What is the

       National

        Estuary

      Program?

Twenty-eight  community-based
watershed organizations located
along the Gulf coast and Atlantic and
Pacific oceans that:

• define their management areas
  according to watershed
  boundaries and the ecosystems
  within them

• apply a mix of point source
  pollution and polluted runoff
  controls

• restore and protect the bays,
  lagoons, and other places where
  freshwater meets the sea
Who should read this
      handbook?

All individuals and organizations
involved in watershed management,
including those administering or
implementing the NEP.
To obtain a copy of this handbook,
contact EPA at:

  MAIL: U.S. EPA/NSCEP
       P.O. Box 42419
       Cincinnati, Ohio 45242-2419
  EMAIL: ncepimal@one.net
  CALL: 1-800-490-9198

  FAX:  51 3-489-8695

  WEBSITE: www.epa.gov/neplessons

  DOCUMENT*: EPA 842-B-05-003
            (98 page document)
                                  EPA
                               Brochure #: EPA 842-FO5-002
        United States
        Environmental Protection Agency
      ANNOUNCING

  COMMUNITY-
        BASED
   WATERSHED
  MANAGEMENT
         LESSONS
        FROM THE
      NATIONAL
       ESTUARY
      PROGRAM
                                                                SEPA
  A Handbook Available from
EPA's Office of Wetlands, Oceans,
       and Watersheds

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   Community-Based Watershed Management    Lessons from the National Estuary Program
This  handbook is designed for all
individuals and organizations in-
volved in watershed management,
including states, tribes, local govern-
ments, and nongovernmental orga-
nizations.

This  document describes  innovative
approaches to watershed manage-
ment  implemented by the 28 NEPs
and draws on nearly 20 years of ex-
perience.
     The 28 National Estuary Programs (NEPs),
  their Study Areas, and Surrounding Watersheds
     Pugct Sound

Lower Columbia River
   TUlamook Bay
                          B ar a t aria-Terrebonne
                                    Tampa Bay
                               Galveston Sarasota Bay
                               Bay
                                   New Hampshire Estuaries
                                   Massachusetts Bays
                                   Buzzards Bay
                                   Narrangansetf Bay
                                  Peconic Bay
                                 Long Island Sound Study
                                Delaware Estuary
                                Delaware Inland Bays
                               Maryland Coastal Bays
    Mono Bay

    Santa Monica Bay
Coastal Bend Bays &
                                               Study Area — location where NEPs focus their restoration efforts
                                               Watershed - land area that drains into an estuary
                                              Albermarle-Pamlico Sounds
                             Indian River Lagoon
                                              San Juan Bay
                                         You will learn how the NEPs:

                                         •   establish effective governance structures

                                         •   assess the conditions of the estuary and the institutions that affect it

                                         •   involve the public and  other stakeholders to develop and implement
                                             management plans

                                         •   leverage funding to increase their budgets

                                         •   motivate stakeholders to  become involved

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