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Current Highlights
EPA Releases Preliminary Results for Surface Coal Mining Permit Reviews
National Aquatic Resource Surveys
Obama Administration releases Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force Interim Report (PDF) (38 pp, 339K, About PDF)
Federal Agencies Release Draft Reports Required by Chesapeake Bay Executive Order
EPA Water Quality Video Contest
Current Highlights at Watershed News
We all live in a watershed -- the area that drains to a common waterway, such as a stream, lake, estuary, wetland, aquifer, or even the ocean -- and our individual actions can directly affect it. Working together using a watershed approach will help protect our nation's water resources. Wetlands are important elements of a watershed because they serve as the link between land and water resources. Oceans, coasts, and estuaries provide critical natural habitat and recreational areas for our nation. With coastal populations increasing, pressures on oceans and coastal waters are growing.
In June, President Obama established an Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, led by the White House Council on Environmental Quality. The Task Force is charged with developing a recommendation for a national policy that ensures protection, maintenance, and restoration of oceans, our coasts and the Great Lakes. It will also recommend a framework for improved stewardship, and effective coastal and marine spatial planning. The task force released an Interim Report and is soliciting public comments for a 30-day period.
Participate in the President's community service initiative, United We Serve. EPA's Adopt your Watershed program encourages you to work for clean water by joining with local organizations to monitor water quality, restore habitat, build rain gardens, plant trees, or clean up debris. Share your community service success story.
Announcing the EPA Water Quality Video Contest Winners and Honorable Mentions
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Honorable Mention
"Get the Drift" by Taylor James Evans and Erin Patricia Woods of Honolulu, Hawaii
Download the Video (MP4): Get the Drift (Quicktime) (18.3MB)
Honorable Mention
"EPA Water Quality Video Contest" by Jesse David Mattson of Corvallis, Oregon
Download the Video (MP4): EPA Water Quaity Video Contest (Quicktime) (3.9MB)