Natural Resource-based Planning for Watersheds

The NEMO Team has found there are two major stumbling blocks to local watershed efforts, an inability to get started and an overload of maps/information. This workshop and its companion publication Natural Resource-Based Planning for Watersheds—A practical Starter Kit For Watershed Projects (cover below) will outline a process that will help you get started!

Cover of the Watersheds Starter Kit booklet.

You will learn about our recommended 6-step process to watershed planning:

1. Assemble a core group of local leaders & resource experts.
2. Determine the land in the watershed still available to be developed.
3. Determine priority water, land and cultural resource areas.
4. Formulate an Action plan, based on the comparison of priority resource areas to developable lands.
5. Educate the populous, especially key private and public land use decision makers, on the key findings and recommendations of the Action Plan.
6. Realize the Action Plan through well-crafted recommendations and continuing education.

This process is illustrated with examples from our work in the Eight Mile River Watershed Project.

The workshop is free of charge, about 1 hour long. We recommend scheduling 2 hours to allow for discussion and questions. Contact John Rozum at john.rozum@uconn.edu or call (860) 345-5225 to schedule a workshop.

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