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Adopt Your Watershed

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Description

To encourage stewardship of the nation's water resources, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is leading an "Adopt Your Watershed" campaign. Through this effort, EPA challenges citizens and organizations to join us and others who are working to protect and restore our valuable rivers, streams, wetlands, lakes, ground water, and estuaries.

Goal / Mission

The goal of Adopt Your Watershed is to encourage environmental stewardship.

Results / Accomplishments

By visiting the campaign's on-line database, you can learn about opportunities to get involved in activities in your community, such as monitoring, cleanups, and restoration projects. As of February 2006, the database had more than 4,000 groups that you might want to join. As part of this effort, the campaign has also developed two special educational projects--the Girl Scout Water Drop Patch Project and the Watershed Patch Project--that are specially targeted to youth.

About this Promising Practice

Organization(s)
US Environmental Protection Agency
Primary Contact
Patty Scott
US EPA
1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW (4501T)
Washington, D.C. 20004
(202) 566-1292
scott.patricia@epa.gov
http://www.epa.gov/adopt/
Topics
Environmental Health / Toxins & Contaminants
Environmental Health / Wildlife
Organization(s)
US Environmental Protection Agency
Date of publication
2006
Location
USA
Target Audience
Children, Adults

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  1. The program description includes: the sponsoring organization, program goals, program funding source, program implementation steps and outcomes.
  2. The program evaluation is limited to descriptive measure(s) of success/accomplishment (i.e., program participation rates, number of services/education sessions/radio messages provided). Note: oftentimes, the program has been newly implemented and a program evaluation has not yet been conducted. Programs that have not yet been evaluated, but which show promise in improving health or quality of life, are classified as Good Ideas until an evaluation is conducted.