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Watershed News 2006 Index
Watershed News is a publication of EPA's Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds. It is designed to provide timely information to groups working at the watershed level.
| Watershed News Index | |
| January 2006 | 1) Report on the Biodiversity of Isolated Wetlands 2) Center for Watershed Protection Launches New Wetlands Web Site 3) New Draft Watershed Planning Handbook Available 4) New Management Measures Guidance to Control Urban Runoff 5) Nominations for the 2006 National Wetland Awards 6) Community-Based Habitat Restoration Proposals due January 27, 2006 7) Restore America's Estuaries' 3rd National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration 8) Restore America's Estuaries Conference- Call for Presentations and Posters 9) NPS Monitoring Conference- Call for Papers 10) Other Upcoming Conferences in 2006 |
| February 2006 | 1) Funding Opportunities: USDA announces Cooperative Conservation Grants-Proposals Due March 7 to NRCS Offices 2) Webcasts: EPA's Watershed Academy Sponsors Webcast on Plan2 Fund 3) Izaak Walton League to host Wetlands Webcasts 4) New Publications and Tools: Growth Readiness Report issued by Southeast Watershed Forum 5) EPA Releases Four New Smart Growth Publications 6) Outreach and Education: 10,000 Rain Gardens 7) Nonpoint Source News Notes highlights Environmental Education and Outreach> 8) New Partnership between Big Box Retailers on Low Impact Development 9) Upcoming Conferences in 2006 |
| March 2006 |
1) Funding Opportunities: EPA announces Community-based Partnership Grants to Reduce Risk of Toxic Exposure-Proposals Due April 10 to EPA 2) National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Partners with NOAA Community-Based Restoration Program on North Gulf Coast Initiative - Pre-Proposals Due April 1, 2006 3) News: Supreme Court Reviews 3 Clean Water Act Cases 4) Webcasts: EPA's Watershed Academy Sponsors Webcast on Sustainable Funding 5) Izaak Walton League to host Wetlands Webcasts 6) EPA Sponsors New Webcast Series on Stormwater Issues 7) New Publications and Tools: Bacteria Monitoring Focus of Winter 2006 Issue of Volunteer Monitor 8) Outreach and Education: StormCenter Communications and Colorado TV Station Team Up for Watershed Education 9) Upcoming Conferences in 2006 |
| April 2006 |
1) EPA announces Region 7 Watershed Improvement Grants - Proposals Due May 11, 2006 2) News: New Wetland Mitigation Proposed Rule 3) Guiding National Ocean Research Investment: The Ocean Research Priorities Plan 4) EPA Hosts Collaborative Cleanups II Meeting in Conjunction with River Rally 5) Call for Abstracts 6) Call for Entries 7) Webcasts: EPA's Watershed Academy to Sponsor Webcast on the Clean Water Act 8) Izaak Walton League to host Wetlands Webcasts 9) EPA Sponsors New Webcast Series on Stormwater Issues 10) Charlotte, North Carolina's WCNC launches Water Wise 11) EPA Publishes New "EPA Watershed Training Opportunities" Booklet 12) 2006 Wetlands Awards Winners Announced 13) Upcoming Conferences in 2006 |
| May 2006 |
1) Funding Opportunities: EPA announces Region 7 Watershed Improvement Grants -
Proposals Due May 11, 2006 2) News: May is American Wetlands Month 3) National River Cleanup Week is May 13-21, 2006 4) Pennsylvania helping to fund solutions to acid mine drainage 5) Center for Watershed Protection Announces the Smart Watershed Benchmarking Tool 6) Call for Abstracts 7) Webcasts: EPA's Watershed Academy Sponsors Webcast on Integrating Wetlands into Watershed Protection Efforts 8) Izaak Walton League to host Stormwater Management Webcasts 9) Outreach and Education: Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas' KTVT launches Envirocast 10) River Network's River Rally 2006 11) Upcoming Conferences in 2006 |
| June 2006 | 1) Army Corps of Engineers and EPA Extend Public Comment Period for Compensatory Mitigation Rule 2) EPA Unveils First-Ever Assessment of U.S. Wadeable Streams 3) 2006 Great North American Secchi Dip-In 4) Storm Water Toolbox Now Available 5) Pennsylvania helping to fund solutions to acid mine drainage 6) Center for Watershed Protection Announces the Smart Watershed Benchmarking Tool 7) Copies of ”After the Storm” Video Now Available 8) EPA's Watershed Academy Sponsors Webcast on the Principles of Social Marketing 9) Izaak Walton League to host Stormwater Management Webcasts 10) The Conservation Leadership Network Hosts On-line Course on The Practice of Environmentally-Sensitive Development 11) Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas’ KTVT launches Envirocast 12) River Network’s River Rally 2006 Has Record Attendance 13) Upcoming Conferences and Workshops |
| July 2006 | 1) 2006 Delaware Estuary Watershed Grants Program - Proposals Due July 17, 2006 2) EPA Office of Groundwater and Drinking Water Cooperative Agreement for Integrating Clean Water, Drinking Water and Land Use Planning Efforts - Applications due July 24, 2006 3) EPA Request for Proposals for Assessment and Watershed Protection Program Grants - Due August 15, 2006 4) Upper Mississippi River Watershed Fund - Pre-proposal Due September 1, 2006 5) Columbia River Estuarine Coastal Fund - Pre-Proposals Due Fall 2006 6) Center for Watershed Protection Releases Second Article in Series on Wetlands and Watersheds 7) Restoring Virginia's Wetlands: A Citizen's Toolkit Now Available 8) Presentations from the 2006 East Tennessee Environmental Conference Available On-line 9) Wisconsin Priority Watershed Program Helps Fund Low Cost BMPs 10) EPA's Watershed Academy Sponsors Webcast on the Watershed-based NPDES Permitting 11) The River Institute to Host Three Workshop/Forums 12) Meeting Water Quality Standards with Stream Restoration Projects, August 16 & 17, 2006, Reynoldsburg, Ohio 13) Stream Ecosystem Restoration Training Series (SERTS), September 25-29, 2006 and October 23-27, 2006 14) State of River Restoration Practice, a River Ecosystem Restoration Forum, November 15 & 16, 2006, Powell, Ohio 15) Upcoming Conferences and Workshops |
| August 2006 | 1) DUE DATE CHANGED - Request for Applications for a Cooperative Agreement for Integrating Clean Water, Drinking Water and Land Use Planning Efforts - Applications Due August 28, 2006 2) NOAA and National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Request for Proposals for North Gulf Coast Initiative - Pre-proposal Due September 1, 2006 3) Pinellas County Environmental Fund - Pre-proposals Due September 1 4) Upper Mississippi River Watershed Fund - Pre-proposal Due September 1, 2006 5) Columbia River Estuarine Coastal Fund - Pre-Proposals Due Fall 2006 6) EPA Publishes Draft Guidance to Control Nonpoint Source Pollution from Hydromodification 7) New EPA Facility is US Green Building Council LEED Gold Certified 8) EPA's Watershed Academy Is Taking August Off 9) Upcoming Conferences and Workshops |
| September 2006 |
1) Funding Opportunities: Targeted Watersheds Grant Program - Implementation Grants 2) Targeted Watersheds Grant Program - Capacity-Building Grants 3) EPA Watershed Tool of the Month: Draft Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans to Restore and Protect Our Waters 4) Spotlight - Watersheds At Work: Aquilla Reservoir, Texas - Improved Herbicide Management Restores Safety of Drinking Water Source 5) News: New report from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) looks at connections between economic development and smart growth 6) Webcasts: EPA's Watershed Academy Sponsors Webcast on Using Brownfields Grants for Watershed Restoration and Revitalization 7) Outreach and Education: Getting in Step with Phase II: A Workshop for Stormwater Program Managers, September 20-21, 2006, Lexington, KY 8) Stream Ecosystem Restoration Training Series (SERTS), September 25-29, 2006 and October 23-27, 2006 9) State of River Restoration Practice, a River Ecosystem Restoration Forum, November 15 & 16, 2006, Powell, Ohio 10) Upcoming Conferences and Workshops |
| October 2006 |
1) "More Fish" Partnership Fund 2) Targeted Watersheds Grant Program - Implementation Grants 3) Chesapeake Bay Targeted Watersheds Grant Program 4) Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring National Facilitation Project 5) Cumberland Basin Targeted Watersheds Grant Project, TN and KY - Promoting Low Impact Development and Sustainable Building Practices 6) World Water Monitoring Day is Wednesday, October 18, 2006 and October is Water Monitoring Month 7) New report from the Smart Growth Network, This is Smart Growth, illustrates smart growth techniques from around the country 8) New Guide Highlights Incentives for Agriculture Water Quality Trading 9) EPA‘s Watershed Academy to sponsor Oct. 11th Webcast on Getting Started in Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring 10) Stream Ecosystem Restoration Training Series (SERTS), October 23-27, 2006 11) State of River Restoration Practice, a River Ecosystem Restoration Forum, November 15 & 16, 2006, Powell, Ohio 12) Upcoming Conferences and Workshops |
| November 2006 |
1) Innovations Pilot Projects Request for Applications - Closing Date Extended 2) Targeted Watersheds Grant Program - Implementation Grants 3) Chesapeake Bay Targeted Watersheds Grant Program 4) Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grants - Request For Proposals/Availability of Funds issued 5) New On-line Watershed Course for Broadcast Meteorologists - Watersheds: Connecting Weather to the Environment 6) North Fork Potomac Watershed, WV - Farmers Improve Quality of Water 7) EPA Wetland Program Development Grants Case Studies Now Posted 8) Paying for Sustainable Water Infrastructure: Innovations for the 21st Century March 21-23, 2007 - Hilton Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia 9) 2007 National Wetlands Awards Nomination Forms Available! 10) EPA´s Watershed Academy to sponsor Nov. 29th Webcast on Integrating Drinking Water into Watershed Protection 11) State of River Restoration Practice, a River Ecosystem Restoration Forum, November 15 & 16, 2006, Powell, Ohio 12)Upcoming Conferences and Workshops |
| December 2006 |
1) Clean Water Act Section 319 Funds Available to Tribal Nonpoint Source Programs 2) Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grants - Request For Proposals/Availability of Funds issued 3) Five-Star Restoration Matching Grants Program 4) EPA's Water Quality Trading Assessment Handbook 5) Bear River Watershed, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming - Water Quality Trading Program and Model 6) Source Water Collaborative launches Web Site 7) 2007 National Wetlands Awards Nomination Forms Available 8) Blue Ribbon Water Quality Trading Awards Program 9) Fall 2006 Issue of The Volunteer Monitor Now Available 10) State Innovation Grants Announced 11) Stormwater Webcast Series Continues with December 6th Webcast 12) January 17, 2007 Webcast on Connecting with Local Land Use Decision-Makers on Water Resource Protection 13) After the Storm Video, co-produced by The Weather Channel and EPA, Now Available as Streaming Web Video and soon to be available on DVD! 14) AWRA 2007 Spring Specialty Conference - 3rd National Water Resources Policy Dialogue 15) Paying for Sustainable Water Infrastructure: Innovations for the 21st Century 16) River Network's National River Rally - SAVE THE DATE! |