The watershed management planning process includes stakeholders or citizens from all walks of life that live and/or work in the local area. Meetings are held to address water quality problems and list possible solutions to those problems that are not only practical, but also realistic to community settings and expectations. The discussion at these citizen meetings as well as water quality data and information is then drafted into a management plan for the watershed that will help guide future projects. The watershed management planning process is therefore a community driven planning process on how to best protect water quality in our area for all to enjoy. 

Watershed Management Plan Meeting in Kimberling City

3. A description of the NPS management measures that will need to be implemented to achieve the load reductions estimated under paragraph (b) above (as well as to achieve other watershed goals identified in this watershed-based plan), and an identification (using a map or a description) of the critical areas in which those measures will be needed to implement this plan.

4. An estimate of the amounts of technical and financial assistance needed, associated costs, and/or the sources and authorities that will be relied upon, to implement this plan. As sources of funding, state should consider the use of their Section 319 programs, State Revolving Funds, USDA's Environmental Quality Incentives Program and Conservation Reserve Program, and other relevant Federal, State, local and private funds that may be available to assist in implementing this plan.

5. An information/education component that will be used to enhance public understanding of the project and encourage their early and continued participation in selecting, designing, and implementing the NPS management measures that will be implemented.

6. A schedule for implementing the NPS management measures identified in this plan that is reasonably expeditious.

7. A description of interim, measurable milestones for determining whether NPS management measures or other control actions are being implemented.

8. A set of criteria that can be used to determine whether loading reductions are being achieved over time and substantial progress is being made towards attaining water quality standards and, if not, the criteria for determining whether this watershed-based plan needs to be revised or, if a NPS TMDL has been established, whether the NPS TMDL needs to be revised.

9. A monitoring component to evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation efforts over time, measured against the criteria established under item (h).

Read more on watershed management plans from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and find the completed WMPs at: http://www.trlwq.org/index_files/WatershedPlans.htm

 ~Theodore Roosevelt, seventh annual message, 3 December 1907

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