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Water Headlines for March 24, 2008Benjamin H. Grumbles Water Headlines is a weekly on-line publication that announces publications, policies, and activities of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Water. In This Week’s Water Headlines:
EPA Announces Release of Indicator Development for Estuaries manualThe Indicator Development for Estuaries manual is designed to improve measuring progress in the National Estuary Program estuaries and other estuaries. It is organized to provide the user with a logical, stepwise process for developing and implementing indicators for the estuarine environment. Indicators can provide cost-effective information on the status and trends of a system, the effectiveness of management actions and allow for mid-course corrections. Indicators also provide information to inform diverse audiences including environmental managers, scientists, resource managers and the public on the status and progress of restoration efforts. The manual is available at http://www.epa.gov/owow/estuaries/. Girl Scouts National Air and Space Museum DayOn March 8, 2008, over 2,000 Girl Scouts attended "Family Day" at the National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, VA. This event, open to the public, included 36 educational exhibits that focused on women’s contributions to aerospace, science, and aviation. Girl Scouts had the opportunity to visit stations, talk with an astronaut who is a veteran of four space flights, and obtain information on government agencies with a scientific mission. The Office of Water shared a popular hands-on display with macroinvertebrates and handed out information about World Water Monitoring Day. The event also served as an opportunity to get the word out about the soon-to-be-released updated Water Drop Patch Book, a partnership project with the Girl Scouts of the USA. This manual includes grade-level appropriate activities for Girl Scout brownies through ambassadors that will teach the girls about their watersheds and encourage them to take action in their communities to protect and restore their natural resources. EPA is one of several federal agencies that partners with the Girl Scouts of the USA under the Linking Girls to the Land (LGTTL) interagency initiative. LGTTL encourages more than 3.8 million Girl Scouts across the country to become involved in conservation and natural resource issues through partnerships with federal agencies and nongovernmental organizations at both the national and local level. May is American Wetlands Month – Learn! Explore! Take Action! - Start Planning!EPA will once again celebrate American Wetlands Month in May with federal, state, tribal, local, non-profit, and private sector organization partners. This annual celebration is a time to recognize and highlight the wonderful ways that wetlands enrich the environment and human society. In anticipation of this year's celebration, EPA encourages individuals and groups to plan activities and events that raise awareness of the critical role wetlands play in our environment and build support for their protection and restoration. Some ideas for celebratory activities and events that could be planned in conjunction with American Wetlands Month include:
Individuals or groups that are planning local, regional, or national events are strongly encouraged to share event information by visiting the following event form submittal site: http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/awm/contact.html. For general American Wetlands Month information, please visit: http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/awm. To learn more about EPA’s wetlands and aquatic resources programs, please visit http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands or call the Wetlands Helpline at 1-800-832-7828. Subscribe to Water HeadlinesPlease forward this message to your friends and colleagues who share an interest in water-related issues and would like to hear from EPA’s Office of Water. To subscribe to the Water Headlines listserve: Send an email message, leave the subject line blank, and address it to: In the body of the message write: Subscribe Water Headlines first name last name (Please leave one blank space between each word, do not include any other message, and use your actual name- i.e. Subscribe Water Headlines Robert Jones)
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