EPA posts details about Watershed Assessment

The Environmental Protection Agency’s Bristol Bay webpage was recently updated with documents related to the watershed assessment EPA is conducting in the Bristol Bay region. These include a community involvement plan and a fact sheet released this month. The page also includes an outline of the planned watershed assessment, first posted in February.

All of the documents can be accessed from EPA’s Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment Information page, at www.epa.gov/region10/bristolbay.

Or, use the following direct links to each of the publications:

Draft Community Involvement Plan (May 2011)
Includes community involvement goals, comments EPA has received, how EPA will keep the public informed, and an action plan for 2011-2012.

Watershed Assessment Fact Sheet #1 (May 2011)
Gives an overview of activities thus far, a calendar of upcoming events, and contact names and web sites for more informaton.  

Outline for the Development of EPA’s Bristol Bay Watershed Assessment (Feb. 2011)
Details the watershed assessment process, and scientific/technical information gathering and input, as well as federal, state, and tribal involvement and public input.