden's Summer Exhibit, One Planet - Ours!, Focuses on Sustainability for the 22nd Century
14) University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center 2007 Annual Report available online
15) Connecticut LID Regulations Website
16) New Sustainable Stormwater Best Management Practices Website
17) Water Quality Standards Academy: Basic Course in DC area
18) Wetlands 2008: Wetlands and Global Climate Change
19) FLOW 2008: Interdisciplinary Solutions to Instream Flow Problems
20) SAVE THE DATE: Southeast Stormwater Institute
21) WEFTEC.08 Conference
May 29, 2008
May 26, 2008
May 23, 2008
May 16, 2008
May 13, 2008
May 3, 2008
May 2, 2008
- Watershed News - May 2008
1) EPA Seeks Nominations for Clean Water Innovation Awards
2) National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program
3) Watershed Tool of the Month: New On-Line Watershed Academy Training Module on Developing a Sustainable Finance Plan
4) Spotlight: Watersheds at Work: Raritan River Basin (New Jersey)
5) Free May 8 Webcast on EPA's Draft Water Climate Change Strategy
6) EPA' s Watershed Academy to sponsor free May 13th Webcast on Wetlands and Climate Change
7) EPA's Watershed Planning Handbook Released
8) Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan 2008 Approved
9) May is American Wetlands Month
10) Giving Small Water Systems a Free Check Up
11) River Network's River Rally 2008River Network's River Rally 2008
12) Sustainable Infrastructure Forum for Water and Wastewater
13) Monitoring: Key to Understanding Our Waters
14) Water Quality Standards Academy: Basic Course in DC area
15) Enhancing the States' Lake Management Programs
16) Wetlands 2008: Wetlands and Global Climate Change
17) FLOW 2008: Interdisciplinary Solutions to Instream Flow Problems
18) SAVE THE DATE: Southeast Stormwater Institute
19) WEFTEC.08 Conference
May 1, 2008
April 29, 2008
April 28, 2008
April 23, 2008
April 16 , 2008
- How Green is Golf?-- May 2008 issue of Golf Digest Interview with Wetlands Deputy Director, Rob Wood
February 28, 2008
January 9, 2008
January 8, 2008
Reducing Stormwater Costs through Low Impact Development (LID) Strategies and Practices
This report provides information to cities, counties, states, private-sector developers and others on the costs and benefits of using Low Impact Development (LID) strategies and practices to help protect and restore water quality.
December 20, 2007
December 19, 2007
- RESCHEDULED Webcast on " Options for Expressing Daily Loads in TMDLs" , Tues., Jan. 8, 2008, 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
December 7, 2007
October 25, 2007
September 28, 2007
- EPA and Forest Service Memorandum of Agreement to Address Water Quality Impairments on National Forest System Lands– signed by Benjamin H. Grumbles (EPA) and Abigail Kimbell (Forest Service), September 28, 2007
July 11, 2007
-
Total Maximum Daily Loads with Stormwater Sources: A Summary of 17 TMDLs (PDF) (59 pp, 601K), July 2007, EPA 841-R-07-002
- Audio Version of " Using STORET Data to Characterize Your Watershed" Webcast is Now Available
March 6, 2007
- Watershed News - March 2007
1) Journal of the American Waters Resources Association – Special Issue on Connectivity of Headwater Streams to Downstream Waters
2) Emphasis on Conservation and Water Quality in Farm Bill Proposal
3) Smart Growth Implementation Assistance
4) Five-Star Restoration Matching Grants Program
5) Targeted Watersheds Grant Program Now Accepting Proposals
6) 2007 Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Program Request for Proposals
7) $2.7 Million Available to Local Communities to Reduce Toxic Exposure
8) Growing Greener Grant Announcement
9) Watershed Tool of the Month: Enviromapper for Water
10) Five-Mile Creek Greenways Project is Turning Idle Brownfields into Recreational Resources
11) March 7th Webcast on Stormwater MS4 Permit Program
12) EPA's Watershed Academy to sponsor March 28th Webcast on Key EPA Internet Tools for Watershed Management
13) March 21st NALGEP Webcast on Low Impact Development and Watershed Management
14) American Wetlands Month is Just Around the Corner — Start Now to Plan a Wetlands Event
15) Alien Invaders: Invasive Species and Wetlands
16) LEED for Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND) Pilot Rating System Available
17) Utah Department of Agriculture and Food: Getting Your Feet Wet with Social Marketing
18) National Environmental Education Week is April 15-22, 2007
19) Upcoming Conferences and Workshops
