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Watershed News 2009 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 2009 |
1) NOAA Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program 2) Lake Erie Coordinated Science and Monitoring 3) FY09 RFP for Development and Implementation of the Chesapeake Bay Innovative Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Program 4) West Coast Estuaries Initiative 5) Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) Program 6) Agencies Revise Guidance to Protect Wetlands and Streams 7) Sanitary Survey Guidance Manual for Ground Water Systems 8) Finalist for Targeted Watersheds Grants to Improve the Gulf of Mexico 9) Preserve America's Waterways (PAWs) Launches Youth Efforts to Protect Our Nations Waterways 10) American Water Resources Association (AWRA) 2009 Summer Specialty Conference Call for Abstracts 11) Announcing California's Water Resource Control Boards - NPS Encyclopedia 12) EPA Publishes Draft Handbook for Developing Watershed Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) 13) WARSSS - Watershed Assessment of River Stability and Sediment Supply: A Methodology for Assessing Sediment Problems in Rivers and Streams 14) Nutrioso Creek, Arizona 15) 8th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference 16) 5th National Conference for Nonpoint Source and Stormwater Outreach: "Achieving Results with Tight Budgets" 17) World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 18) Nonpoint Source Pollution Conference 19) River Network's National River Rally 20) StormCon '09 |
| February 2009 |
1) West Coast Estuaries Initiative 2) NOAA Bay Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) Program 3) Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) Program 4) USDA Announces Two New Funding Programs and Additional Funds to Conservation Innovation Grants 5) EPA releases new online video "Reduce Runoff: Slow It Down, Spread It Out, Soak It In" 6) EPA Releases Report on Sea Level Rise 7) 4th Annual Stream Cleaner Forum 8) National Water Quality Inventory Report Now Available On-line 9) EPA and Florida DEP Work Together to Restore Florida's Surface Waters 10) EPA's Watershed Academy to sponsor free February 18th Webcast on Green Roofs: Beautiful and Innovative Solutions to Stormwater Pollution 11) Watershed Forestry Resource Guide 12) Dutchman Creek, Illinois 13) 5th National Conference for Nonpoint Source and Stormwater Outreach: "Achieving Results with Tight Budgets" 14) World Environmental & Water Resources Congress 15) Nonpoint Source Pollution Conference 16) River Network's National River Rally 17) StormCon '09 |
| March 2009 |
1) Bronx River Watershed Initiative 2) Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) Program 3) Region 9 Wetlands Program Development Grants 4) Shell Marine Habitat Program 5) Upper Mississippi River Watershed Fund 6) Smart Growth Implementation Assistance 2009 Request for Applications 7) Economic Recovery Funding for Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure 8) Green Jobs Training Opportunities Catalog 9) Call for Entries - National Award for Smart Growth Achievement 10) Vote in the River Network-MillerCoors Watershed Protection Grant Contest 11) USDA Establishes The People's Garden and Announces goal of creating community gardens at each USDA facility worldwide 12) 17th annual Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital 13) Call for Abstracts - Watershed Science and Technical Conference 14) Green Infrastructure Webcast on March 3 15) MSGP (Multi-Sector General Permit) Monitoring Webcast scheduled for March 19 16) Green Infrastructure Webcast on March 24 17) Pond/Wetland Management Guidebook 18) Christina River, Pennsylvania and Delaware 19) 5th National Conference for Nonpoint Source and Stormwater Outreach: "Achieving Results with Tight Budgets" 20) World Environmental & Water Resources Congress 21) Nonpoint Source Pollution Conference 22) River Network's National River Rally 23) StormCon '09 |
| April 2009 |
