Watershed Planning from an NWQI Perspective
Webinar Details
When:
Apr 25, 2017 2:00 pm US/Eastern
Length: 00:56 (hh:mm)
Advance Registration NOT required.
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Presenter(s):
- Dee Carlson, USDA NRCS NWQI and MRBI Coordinator, Washington DC
- Karma Anderson, USDA NRCS Water Quality and Quantity Team Leader, Portland, OR
- Craig Goodwin, USDA NRCS Water Quality Specialist and Aquatic Ecologist, Washington DC
- Katie Flahive, US EPA Environmental Scientist, Washington DC
- Erika Larsen, US EPA Physical Scientist and NWQI Coordinator, Washington DC
- Jill M. Reinhart, USDA NRCS Assistant State Conservationist, Partnerships, Indianapolis, IN
CEU Credits/Certificate Offered:
- Certificate of Participation
- Conservation Planner (CP) - 1 hour Conservation Planning Credit
Virtual Event Format:
Group Viewing Available:
Participants will learn about the watershed assessment used for the National Water Quality Initiative (NWQI) and how it fits into an overall watershed planning process.
The National Water Quality Initiative (NWQI) began in 2012 as a collaborative effort between NRCS, EPA and the state water quality agencies to improve water quality in small agricultural watersheds. Success through NWQI is highly dependent on delivering accelerated financial assistance to watersheds where comprehensive resource assessments and plans have been developed, typically as a result of strong, established partnerships. Criteria for inclusion in NWQI includes a watershed-based plan. If the existing plan is not at an appropriate scale (HUC12), states should complete an inventory and assessment of the watershed. This assessment is complementary to the existing watershed plan, and is completed using a USDA NRCS area-wide assessment. In this webinar, presenters will discuss the importance of partnerships for watershed efforts, and will step through the watershed assessment process used in NWQI – how to clearly identify pollutants of concern and transport mechanisms, analyses to determine source acres or critical acres needing treatment, and development of effective conservation systems to address the resource concerns.
Photo caption: Watershed assessment example: use of the NRCS Vulnerability Assessment and Program Performance tool (VAPPT) to identify areas within the watershed that are vulnerable to runoff, and assess whether treatment has been implemented.
This webinar is presented by USDA NRCS Science and Technology.
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