Resources:
The resources listed here are used in the watershed academy. Unless noted,
resources are pdf files. New resources are added frequently, so please check
back.
Communication
Meeting Management
Making Meetings Manageable. OSU Extension Factsheet.
Planning
and Conducting Effective Public Meetings. OSU Extension Factsheet.
Participating
in Meetings. OSU Extension Factsheet.
Meeting Agenda Form.
OSU Extension.
Group Facilitation
Beyond Conflict
to Consensus by Bob Chadwick.
Group Facilitation
Skills: A Toolbox for Effective Meetings . Ohio DNR.
Effective Meeting Facilitation II: Sample Forms, Tools and Checklists by Miranda Duncan. National Endowment for the Arts.
Consensus: Tap Into a Powerful Decision-Making Tool by Joan Richardson. National Staff Development Council.
Stakeholders
F. Gregory, R. (June 2000). Using Stakeholders Values to Make Smarter Environmental Decisions. Environment. Pages 35-43.
Building Local Partnerships: A Guide for Watershed Partnerships. Conservation Technology Information Center, Know Your Watershed.
The Community Problem Solving Project @ MIT. A wealth of information and tools on community empowerment, stakeholders, organization, planning, and decision making. Author Xavier de Souza Briggs, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [Website, exits IWLA]
Webler, T., Tuler, S., Shockey I., Stern P., and Beattie R. (2003). Participation by Local Governmental Officials in Watershed Management Planning. Society and Natural Resources 16(2): 105-121.
Community Outreach
Getting in Step: A Guide for Conducting Watershed Outreach Campaigns. US EPA.
Asset Mapping Method from A Guide to Understanding a Sense of Place. US EPA [word file]
A Step-by-Step Guide to Conducting a Social Profile for Watershed Planning. University of Illinois. [Website, exits IWLP]
Fundraising
Grassroots Fundraising Journal.
Directory
of Funding Sources from River Network.
Funding resources from the Watershed Advocate Toolkit, River Alliance of
Wisconsin:
Seeking Foundation Funding (pdf)
Raising Funds While Increasing Your Visibility (pdf)
Plan2Fund. This is a Watershed Planning Tool developed by the Environmental Finance Center at Boise State University that helps organizations determine their funding needs to meet the goals and objectives of their Watershed Program Plan. Read about and download the tool. Watch the Plan2Fund training video online from EPA:
Guidestar. Information on thousands of foundations and nonprofits. (don’t recommend the research packages, but other info is good if you spend some time searching).
“The Funding Matrix”: Funding Resources for Water Quality and Watershed
Related Projects. 2006. Source: Reggie Korthals and Northwest Indiana Regional
Planning Council. [Excel]
or [PDF]
Media Assistance
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Planning & Visioning
Creating Watershed Plans
Community
Based Watershed Management. OSU Extension Factsheet.
Handbook
for Developing Watershed Plans to Restore and Protect Our Waters. EPA
– Office of Water. (new 2006) A thorough, but practical book. [Website,
exits IWLP]
Planning & Decision Making
Community
Watershed Forums: A Planner’s Guide by K. Firehock (2002).
Self Assessment
Tools for Organizations (Appendices C and D) in Strategic Planning for
Nonprofit Organizations: A Practical Guide and Workbook. Allison, M. &
J. Kaye. (1997). John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York.
Empowering
Regions: Strategies & Tools for Community Decision Making. Alliance
for Regional Stewardship.
Sustainable
Development Toolkit. Smart Communities Network, US Department of Energy.
[Website, exits IWLP]
The Community
Problem Solving Project @ MIT. A wealth of information and tools on community
empowerment, stakeholders, organization, planning, and decision making. Author
Xavier de Souza Briggs, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Defining
Problems using Situational Analysis. D. Ohlson, Ohio State University.
Problem
Definition Template. [Word file]
Policy
Land
use planning policy and citizen involvement. Land Use Team, Purdue University.
[Website, exits IWLP]
Planning with
Power Program. IL-IN Sea Grant, Purdue University. [Website, exits IWLP]
Farm
Bill Policy. USDA-NRCS. [Website, exits IWLP]
Perspectives
on Indiana Drainage Law by Marty Lucas (2002).
Full
text of Indiana Drainage Law. [Website, exits IWLP]
Program Evaluation
Ricker, K. T.; L. C. Brown; C. F. Leeds; R. P. Leeds; E. K. Bonar Bouton and C. E. Volgstadt (1998). Water Quality Project Evaluation: A Handbook for Objectives-Based Evaluation of Water Quality Projects. The Ohio State University Extension.
Regulatory
Water
Quality Standards for Indiana. Indiana Administrative Code.
Water
Quality Standards. US EPA. [Website, exits IWLP]
Technical
Tools and
information for watershed management from Purdue University. [Web site,
exits IWLP]
Geographic
Information Systems (GIS) tools for watershed management. Purdue University.
[Website, exits IWLP]
Stream
Corridor Restoration: Principles, Processes, and Practices. Federal Interagency
Stream Restoration Working Group. (1998, and new edition 2001). [Website,
exits IWLP]
Benefits
and barriers of riparian forest buffers. Fact sheet by Duane McCoy and
Jennifer Sobecki, IDNR – Division of Forestry.
National Sustainable
Agriculture Information Service- National Center for Appropriate Technology
(NCAT). Credible source of technical and practical applications of sustainable
and alternative agricultural methods and BMP's.