Links to Other Watershed Programs

Watershed Conservation Roundtables

Watershed conservation roundtables provide a watershed-based forum for stakeholders to participate in defining critical watershed needs, targeting problems for solution, and providing input into potential management options to restore and protect water quality. The roundtables represent many diverse, local community interests, including: elected officials and local government, soil and water conservation districts, agriculture, citizens, planning district commissions, conservation organizations, business/industry, silviculture, tourism and commercial/recreational fishing. State and federal agencies may also participate.

Interest in developing roundtables has surfaced among citizens in the following Virginia watersheds:

Local Watershed Programs

• Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay
• Audubon Society - Northern VA & Maryland
• Clean Virginia Waterways
• Elizabeth River Project
• Friends of Chesterfield's Riverfront
• Friends of Page Valley
• Friends of the Shenandoah River
• James River Association
• Loudoun Stream Monitoring Project
• Mattaponi and Pamunkey Rivers Association
• Virginia Save Our Streams - Virginia Chapter of the Izaak Walton League

Federal Watershed Programs

• EPA - Office of Water, Watershed Protection - EPA provides a web site that includes information at the national level on many watershed related programs, including funding, outreach, databases and publications.

Other Online Resources

• Natural Resource Conservation Service
• USEPA - Volunteer Homepage
• Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences - Virtual Marine Education Center
• The Center for Watershed Protection
• The Chesapeake Bay Foundation
• Virginia Water Research Resource Center
• UVA Stream Study Page