1) Upper Mississippi River Watershed Fund 2) Region 1 Wetland Program Development Grants 3) Region 10 Wetland Program Development Grants 4) Smart Growth Implementation Assistance 2009 Request for Applications 5) EPA seeks proposals to support state ground water programs 6) Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grants Program 7) EPA Issues New Guidance on the Award of Water Quality Management Planning Grants Funded Under the Recovery Act 8) EPA OWOW Water Quality Video Contest 9) Rachel Carson Intergenerational Sense of Wonder Contest 2009 10) The EPA's Gulf of Mexico Program (GMP) Announces the Gulf Guardian Awards 12) Call for Entries - National Award for Smart Growth Achievement 12) Year of Science Celebration 13) EPA Releases "Watershed Central" Web Site and a "Watershed Wiki" 14) Watershed Central: A New Gateway to Watershed Information 15) Semiconon Run, Pennsylvania 16) 5th National Conference for Nonpoint Source and Stormwater Outreach: "Achieving Results with Tight Budgets" 17) World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 18) Nonpoint Source Pollution Conference 19) River Network's National River Rally 20) StormCon '09 |
| May 2009 |
1) Dissolved Oxygen Environmental Benefit Fund 2) Region 7 Wetlands Program Development Grants 3) Klamath River Watershed Restoration Program 4) Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act: National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program 5) Healthy Watersheds Initiative 6) Seven Wetland Stewards Win 2009 National Wetlands Awards 7) May is American Wetlands Month 8) Center for Watershed Protection Announced New Webcast Series Beginning on May 14th 9) Rachel Carson Intergenerational Sense of Wonder Contest 2009 10) The EPA's Gulf of Mexico Program (GMP) Announces the Gulf Guardian Awards 11) Year of Science Celebration 12) Healthy Watersheds Web site 13) Lake Como Texas 14) 5th National Conference for Nonpoint Source and Stormwater Outreach: "Achieving Results with Tight Budgets" 15) World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 16) Nonpoint Source Pollution Conference 17) River Network's National River Rally 18) StormCon '09 |
| June 2009 |
1) Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection, and Restoration Act: National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program 2) Region 7 Wetlands Program Development Grants 3) Wetland Program Development Grants Request for Proposals 4) President's new Summer of Service initiative solicits non-profit organizations interested in building their roster of volunteers 5) President Obama Nominates Peter Silva for Assistant Administrator for the EPA Office of Water 6) 2010 Integrated Report Guidance Now Available 7) Administrator Jackson Appears on The Daily Show 8) Federal Leadership Committee for the Chesapeake Bay to be Chaired by the EPA 9) "Reduce Runoff: Slow It Down, Spread It Out, Soak It In" Video Now Available with Spanish Sub-titles 10) Year of Science Celebration 11) EPA Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds is now on Twitter 12) Diamond Lake Oregon 13) 3rd National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration (NCER '09) 14) StormCon '09 15) Center for Watershed Protection Institute 16) Southeast Stormwater Association Annual Conference '09 |
| July 2009 | 1) California Coastal Restoration Fund 2) Shell Marine Habitat Program 3) Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds 4) Senate Confirms Peter Silva as Assistant Administrator of the Office of Water 5) Winners Announced for EPA Water Quality Video Contest 6) Interagency Memorandum of Understanding on Surface Coal Mining in Appalachia 7) Nonpoint Source News Notes Now On-line! 8) Proceedings and Presentations Now Available from May 2009 NPS Outreach Conference 9) Adopt Your Watershed and United We Serve Campaign 10) Managing Wet Weather with Green Infrastructure — (1) Retrofits: Green Streets and (2) Operation & Maintenance 11) North Dakota: Lower Pipestem Creek 12) Year of Science Celebration 13) July 2009 Conferences and Workshops 14) August 2009 Conferences and Workshops 15) September 2009 Conferences and Workshops 16) November 2010 Conferences and Workshops |
| September 2009 |
1) Sustain our Great Lakes Program 2) Environmental Education Grants 3) Federal Agencies Release Draft Reports Required by Chesapeake Bay Executive Order 4) Interagency Task Force on Ocean Policy 5) Winning Videos available from EPA Water Quality Video Contest 6) Houston to Host Low Impact Development Contest 7) Watershed Tool of the Month - New Smart Growth Guidebook to help Coastal, Waterfront Communities Address Climate Change, Other Challenges 8) Climate Change YouTube Educational Video Part of New Toolkit 9) San Diego Coastkeeper launches new interactive wiki site 10) EPA Webcasts available on iTunes 11) Watershed Institute 12) Water and Land Use in the Pacific Northwest: Integrating Communities and Watersheds Conference 13) Restore America's Estuaries Conference |