Published in June 2007, the CMAP report Guidance for Developing Watershed Action Plans in Illinois (4MB PDF) represents a thorough update to the previous version published by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency in 1998.  The new guide incorporates current U.S. Environmental Protection Agency guidelines for taking a watershed approach to addressing nonpoint-source pollution.  These guidelines can be used to develop a watershed action plan that makes planning participants and their recommendations eligible for funding under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act.

The Illinois Guide will be useful to anyone interested in starting a locally-led watershed planning initiative or anyone else interested in strengthening an existing plan.

To support the new Illinois Guide and all those who are interested in watershed planning, two workshops were offered in Summer 2007. These workshops were geared to both planning novices and more experienced practitioners alike. The workshop agendas and presentations are archived below.:

Chicago Agenda, 6/28/07
Attendees List
Presentations:
Loftus
Loftus - Map
Curtis
Werner
Wiedel
Cook
Price
Edstrom
Hammer
Doohaluk

Springfield Agenda, 7/12/07
Springfield, IL
Attendees List
Presentations:
Loftus
Boeckler
Nelson
Patchett
Edstrom
Eaton