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Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans to Restore and Protect Our Waters
This handbook is intended to help communities, watershed organizations, state, local, tribal and federal environmental agencies develop and implement watershed plans to meet water quality standards and protect water resources.
The Watershed Plan Builder is an interactive tool that will help you produce a customized watershed based plan outline.
You will need Adobe Reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA’s About PDF page to learn more.- A Quick Guide to Developing Watershed Plans to Restore and Protect Our Waters (PDF)(39 pp, 3 MB, May 2013)
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EPA Region 5 Wetlands Supplement: Incorporating Wetlands into Watershed Planning (PDF)(95 pp, 1 MB,
March 2012)
This document is a supplement to the Watershed Planning Handbook. The purpose is to encourage the inclusion of proactive wetland management into watershed plans.