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!
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| Cover of the Watersheds Starter Kit booklet. |
You will learn about our recommended 6-step process to watershed planning:
- Assemble a core group of local leaders & resource experts.
- Determine the land in the watershed still available to be developed.
- Determine priority water, land and cultural resource areas.
- Formulate an Action plan, based on the comparison of priority resource areas to developable lands.
- Educate the populous, especially key private and public land use decision makers, on the key findings and recommendations of the Action Plan.
- 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 and about 1 hour long. We recommend scheduling 2 hours to allow for discussion and questions. Contact CT NEMO at nemo@uconn.edu or call (860) 345-4511 to schedule a workshop.