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ALABAMA WATERSHED STEWARDS<\/h1>\n
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Alabama Watershed Stewards (AWS) is a science-based outreach program from the Auburn University Water Resources Center that promotes healthy watersheds, increases understanding of water pollution, and provides the knowledge and tools to approach water as a community asset.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text ul_item_indent=”1.25rem” module_class=”au-brand-title coa-list” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ ul_line_height=”1.5rem” header_2_font=”|||on|||||” header_3_font=”|||on|||||” header_3_text_color=”#f1560e” header_3_font_size=”24px” background_enable_color=”off” custom_margin=”0px||1.5em||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”0px|1.5em|1.5em|1.5em|false|true” custom_margin_phone=”|1em||1em|false|true” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”0px||1.5em||false|false” header_2_text_align_tablet=”center” header_2_text_align_phone=”center” header_2_text_align_last_edited=”on|desktop” header_3_text_shadow_style=”preset3″ header_3_text_shadow_vertical_length=”0.1rem” header_3_text_shadow_blur_strength=”0.2rem” header_3_text_shadow_color=”#ffffff” border_width_bottom=”1px” border_color_bottom=”#489FAD” border_style_bottom=”dotted” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Through various workshops and educational materials, Watershed Stewards offers a platform for local decision makers, organizations, and city officials to come together in imagining the future of their city\u2019s waterways, and to take action to protect and plan for those resources.<\/span><\/p>\n AWS workshops include 1-day Watershed Stewards workshops, 1-day watershed planning workshops, technology transfer workshops, and hands on projects like rain garden installations. Workshops are open to the public with registration. See below for more details.<\/span><\/p>\n Activities are led by the\u202f<\/span><\/span>Auburn University Water Resources Center<\/span><\/span><\/a>, (<\/span><\/span>Alabama Cooperative Extension System Water Program<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u202fin partnership with\u202f<\/span><\/span>Alabama Water Watch<\/span><\/span><\/a>) <\/span>and<\/span> various local partners.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>The program is funded by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management through a Clean Water Act Section 319(h) nonpoint source grant provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency \u2013 Region 4<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text ul_item_indent=”1.25rem” disabled_on=”off|off|off” module_class=”coa-list au-blue-title3″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ ul_line_height=”1.5rem” header_2_font=”|||on|||||” header_2_text_color=”#ffffff” header_2_font_size=”18px” header_3_font=”|||on|||||” header_3_text_color=”#ffffff” header_3_font_size=”18px” header_3_letter_spacing=”1px” background_enable_color=”off” background_enable_image=”off” background_position=”center_right” background_horizontal_offset=”0%” custom_margin=”0px||1.5em||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”0px||1.5em||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”0px||1.5em||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”off|phone” custom_padding=”0px|1.5em|0px|0px|false|false” animation_style=”fade” animation_duration=”0ms” animation_delay=”150ms” header_2_text_align_tablet=”center” header_2_text_align_phone=”center” header_2_text_align_last_edited=”on|phone” border_width_top=”2px” border_color_top=”#0B2341″ border_color_bottom=”#489fad” border_style_bottom=”dotted” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ max_width=”1440px” custom_margin=”|||” custom_padding=”0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ custom_padding=”|1.5em|||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|1em||1em|false|true” custom_padding_phone=”|1em|1.5em||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_css_main_element=”display: flex;||flex-direction: column;||” global_colors_info=”{}” padding_phone=”|0px|15px|” padding_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/AdobeStock_101142489-16×9-1.jpg” alt=”watershed area” title_text=”Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Calderwood Lake” show_bottom_space=”off” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ border_radii=”on|3px|3px|3px|3px” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding_tablet=”|||” custom_padding_phone=”|||” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_css_main_element=”||” global_colors_info=”{}” padding_phone=”|||” padding_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text ul_item_indent=”1.25rem” module_class=”au-brand-title coa-list” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ ul_font=”|700|||||||” ul_font_size=”1.2em” ul_line_height=”1.5rem” header_2_font=”|||on|||||” header_3_font=”|||on|||||” header_3_text_color=”#0B2341″ header_3_font_size=”24px” background_color=”#ffffff” custom_margin=”0px||1.5em||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”|1.5em||1.5em|false|true” custom_margin_phone=”|1em||1em|false|true” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_padding=”1.5em|1.5em|1.5em|1.5em|false|false” animation_style=”slide” animation_direction=”right” animation_delay=”100ms” header_2_text_align_tablet=”center” header_2_text_align_phone=”center” header_2_text_align_last_edited=”on|desktop” header_3_text_shadow_style=”preset3″ header_3_text_shadow_vertical_length=”0.1rem” header_3_text_shadow_blur_strength=”0.2rem” header_3_text_shadow_color=”#ffffff” border_radii=”on|3px|3px|3px|3px” border_width_bottom=”1px” border_color_bottom=”#489fad” border_style_bottom=”dotted” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n A watershed is a naturally defined area of land that determines how precipitation collects and drains water into a common basin (river, lake, or stream). Everyone lives in a watershed and each watershed is different. Pollution, erosion, and other activities that take place on the land can significantly impact water quality and ecological communities within the watershed. Watersheds are natural geographic boundaries in the landscape and can be a helpful and tangible way to frame and address local water quality concerns.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.5″ max_width=”1440px” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text ul_item_indent=”1.25rem” module_class=”au-brand-title coa-list” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ ul_line_height=”1.5rem” header_2_font=”|||on|||||” header_3_font=”|||on|||||” header_3_text_color=”#f1560e” header_3_font_size=”24px” background_enable_color=”off” custom_margin=”0px||1.5em||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”0px|1.5em|1.5em|1.5em|false|true” custom_margin_phone=”|1em||1em|false|true” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”0px||1.5em||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ header_2_text_align_tablet=”center” header_2_text_align_phone=”center” header_2_text_align_last_edited=”on|desktop” header_3_text_shadow_style=”preset3″ header_3_text_shadow_vertical_length=”0.1rem” header_3_text_shadow_blur_strength=”0.2rem” header_3_text_shadow_color=”#ffffff” border_width_bottom=”1px” border_color_bottom=”#489FAD” border_style_bottom=”dotted” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Alabama deserves cities and towns that are resilient, livable, productive, and sustainable; that begins with clean water.\u00a0Alabama\u2019s water resources can be assets to regional and economic development if we plan to protect and preserve them.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Watershed Stewards works to collaboratively improve watershed management skills and provide a platform for community leaders to exchange of problems and solutions through local support networks. We offer both educational outreach and on the ground projects that encourage the adoption of water management strategies that benefit the community, the economy, and the environment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text ul_item_indent=”1.25rem” module_class=”au-brand-title coa-list” _builder_version=”4.27.6″ ul_line_height=”1.5rem” header_2_font=”|||on|||||” header_3_font=”|||on|||||” header_3_text_color=”#f1560e” header_3_font_size=”24px” background_enable_color=”off” custom_margin=”0px||1.5em||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”0px|1.5em|1.5em|1.5em|false|true” custom_margin_phone=”|1em||1em|false|true” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”0px||1.5em||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ header_2_text_align_tablet=”center” header_2_text_align_phone=”center” header_2_text_align_last_edited=”on|desktop” header_3_text_shadow_style=”preset3″ header_3_text_shadow_vertical_length=”0.1rem” header_3_text_shadow_blur_strength=”0.2rem” header_3_text_shadow_color=”#ffffff” border_width_bottom=”1px” border_color_bottom=”#489FAD” border_style_bottom=”dotted” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Approaching water quality concerns at a small, local scale can empower people to take action. Making the connection between land use, human activities, and ecological impact on our shared natural resources can be a difficult task due to the complexity of these systems. Watershed planning can give local stakeholders more ownership over appropriate avenues for change by outlining the current state of the watershed, projected concerns, and by prioritizing future activities.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n By using a watershed approach, the Alabama Watershed Stewards Program encourages citizens to take an active role in addressing local water quality concerns. 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Visit the <\/span>ACES Calendar<\/span><\/a> and search for \u201cwatershed\u201d to see all upcoming offerings.<\/span><\/p>\n 1. Alabama Watershed Stewards Trainings\u00a0<\/p>\n These one-day in person trainings across the state focus on specific watersheds that currently have waterways in need of community care.