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Links to Key Documents of the Healthy Watersheds Program

This page provides links to many EPA documents that have played key roles in the development and operation of the Healthy Watersheds Program.  These include:
  • A Memorandum of Understanding among EPA and its healthy watersheds collaborators
  • An action plan for the healthy watersheds initiative that led to this program
  • A manual on concepts, assessments and management approaches
  • A collection of workshop products, newsletters and fact sheets

View full descriptions of these documents on the main Healthy Watersheds Program Documents page.

  • Memorandum of Understanding to Promote the Healthy Watersheds Initiative (pdf) (371.97 KB)
  • Healthy Watersheds Initiative National Framework and Action Plan 2011 (pdf) (8.45 MB)
  • Identifying and Protecting Healthy Watersheds: Concepts, Assessments, and Management Approaches (Complete Technical Document) (pdf) (97.2 MB)
  • Front Cover, Disclaimer, Table of Contents, Figures, Tables, Acronyms & Abbreviations, Memo from EPA Management, Acknowledgements (pdf) (3.86 MB)
  • Chapter 1: Introduction (pdf) (645.55 KB)
  • Chapter 2: Key Concepts and Assessment Approaches (pdf) (8.26 MB)
  • Chapter 3: Examples of Assessment Approaches (pdf) (59.67 MB)
  • Chapter 4: Healthy Watersheds Integrated Assessments (pdf) (22.01 MB)
  • Chapter 5: Management Approaches (pdf) (4.61 MB)
  • References, Acronyms & Abbreviations, Appendix A, Appendix B, Appendix C, and Back Cover (pdf) (683.42 KB)
  • The Workshop Proceedings (pdf) (1015.69 KB)
  • Speaker Presentations: Attachment 1A (pdf) (10.95 MB)
  • Speaker Presentations: Attachment 1B (pdf) (10.77 MB)
  • Speaker Presentations: Attachment 1C (pdf) (8.35 MB)
  • Speaker Program Summaries: Attachment 2A (pdf) (7.3 MB)
  • Speaker Program Summaries: Attachment 2B (pdf) (13.97 MB)
  • Healthy Watersheds Integrated Assessments Workshop Synthesis (pdf) (1.22 MB)
  • Fact Sheet: The Economic Benefits of Protecting Healthy Watersheds (pdf) (833.14 KB)
  • EPA's Healthy Watersheds Program Fact Sheet (pdf) (178.34 KB, December 2016, 841-F-16-008)
  • Healthy Watersheds News Issue #1 (Winter 2011-2012) (pdf) (448.05 KB)
  • Healthy Watersheds News Issue #2 (Summer 2012) (pdf) (517.49 KB)
  • Healthy Watersheds News Issue #3 (Winter 2012-2013) (pdf) (583.57 KB)

Healthy Watersheds Protection

  • EPA's Healthy Watersheds Program
    • What EPA Is Doing for Healthy Watersheds
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    • Benefits of Healthy Watersheds
  • Integrated Assessment of Healthy Watersheds
    • Developing a Watershed Health Index
    • Developing a Watershed Vulnerability Index
    • Examples of Integrated Assessments
    • Preliminary Healthy Watersheds Assessment
  • Watershed Protection
    • Initiatives to Protect Healthy Watersheds
    • Tools and Resources to Protect Watersheds
    • Protection Projects in Your State and Region
    • Healthy Watersheds Consortium Grant
    • Land Conservation and Watershed Protection
  • Program Reports & Publications
    • Healthy Watersheds Program Reports
    • Key Program Documents
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Last updated on February 25, 2025
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