Seeking Information on Behavior Changes in Agriculture

Susie,

EPA's thorough social marketing guidance for water quality programs is called Getting In Step. The video guide in this package includes a case study in effective work with farms along a polluted waterway that would probably be a good match for your project. Following are a few web references. Text guide: http://yosemite.epa.gov/water/owrccatalog.nsf/0/5e3f7adf4058b44785256e530073ffee?OpenDocument pdf: http://www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/outreach/documents/getnstep.pdf Video guide: http://yosemite.epa.gov/water/owrccatalog.nsf/0/ea17113f33f795f185256e530074a8b4?OpenDocument Resource list: http://www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/outreach/documents/ By the way, EPA has also just released its first major guidance document on the community-based watershed planning process which is now the core element required for most U.S. Clean Water Act nonpoint source pollution management funding. Go to www.epa.gov/owow/nps/watershed_handbook/

Bill Carter

Water Quality Monitoring & Assessment MC
165 Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
P.O. Box 13087 Austin, TX 78711-3087
Phone: 512-239-6771
Fax: 512-239-4410
[email protected]

Here are a couple of organizations to check out Meewasin, Meewasin Valley Authority www.meewasin.com (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan CANADA and Partners FOR the Saskatchewan River Valley (also in Saskatoon) just do a search with GOOGLE Also the North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance in Edmonton may be able to direct you and The Bow River Basin are other sites.