<\/p>\n What you\u2019ll learn: These workshops invite local leaders and members of the water community to share their experiences, identify local challenges and opportunities that can benefit the community, the economy, and the environment. This program offers a platform for local decision makers, organizations, and city officials to come together in imagining the future of their city\u2019s waterways, and to take action to protect and plan for those resources. \u00a0<\/p>\n What you\u2019ll do: Listen to talks from other participants, engage in discussions and small projects. Participants gain practical information about local watersheds groups, partnerships possibilities, and project funding opportunities.<\/p>\n \u00a0Draft agenda:<\/p>\n 8:30 Sign in How it works:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2. Watershed Management Planning Workshops\u00a0<\/p>\n Wherever you live, you live within a watershed. A watershed is a naturally defined area of land that channels rainfall and snowmelt to creeks, streams, and rivers, and eventually to outflow points such as reservoirs, bays, and oceans. The land use activities in your watershed can ultimately influence the quality of water in a region. Citizens can become involved with improving local water quality through watershed planning efforts.\u00a0Watershed planning is a voluntary integrated approach to responsible resource management by considering the watershed as a whole. These one-day in person workshops introduce the process of watershed planning for communities as a voluntary way to plan for a community\u2019s water future and gain opportunities for project funding.<\/p>\n What you\u2019ll learn: About the process of\u00a01) identifying and prioritizing water quality challenges in the watershed, 2) developing increased public involvement, 3) coordinating activities with other agencies, and 4) measuring success through increased and more efficient monitoring and other data gathering.<\/p>\n What you\u2019ll do:\u00a0Listen to presentations from others in the region working on watershed planning and work with local community members on identifying opportunities you\u2019re your own watershed. In this watershed planning workshop you will learn about:\u00a0<\/p>\n How it works: Taking a watershed approach represents awareness that restoring and maintaining our waters requires crossing traditional barriers (point vs. nonpoint sources of pollution, county boundaries) when designing solutions. These solutions increasingly rely on participation by both public and private sectors, where citizens, elected officials, and technical personnel all have opportunity to participate. This integrated approach mirrors the complicated relationships in which people live, work and recreate in the watershed, and suggests a comprehensive, watershed-based and community-based approach is needed to address these.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3. Alabama Watershed Stewards Online Course<\/p>\n This free online self-paced course introduces you to the basics of water quality, watershed health, and ways to get involved.\u00a0Offered year round, this self-paced course will give you a foundational knowledge about watersheds, non-point source pollution, and ways to protect water quality.\u00a0The course mimics the outline of the Alabama Watershed Stewards Handbook, available online.<\/p>\n What you\u2019ll learn:\u00a0 What you\u2019ll do: \u202f\u00a0 How it works:\u00a0 Register here:\u00a0https:\/\/aub.ie\/awsonline\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES” open_toggle_text_color=”#f1560e” open_toggle_background_color=”#ffffff” closed_toggle_background_color=”#efefef” icon_color=”#f26522″ open_icon_color=”#f26522″ _builder_version=”4.27.6″ title_text_color=”#007399″ title_level=”h3″ title_font=”|800||on|||||” body_ul_item_indent=”1em” body_link_text_color=”#007faa” body_link_font_size=”18px” 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IS A WATERSHED?<\/h2>\n
Why Watersheds Need Local Leadership<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
WHY USE WATERSHED APPROACH?<\/h2>\n
9:00 Welcome + program introduction (AU Water Resources Team)
9:15 Overview of watershed systems (AU Water Resources Team)
10:10 Understanding the state of your watershed
11:45 Catered Lunch
12:30 Improving\u00a0watersheds \u2013 What can we do?
2:30 Community discussion\u00a0
3:00 Upcoming events and closing comments<\/p>\n\n
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Basics of Watershed Systems\u00a0
Causes of Watershed Impairments\u00a0
How to use Best Management Practices\u202f\u00a0
How Communities Make a Difference\u00a0<\/p>\n
Complete course videos and quizzes\u00a0
Make connections across various fields to see how they impact water quality\u00a0
Learn about how you personally can get involved\u00a0<\/p>\n
The course is self-paced so that you can log-in for up to 6 months\u00a0
Takes roughly 1\/hr day for 5 days to complete
Complete all the course requirements and receive .7 CEUs from Auburn University.\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/aaes.auburn.edu\/wrc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2023\/10\/Screen-Shot-2023-10-10-at-3.46.04-PM.png\")
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