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Watershed Leader Resources

Curated and created to support your success as a watershed leader

Use the filters below to discover crowdsourced resources designed to help watershed leaders achieve their goals. These resources have been sourced by relevant organizations and institutions from across The Confluence region and beyond.

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Adopt a River Toolkit

This toolkit will walk you through the steps of organizing a cleanup, as well as the cleanup event itself. It will give you the knowledge you need to have a fun and effective cleanup. Source: Freshwater

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Logic Model Template

The logic model is a framework and a way of thinking that helps practitioners design results-based programs and have data to answer important questions: “What difference are you making? How do you know it? What is the value of your program?” This template is from a course called Enhancing Program Performance with Logic Models. Source: […]

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Strategic Communications Plan Template

A template for creating a strategic communications plan from the book Strategic Communications for Nonprofit Organizations: Seven Steps to Creating a Successful Plan, Second Edition by Sally J. Patterson and Janel M. Radtke. Source: Wiley Online Books

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Community-Based Social Marketing

Training and resources about how to develop effective community-based social marketing programs that foster sustainable, healthy, and safe behaviors. Source: McKenzie-Mohr & Associates

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Guiding Principles for Tribal-University Collaborations

Key principles for transforming relationships and research within collaborative tribal-university partnerships, with relevance to other partnerships with tribal communities. Source: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

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Evaluating Youth and Education Programs

If you are in charge of running education or youth programs, this website can help you with evaluation. It provides guidance on how to design evaluations and create reports that get read. Source: University of Minnesota Extension

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The Digital Coast Academy

A catalog of online trainings relevant for watershed engagement professionals, created by NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management. Training topics include meeting planning and facilitation, community engagement, mapping skills, and social science methods. Use the Filter button to discover trainings that can support your watershed work! Source: NOAA Office for Coastal Management

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Peer Network Training

This toolkit includes webinars, slides, and resources for farmers, landowners, and agricultural service providers interested in launching their own peer-to-peer networks. The resources in this toolkit can be adapted for micro-networks as well as large, multi-faceted networks supported by a group of professional organizations. Source: American Farmland Trust

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Soil Health Toolbox

A hub for research-based soil health resources throughout the North Central region. Source: Soil Health Nexus

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Minnesota Stormwater Manual

A user-friendly and flexible guide for better stormwater management. This website was developed in an interactive wiki format to make it easy for the user to get to the subject of interest and to move between subjects. Useful to stormwater management professionals beyond just Minnesota! Source: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

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Basics of Conservation Finance: Facilitator’s Guide

A curriculum for training conservation professionals and farm business management educators about the financial considerations of on-farm conservation practices. Intended users are educators, such as from university extension services, who are interested in delivering this training in their state or local area. Source: Soil Health Nexus

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Inclusive Communications Guide: Best Practices and Broad Guidelines

A comprehensive guide with tips and best practices about a wide range of topics at the intersection of water communications and inclusion, from digital accessibility to ethical storytelling to inclusive language. Source: River Network

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