Info Links - Watershed Planning & Conservation

1) Copies of "The Soft Path for Water in a Nutshell" by Dr. David Brooks are available at: http://www.foecanada.org/PDF/nutshell_lowres_final.pdf or by calling Friends of the Earth at 613-241-0085.

2) Presentation: Water Soft Paths: Concept and Opportunity (80KB pdf) by David B. Brooks, Director of Research, Friends of the Earth Canada.

3) Watershed Planning Handbook. For a free copy call the US Environmental Protection Agency at 1-800-490-9198 or view on-line at: http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/watershed_handbook

4) The RM of Blanchard Pilot Research Project on Ecological Goods and Services located entirely in the Little Saskatchewan River Conservation District has officially begun to set aside up to 25,000 acres of privately owned farmlands for ecological purposes. This is equivalent to 18% of the RM land base. A summary of the pilot project can be found at: http://www.deltawaterfowl.org/research/students.php

5) From the Canadian Council of Ministers for the Environment: “An Analysis of Canadian and Other Water Conservation Practices and Initiatives: Issues, Opportunities and Suggested Directions”, prepared by J. Kinkead Consulting in association with A. Boardley and M. Kinkead. This may be viewed at http://www.ccme.ca/assets/pdf/kinkead_fnl_rpt_2005_04_2.1_web.pdf
Executive Summary: http://www.ccme.ca/assets/pdf/kinkead_fnl_rpt_2005_04_2.1_exec_summary.pdf.

6) The East Souris River integrated watershed management plan was accepted by the Manitoba Government last month as the first plan to be recognized under the new Water Protection Act. It can be viewed at: http://www.tmcd.ca/watershed/watershed_management_plan.html

7) For background information on the Assiniboine River Watersheds process involving the Project Management Team (PMT) and Watershed Planning Advisory Team (WPAT) go to: http://www.uarcd.com/IWMP.htm

8) Presentations from Public Forum on Water, "Starting a Dialogue: Watershed Planning in Winnipeg & Surrounding Area", May 31, 2005:

Water Management: the Minnesota Experience (151KB pdf) by Stu Grubb;
Seine-Rat River Conservation District (327KB pdf) by Patrick Watson;
Save Our Seine (4.53MB pdf) by Serge LaRochelle;
Winnipeg and Watershed Planning (939 KB pdf) by Cheryl Heming;
Implementing the MB Water Protection Act: Watershed Plans (654KB pdf) by Lori Thompson.

9) Presentation: Rural Development Plans and Watershed Plans - Will they protect our water/environment?: Experience in the R.M. of Lorne (1.13MB pdf) by Ted Ross, Roseisle Creek Watershed Association, February 26, 2005.

10) Center for Watershed Protection, Urban Subwatershed Restoration Manual Series released "Urban Stormwater Retrofit Practices" Free download at:
http://www.cwp.org/PublicationStore/USRM.htm

11) Participatory SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) Analysis of the South Nation Conservation Clean Water Program, Ontario by Cecilia Ferreyra, Post Doctoral Research
Associate, Guelph Water Management Group. An exploration of how the emerging source water protection process and existing land and water stewardship initiatives across Ontario might be
integrated. Try: http://www.uoguelph.ca/gwmg/Documents/Integration_Report_2.pdf

12) The Wetlands & Watersheds Article Series by the Centre for Watershed Protection have been updated. To expand your current watershed guidance, tools and resources, go to:
http://www.cwp.org/wetlands/article.htm

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