Watershed Planning Short Course
Comprehensive watershed protection plans that outline ways to preserve or restore watersheds are becoming a widely-accepted approach to protecting Texas surface waters. Using a watershed approach to restore impaired water bodies addresses the problems in a holistic manner, and stakeholders in the watershed are actively involved in developing the management strategies and plans.
Proper training of watershed coordinators and water professionals is needed to ensure that watershed protection efforts are adequately planned, coordinated and implemented and the results properly assessed and reported.
The Texas Watershed Planning Short Course project is a week-long course that provides information on stakeholder coordination and in-depth analysis of the Environmental Protection Agency's nine elements of a watershed protection plan. The course also includes information and case study examples about data collection and analysis and the tools available for plan development, education and outreach related to water quality. The course will promote sustainable proactive approaches to managing water quality throughout the state.
Objectives
- Develop and conduct three weeklong watershed planning short courses focused on developing each of the nine key elements of a watershed protection plan
- Conduct one weeklong Fluvial Geomorphology short course
Collaborators
- Texas Water Resources Institute
- Texas Cooperative Extension
- Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
- Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Texas River Systems Institute
Funding Agencies
- Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency