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Access the Source Water Collaborative Partnership Toolkit to find online tips for partnering with state conservationists in order to promote source water protection through agricultural conservation practices. This toolkit facilitates collaboration between source water partners and the USDA, with a focus on NRCS State Conservationists.
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Source Water CollaborativeOnline Partnership Tool Collaboration Toolkit:Protecting Drinking Water Sources through Agricultural Conservation Practices
Source Water Collaborative Member Organizations • American Planning Association • American Water Works Assoc. • Assoc. of Metropolitan Water Agencies • Assoc. of State Drinking Water Administrators • Assoc. of Clean Water Administrators • Assoc. of State and Territorial Health Officials • Clean Water Fund • Environmental Finance Center • The Groundwater Foundation • Ground Water Protection Council • National Assoc. of Counties • Nat’l Environmental Services Ctr • Nat’l Ground Water Assoc. • Nat’l Rural Water Assoc. • N. American Lake Mgmt Society • River Network • Rural Community Assistance Partnership • Trust for Public Land • USDA – Farm Service Agency • USDA – Forest Service • U.S. EPA • U.S. Geological Survey • Water Systems Council .
Source Water Protection: Online Tips for Partnering with State Conservationists • Goals: • Promote source water protection through agriculture conservation practices • Facilitate collaboration between source water partners and USDA, focus on NRCS State Conservationists • Contents:Simple steps for identifying common ground, opportunities, and key contacts and ideas for working with USDA at the state level • Upcoming supplement: Tips for working with conservation districts
Immediate Opportunitiesfor Collaboration • 2013 National Water Quality Initiative • State Nutrient Management Conservation Practice Standard 590
Source Water Protection: Online Tips for Partnering with State Conservationists
Source Water Protection: Online Tips for Partnering with State Conservationists
Source Water Protection: Online Tips for Partnering with State Conservationists
Source Water Protection: Online Tips for Partnering with State Conservationists
Source Water Protection: Online Tips for Partnering with State Conservationists
Source Water Protection: Online Tips for Partnering with State Conservationists • EPA Regional Source Water Contacts • State Source Water Program Contacts • State Clean Water Programs (319) • National Estuary Programs • Drinking Water Utilities & Municipalities • Cooperative Extension & State Land Grant Universities • Other Federal Agencies • U.S. Forest Service • U.S. Geological Survey
Source Water Protection: Online Tips for Partnering with State Conservationists
Source Water Protection: Online Tips for Partnering with State Conservationists Salmon Falls Watershed Collaborative Honored with 2012 U.S. Water Prize
Find Toolkit Online at: www.sourcewatercollaborative.org/swp-usda Contact