Draft Table of Contents for the Roaring Fork Watershed Plan

Draft Table of Contents - February 2006 


EPA's Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans to Restore and Protect Our Waters

EPA's Office of Water has published a guide to watershed management to help various organizations develop and implement watershed plans. The Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans to Restore and Protect Our Waters is aimed toward communities, watershed groups, and local, state, tribal, and federal environmental agencies. 

The 414 page handbook is designed to take the user through each step of the watershed planning process: watershed monitoring and assessment community outreach selection and application of available models best management practices effectiveness data bases implementation feedback plan adjustment 

The handbook is intended to supplement existing watershed planning guides that have been developed by agencies, universities, and other nonprofit organizations. This handbook is more specific than other guides about quantifying existing pollutant loads, developing estimates of the load reductions required to meet water-quality standards, developing effective management measures, and tracking progress once the plan is implemented. 

The handbook is available online at: www.epa.gov/owow/nps/watershed_handbook