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Pennsylvania NPS Education Office
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Nonpoint Source Pollution (NPS) Education
Links
This page lists a variety of agencies that offer educational materials
on nonpoint source pollution. Click on the link to go to the agency's
website.
Links to federal and state educational resources:
Links to educational resources from other agencies:
- Eastern
Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation (EPCAMR)
EPCAMR represents a coalition of watershed organizations from reclamation
partners, co-generation plants, the active anthracite mining industry,
regional non-profit organizations, and 16 county conservation districts
and other cooperative organizations in the anthracite and bituminous
coal region of Eastern Pennsylvania. The website lists upcoming workshops,
press releases, and links to restoration project manuals.
- Keystone Stream Team
The Keystone Stream Team was founded in 1999 for the purpose of advancing
natural stream channel design technology in Pennsylvania. The website
includes posters, brochures, and presentations on natural stream channel
design.
- The Nonpoint Education for Municipal
Officials (NEMO) Program
This program is for local land use officials addressing the relationship
of land use to natural resource protection. Topics include how to
reduce runoff, publications on rain gardens, and municipal initiative
success stories.
- Pennsylvania's Conservation
Districts
Pennsylvania's conservation districts have a variety of resources
on local NPs issues available on their websites.
- Pennsylvania Lake
Management Society
The Pennsylvania Lake Management Society is a nonprofit, citizens’
group formed to promote understanding and comprehensive management
of lakes and reservoirs and their watersheds. The website includes
fact sheets, newsletters, documents, and reports on lake and watershed
management.
- Pike County Conservation
District
The mission of the Pike County Conservation District is to promote
protection, conservation, and sustainable use of natural resources
through education, public awareness and cooperation with local, state
and federal agencies. The Pike County Natural Resource Learning Site
includes a variety of soil and water resources such as A
Citizen's Guide to Clean Water.
- US Environmental
Protection Agency's (EPA) Region 3 Nonpoint Source Pollution Program
The Mid-Atlantic regional office of the US Environmental Protection
Agency, is responsible for programs in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. The Water Protection
Division is responsible for the management and implementation of the
Region's programs to protect, preserve, and enhance water resources.
The website includes nonpoint source pollution fact sheets, information
on World Monitoring Day, and a nonpoint source pollution kids page.
- US Environmental Protection Agency
– Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds
A variety of fact sheets and reports are available on this site. Among
them is the document, "Managing
Wet Weather with Green Infrastructure Action Strategy 2008,"
that outlines ways to bring green infrastructure technologies and
approaches into mainstream use for runoff and sewer overflow management.
- US
Environmental Protection Agency's Section 319 Nonpoint Source Pollution
National Monitoring Program
The purpose of the program is to provide credible documentation of
the feasibility of controlling nonpoint sources, and to improve the
technical understanding of nonpoint source pollution, and the effectiveness
of nonpoint source control technology and approaches. This is achieved
through intensive monitoring and evaluation of a subset of watershed
projects funded under Section 319. The National Nonpoint Source Watershed
Project Studies summary reports are listed on the website by year
and by state.
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