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Watershed Protection: A Project Focus
| United States Environmental Protection Agency |
Office of Water (4503F) |
EPA 841-R-95-004 August 1995 |
The Watershed Protection Approach is a strategy for effectively protecting and restoring aquatic ecosystems and protecting human health. This strategy has as its premise that many water quality and ecosystem problems are best solved at the watershed level rather than at the individual water body or discharger level. The EPA Office of Water prepared Watershed Protection: A Project Focus to promote watershed-level planning as envisioned under the Watershed Protection Approach. The document describes a logical process for planning and implementing watershed projects and presents some lessons learned in previous projects. The document emphasizes ecological integrity in watersheds by addressing chemical, physical, biological and habitat stressors in addition to the more traditional goal of protecting human health through chemical water quality criteria. It also encourages the targeting of watersheds for action and pooling resources and expertise with other government agencies and citizen groups.
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Contents
- Table of Contents, Foreword, Acknowledgements, List of Figures, List of Tables List of Highlights (PDF) (10 pp, 86K)
- Executive Summary (PDF) (5 pp, 126K)
- Chapter 1: Defining A Focus (PDF) (12 pp, 170K)
- Chapter 2: The Broad Issues (PDF) (9 pp, 108K)
- Chapter 3: A Successful Project (PDF) (4 pp, 86K)
- Chapter 4: Project Team, Support (PDF) (10 pp, 127K)
- Chapter 5: Defining The Problem (PDF) (13 pp, 167K)
- Chapter 6: Setting Goals, Solutions (PDF) (23 pp, 203K)
- Chapter 7: Implementing Controls (PDF) (10 pp, 117K)
- Chapter 8: Measuring Success (PDF) (13 pp, 256K)
- Chapter 9: References (PDF) (12 pp, 112K)
- Appendix A: Anacostia Selections (PDF) (20 pp, 975K)
- Appendix B: Puget Sound Protocols (PDF) (10 pp, 141K)
- Appendix C: Useful NPS Programs (PDF) (16 pp, 179K)