Are you looking for support as you protect your local stream or watershed? Search through these must-see resources, all available to you for free!
TOOLS FOR ORGANIZING AND OUTREACH:
Prairie Rivers Network’s Tools for Protecting Your River (pdf – 3.39 mb), which includes:
- How to Organize Your River Group
- How to Hold a River Clean-up and BioBlitz
- Actions for Citizens (such as monitoring, pollution complaints, letters to the editor)
- Decision Makers Who Impact Our Rivers
- Technical Support
Also see PRN article “Want to Learn More About Your Watershed?”
U.S. EPA’s Nonpoint Source (NPS) Outreach Toolbox, which includes:
- Public Service Ads
- Logos, Slogans, and Mascots
- NPS Outreach Collections & Educational Products
MANUALS AND WEBSITES FOR WATERSHED PLANNING & MANAGEMENT:
Illinois Watershed Management Clearinghouse, which includes:
- Getting Involved in Watershed Management
- Help for Existing Watershed Groups
- References & Resources
By U.S. EPA:
- Getting in Step – A Guide for Conducting Watershed Outreach Campaigns (2003) (pdf – 3.27 mb)
- Getting in Step – Engaging and Involving Stakeholders in Your Watershed (2003) (pdf – 1.34 mb)
- Handbook for Developing WS Plans
- Key EPA Internet Tools for Watershed Management manual (2010) (pdf – 7.82 mb) and cover (pdf – 6.29 mb)
- Watershed Central, which includes:
- Adopt Your Watershed
- Healthy Watersheds
- Watershed Academy
- Watershed Central Wiki
- U.S. EPA’s WATERS, which includes mapping tools such as:
- Impaired Waters and Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)
By Illinois EPA and CMAP (Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning):
By Southwestern Illinois Resource Conservation & Development:
- Thinking Outside the Pipe: Better Stormwater Management Solutions for Southwestern Illinois (2009) (pdf – 3.28 mb)
Association of Watershed & Stormwater Professionals:
Purdue University and the Extension Water Quality Program:
STATEWIDE MAPS OF ILLINOIS WATERSHEDS AND RIVERS:
IDNR’s Ecosystem Partnerships Map
Major Watersheds of Illinois Map (pdf – 731 kb)
Illinois Lakes & Rivers Map (pdf – 189 kb) from geology.com
Illinois Rivers & Tributaries (pdf – 1.16 mb)