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Watershed Information and Education Program
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Mini-Grant Information
Please refer to the
Mini-Grant information page for news and
information regarding the
319
mini-grants.
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Resources
The SD Discovery Center
through the 319 I&E Project offers the
following resources for watershed
information and education events: |
Mini-Grants: The
SD Discovery Center administrates
the I&E Mini-grant program for
outreach projects not associated
with an implementation project.
Previous and current mini-grant
recipients as well as mini-grant
request for proposals can be found
at: 319
mini-grants
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Water
Festivals:
Start up funds are
available to bring a water festival,
a hands-on learning event for 4th
graders,
to your community. Some
limitations apply.
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Training: Learn how to do or
improve your water presentations for classrooms and
youth. Project WET is an internationally
recognized curriculum that has trained thousands of
educators to implement hands-on learning about
water. The Leopold Education Project is a
resource for understanding watershed conservation.
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Support for World
Water Monitoring Day. Bring water quality
monitoring to your community’s
schools, Scout groups, 4H clubs and
other youth organization. You can
request a World Water Monitoring Day kit.
World
Water Monitoring Kit Info
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Project WET
materials discount
The coordinator discount will be
passed along to agencies and
organizations ordering Project WET
publication through the SD Discovery
Center. Shipping charges
apply. Available only to South
Dakota audiences.
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Loaner Resources
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You can borrow any of
the items below for three weeks.
Borrower is responsible for return
shipping.
Enviroscape,
Ground Water model,
Secret Agent Worm Soil Kit,
Macromania Game
Volunteer Water
Quality Monitoring Kit
Wetlands Trunk
Lakes and Streams trunkWatershed maps (North America,
Missouri River & South Dakota)
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For more
information about these resources or
to schedule a loan, please contact
Anne Lewis (annelewis[at]sd-discovery.com)
605-224-8295.
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Watershed Protection Action Steps
- Participate
in
World Water Monitoring Day,
Dakota Water Watch or or
start your own
volunteer water quality
monitoring program.
Collect water quality data and
share the results with your
community.
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Greenscape your yard.
Get your home, school or
workplace as a certified
habitat. Encourage local
officials to do the same with
public spaces.
- Promote and
use car pools, public
transportation, bikes or walking
to reduce the demand for roads.
- Pick up
trash, especially along water
ways.
Organize a trash clean up.
- Support
low impact development and
smart growth.
Other Action
Steps Suggestions:
Healthy Rivers Minnesota
Center for Watershed Protection |
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Watershed Planning Tool
The EPA has developed a
comprehensive watershed planning toolkit which will
guide groups (agency, citizen, civic, educational) through all the steps in developing a
plan that will focus and frame the work to
protect, restore or maintain watersheds.
Watershed Planning Tool |
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Understanding Water Quality Standards
The EPA has developed an
online training module for state and tribal
employees and the general public on key
aspects of the water quality standards
program and other related Clean Water Act
programs. This Internet-based training
program is an abbreviated version of the
week-long, in-class Water Quality Standards
Academy course, and includes the following
modules: (1) Introduction to EPA and the
Clean Water Act, (2) Waterbody Uses, (3)
Water Quality Criteria, (4) Antidegradation,
(5) Standards Submittal and Approval, and
(6) Variances, Using Attainability Analyses,
Mixing Zones and Other Flexibility Options.
http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/standards/academy/keyconcepts/index.htm
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Resources for Developing an Outreach
If your
job description requires you to coordinate or conduct
watershed related outreach, I recommend the
following resources.
The Tipping Point: A seminal work on why ideas and behaviors catch on. Reader's
guide and suggested reading list provided.
Getting In Step: Materials from the
Environmental Protection Agency on conducting
watershed outreach and involving stakeholders.
Includes web based training. A South Dakota
specific workbook has been developed to help you
design your outreach utilizing best practices.
South Dakota Workbook
Community Based Social
Marketing: This site consists of six
resources: an online
guide
which provides valuable information on the use
of community-based social marketing to design
and evaluate programs to foster sustainable
behavior; searchable databases of
articles,
cases,
graphics,
and downloadable
reports
on fostering sustainable behavior; and
discussion forums
for sharing information and asking questions of
others. (Note: free registration required)
Proceedings from the EPA sponsored 2003 NPS I&E
Programs conference are available at
http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/proceedings.html.
Of particular note are The Outcomes are Coming
by Susan Gormann and John LaRocca and The
Outreach Continuum: Moving Participants from
Information to Action by Lynda Ransley.
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Signage
These full color signs were developed
with a grant from the 319 Information and
Education Project for the Wall Lake
Interpretative Center. The content of
the signs, summarized below, is applicable
beyond the Wall Lake Watershed so they are
being made available here for download.
To view the signs, a portable document file
program such as
Adobe is required.
The signs measure 36" x 24"
and are suitable for printing on vinyl and
Tyvek(r).
Ground Water (438 KB PDF) How is Groundwater Contaminated, How
Groundwater Occurs, What You Can Do To
Protect Your Well Water
Hydrology (1320 KB PDF)
Terms, Hydrology and
Wetlands, Wetlands Distribution in Eastern
South Dakota.
Non-point Source
Pollution (1,936 KB PDF) Agricultural
Runoff: Sources & Solutions; Urban Runoff:
Sources & Solutions
Wetlands (1,285 KB PDF) Suitable for
Prairie Pothole/Eastern South Dakota.
The Value of Wetlands, Wildlife,
Hydrology, People
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South
Dakota Geology
The geology of an area helps determine its
physical characteristics such as topography
and soil type. This in turn impacts
many factors that influence watershed
issues. Sooner or later, those
addressing watershed issues must have a
basic understanding of their watershed's
geology.
If you need to brush up
on your geology review
Intro to Geology of South Dakota.
Additionally, the South Dakota Geological
Survey is housed at the University of South
Dakota and has an excellent
online resource for understanding the
geology of South Dakota.
For more about the influence
of geology and physical setting on
watershed, see the Environmental Protection
Agency's module on
Watershed Ecology.
For more information on the
ecology of South Dakota's different
eco-regions, see the Northern Prairie
Wildlife Center's page on the
Ecoregions of South Dakota
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