Watershed Leader Resources

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.
Producer-Led Group Roadmap: Finding Success in Farmer-Led Watershed Organizations
Interested in starting a producer-led watershed group? Follow this roadmap for setting a new group up for success. Source: Farmers for Sustainable Food, Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection, and The Nature Conservancy
UK Watershed Protection and Restoration
A collection of videos about watershed protection and restoration in Kentucky. Source: University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
Backyard Streams
A website designed to help urban homeowners with backyard streams appreciate the resource, protect personal property, and improve water quality and habitat. Source: University of Kentucky
Iowa Learning Farms Webinars
This webinar series is a resource for the exchange of ideas and information about building a culture of conservation in agriculture. Source: Iowa Learning Farms
Fishers & Farmers Partnership: Online & On-Air
Meet people who are working together for resilient farms and streams in these two media series that feature local groups in the Upper Midwest. Boots on the Ground is a live, online conversation series, and Neighbor to Neighbor is a podcast series. Source: Fishers and Farmers Partnership
Sustainable Agriculture through Sustainable Learning: An Educator’s Guide to Best Practices for Adult Learning
The purpose of this guide is to help educators and farm advisors effectively facilitate learning for farmers, agricultural service providers and others working to improve agricultural sustainability. Source: Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education (SARE)
Arkansas Watershed Steward Handbook
This handbook presents the background, principles and tools needed to become a “Watershed Steward,” so they can make a positive impact for the water quality of Arkansas. The guide includes a roadmap for understanding water quality and water quality issues within Arkansas watersheds, as well as the actions, approaches, and tools for making a positive […]
Building an Equitable and Just Green Infrastructure Strategy in the North Central Region
A white paper with five key recommendations for communities seeking to implement green infrastructure that incorporate equity goals. Source: North Central Region Water Network
KYH2O
A podcast about all things water in Kentucky. Source: University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
Focus Group Interviewing
Conducting successful focus groups is harder than it looks. It requires careful planning, effective recruiting, group process skills and the ability to conduct qualitative analysis. This webpage shares resources to help prepare for successful focus group interviews. Source: Richard A. Krueger, qualitative researcher
Arkansas Watersheds
A factsheet about watersheds in Arkansas. Source: University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
Successful Watershed Management in the Midwest: Getting to Scale
This paper offers a vision and theory of change for how successful watershed management systems can be scaled up across the Midwest. Source: North Central Region Water Network
The Confluence for Watershed Leaders
We are a multi-state community and collaborative of people working for healthy watersheds in the Great Lakes, Greater Mississippi River, and Red River Basins of the U.S. Midwest and Mid-South. The Confluence is where watershed professionals, watershed educators, and engaged farmers and landowners can connect, learn, and increase their success in achieving clean water goals.
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