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April 28, 2008

• Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans to Restore and Protect Our Waters, 2008 Update

April 21, 2008

• Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans to Restore and Protect Our Waters, 2008 Update
  This handbook is intended to help communities, watershed organizations, and state, local, tribal and federal environmental agencies develop and implement watershed plans to meet water quality standards and protect water resources.

March 2008

• Section 319 Nonpoint Source Success Stories
  This site is an expanding compendium of stories that feature partially or fully restored waterbodies or stories that show progress towards achieving water quality goals.

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 2007

• Nonpoint Source News-Notes

November 2007

• FY 2007 Tribal Nonpoint Source Workshops

July 2007

• National Management Measures to Control Nonpoint Source Pollution from Hydromodification

May 2007

• Watershed Plan Builder

• Nonpoint Source Outreach Toolbox

December 4, 2006

• Questions and Answers on Awarding Section 319 Grants to Indian Tribes in FY 2007 (PDF, 17KB, 1 page)

October 5, 2006

• FY2006 Tribal Workshops

September 27, 2006

• Environmentally Sensitive Maintenance for Dirt and Gravel Roads
  This manual identifies, documents, and encourages the use of environmentally sensitive maintenance of dirt and gravel roads. The document provides insight into using natural systems and innovative technologies to reduce erosion, sediment, and dust pollution while more effectively and efficiently maintaining dirt and gravel roads and gives the users a "tool box" full of environmentally sensitive maintenance "tools" and practices.

August 8, 2006

• Watershed Based Wetlands and Water Resource Protection (PDF) ( 5MB, 30 pages)
  This powerpoint presentation contains a description of a modeling methodology which was used in New Castle County, DE to identify priority natural resource areas which need protection during the watershed build-out process. GIS tools and impervious surface cover overlays were used to identify wetlands, forested tracts, riparian buffers and open spaces areas that needed to be protected through zoning and plan review mechanisms in order to preserve or restore the subwatershed as the watershed. This methodology and presentation were developed by the University of Delaware, Water Resources Agency, Institute for Public Administration.

July 17, 2006

• National Management Measures to Control Nonpoint Source Pollution from Hydromodification
  The primary goal of this guidance document is to provide technical assistance to states, territories, tribes, and the public for managing hydromodification activities and reducing associated NPS pollution of surface and ground water. The document describes examples of the implementation of practices that can be used to reduce NPS pollution from activities associated with channelization and channel modification, dams, and streambank and shoreline erosion.

February 20, 2006

• Questions and Answers on Awarding Section 319 Grants to Indian Tribes in FY 2006 (PDF, KB, pages, About PDF)

January 27, 2006

• Audio version of Jan. 18, 2006 Webcast Seminar on "Using EPA's Draft Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans to Restore and Protect Our Waters" is now available

January 19, 2006

• Guidelines on Awarding Section 319 Grants to Indian Tribes in FY 2006 (PDF, 184 KB, 13 pages | about PDF)
  This notice publishes EPA's national guidelines for the award of base grants and EPA's Request for Proposals (RFP) for the award of supplemental funding in the form of competitive grants under the Clean Water Act (CWA) section 319(h) nonpoint source (NPS) grants program to Indian Tribes in FY 2006.

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