Colorado NPS Program

NPS Colorado Site Index

2006 NPS Annual Report

NPS Management Plans
2005 2000

NPS Project Tools Page
Project Implementation Plans for Proposals
► Watershed PIP guidance
► Information and Education PIP guidance
► Proposal/PIP Summary Page
► Budget Table sample
► Milestone Table sample
► Nine Elements Required in a Watershed Plan
Semi-annual Report Form & Instructions
Form for reimbursement of costs incurred
Final Report Guidance
► NPS Final Report Guidance
► Assessment/Planning Report
► Watershed Report
► I &E Report
► Links to full report documentation
► Elements in a project fact sheet
Federal Circulars and Laws
Costs Information
► Eligible Costs and Accruing/Documenting Match to a

Nonpoint Source Project
► References for Cost Accounting
► Estimating value of volunteer time #1
► Estimating value of volunteer time #2
► Tips on calculating match and performing evaluation
Proposal Tools
Colorado's Watershed Cookbook: Recipe for a Watershed Plan

BMPs for Colorado
TMDLs - Step by Step
TMDL Development
FY 2008 NPS '319 grant announcement and guidance

Colorado NPS Outreach and Information Resources

Outreach Grants
     Colorado NPS Outreach Grant Application
H2O Jo and Flo materials and news
     Coloring Book I & II
     H2O Jo Takes a Ride through the Storm Drain
     Place Mat, Brochure
    Door Hanger

     Storm Drain Marker
     H2O Jo Tools
     All About Aurora Water activity book
Operation Water Festival
Colorado designed manual for identifying audience and outreach
             efforts for Nonpoint Source Programs
PowerPoint presentations in English and Spanish
Colorado NPS Projects-profiles and history

Statewide Resource Links
Colorado NPS Connection newsletter

Colorado RiverWatch
Presentation on using limited irrigation effectively

Colorado Stormwater
Storm Water Council
CO Association of Stormwater and Floodplain Managers (CASFM)
CASFM Stormwater Quality Committee
Storm Water- NPS Brochures
Regional Storm Water links - Arapahoe County, Douglas County, Denver, Colorado Springs
Green Infrastructure Calculator
BMP Effectiveness research
Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute Code Reform Project
Low Impact Development as a Stormwater Management Technique
Urban BMP Performance Tool
State to curb toxic runoff
EPA's Reducing Stormwater Costs through Low Impact Development (LID)
Strategies and Practices
Texas Stormdrain PowerPoint

Source Water Protection and Assessment
State of Colorado information
Colorado Source Water Assessment and Protection Project Summary
ProtectDrinkingWater.org

Community Based Social Marketing

Excerpt from the Colorado-specific outreach guide
on Community Based Marketing

Quick Ref on Community Based Social Mrktng

Community Based Social Marketing web site with
downloadable guide, case studies, graphics,
listserv and more
CBSM Resources

Selecting Behaviors Worksheet

Barrier and Benefits Worksheet

Mapping Tools and Developing Strategies Worksht

Getting Your Feet Wet with Social Marketing, A
Social Marketing Guide for Watershed Programs

Funding opportunities
Nonpoint Source Grants

Outreach Grants

Assessment and Watershed Protection Program
Grants RFP

Funding Assistance
Environmental Education grants.

Loans

Colorado Watershed Protection Fund

Department of Local Affairs

Regional Priorities Grant Program

EPA Watershed funding

National Park Service Rivers, Trails & Conservation Assistance
Colorado Foundation Grants

CO Historical Society’s State Historical Fund

National Trust for Historic Preservation

Preserve America

Save America’s Treasures

Other Colorado Water Information Resources

Colorado Department of Health and Public Environment NPS

Colorado Foundation for Agriculture
Using limited irrigation effectively
Colorado Water for the 21st Century
Colorado State University Extension Water Quality Programs

The Post-News Education Foundation

CO Agricultural Irrigation surveys 1997 2003
COlorado AGricultural Meteorological nETwork -- COAGMET
Colorado Office of Smart Growth

Colorado Foundation for Water Education
Green Infrastructure and Colorado Land Help -
FrontRange Earthforce

Cooperative Extension Homeowner's Guides
Colorado Water Conservation Board
Well information; Surface water information
Colorado Water Protection Project
Colorado Water Resources Research Institute

Colorado Watershed Network

Colorado Water Knowledge
Information on Avian flu and West Nile Virus
Colorado Ditch and Reservoir Company Alliance

Environment Colorado

AWARE Colorado
Green Infrastructure Calculator

Xeriscape.Org
Rocky Mountain National Park Air Pollution
Regional Storm Water: Arapahoe County, Douglas County, Denver, Colorado Springs, Boulder
Central Colorado Water
Colorado River Basin
Colorado Springs
Denver Water Department

Lower Arkansas Valley

Northern Colorado

Southeastern Colorado

Southwestern Colorado

Upper Arkansas

Animas River Stakeholders
Bear Creek Watershed
Cherry Creek Stewardship Partners
Chatfield Watershed Authority

Coal Creek Watershed Coalition

Denver Regional Council of Governments
Fort Collins Watershed Program
Roaring Fork Conservancy

Upper South Platte
Willow Creek Reclamation Project
Clear Creek Watershed Foundation
Mountain Studies Institute

EPA Information

Region 8

Polluted Runoff (Nonpoint Source)

Source Water

Environmental Education

Storm Water Permitting

Total Maximum Daily Loads - TMDL

Watershed Approach

Wetlands Program

National Tools

Nonpoint Source Outreach Toolbox

EPA Watershed Plan Builder

Getting In Step: A Guide for Conducting

      Watershed Outreach Campaigns

National EPA

Polluted Runoff

Source Water Protection

Nonpoint Source News-Notes

Making the Connection:  Smart Growth and

    Water Resource Protection

Low-Volume Roads Engineering Best Management Practices Field Guide
EPA Green Infrastructure

National Outreach & Information
State NPS sites

National Links
Water is Life - Amer Museum of National History
ProtectDrinkingWater.org
NPS in Hawaii - animation

NIH – Intro to every day toxic chemicals
Utah Forest Water Quality Guidelines and Utah
Forest Water Quality Guidelines Tech Manual

Nonpoint Source News-Notes

Water On Tap PDF book.

NEMO - educational program for local land use stormwaterauthority.org

Making the Connection: Smart Growth and Water
Resource Protection

A Farmer's Guide To Agriculture and Water
Quality Issues

WaterWiser

Water Education Web Sites

Low-Volume Roads Engineering Best Management Practices Field Guide.

Getting In Step: A Guide for Conducting
Watershed Outreach Campaigns

Mining resource information is available at Acid
     Drainage Technology Initiative, Am Society of
     Mining and Reclamation, Abandoned Mine
     Reclamation Sustainability issues

The Water Quality Information Center

Current News Stories

Updated daily

Upcoming Events
Updated as needed

New Resources and Tools
Updated as needed

Colorado NPS Alliance

Colorado NPS Friends

Water Quality and Nonpoint Source Database
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