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Source Water Collaborative
Potential projects with:
National Association of Conservation Districts
(NACD)
Who is NACD?
National Association of
Conservation Districts
The National Association of Conservation Districts is the
non-profit organization that represents the nation's
3,000 conservation districts, their state associations
and the 17,000 men and women who serve on their
governing boards. For more than 70 years, local
conservation districts have worked with cooperating
landowners and managers of private working lands to
help them plan and apply effective conservation
practices.
www.nacdnet.org
NACD
• NACD's mission is to serve conservation districts by
providing national leadership and a unified voice for
natural resource conservation.
• Among the goals of the organization are to:
• Represent districts as their national voice on
conservation issues;
• Provide useful information to conservation districts and
their state associations;
• Build partnerships with federal and state agencies and
other organizations in order to carry out district priorities
and programs;
• Analyze programs and policy issues that have an impact
on local districts; and
• Offer needed and cost-effective services to districts.
NACD
The association was founded on the philosophy that
conservation decisions should be made at the local level
with technical and funding assistance from federal, state
and local governments and the private sector. As the
national voice for all conservation districts, NACD supports
voluntary, incentive-driven natural resource conservation
programs that benefit all citizens.
NACD maintains relationships with organizations and
government agencies; publishes information about districts;
works with leaders in agriculture, conservation,
environment, education, industry and other fields; and
provides services to its districts. NACD is primarily financed
through voluntary contributions of its member districts and
state associations.
Overview
Project Ideas:
1) Develop tools for conservation districts to use in their
local community for basic source water protection
information and outreach.
2) Provide information, links, PowerPoint's for use by
conservation districts.
3) Utilize NACD website in the District Resources
section to highlight completed projects.
Basic Source Water Protection
• Power point presentation on source water
protection basics
• Items to cover: contaminants, sources, activities,
actors, partners) + info targeted to specific
audiences (local officials, public, service groups –
Lions Club, etc.) – with/without narration
Possible outreach materials:
• PowerPoint – 2 different versions
• Webpage connection
• Promote Field to Faucet brochure and links
http://www.fieldtofaucet.org/
Basic Source Water Protection
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Basic source water protection information – where to get water tested,
which tests, importance of capping abandoned wells + how to do
Timeline:
Possible outreach materials:
• PowerPoint
• Handout template for districts to modify – Available at:
http://www.yourwateryourdecision.org/
• Display templates for local county fairs, libraries for districts to use
• Make materials available on NACD Webpage or link to SWC site if new
items posted there.
Examples of current conservation district programs on water well capping• TX - http://www.ccgcd.org/
(http://www.tgpc.state.tx.us/subcommittees/POE/FAQs/well_capping_FA
Q.pdf)
• MN - http://www.co.clay.mn.us/Depts/SoilWatr/SWAbWell.htm
• IL - http://www.kendallswcd.org/
Exhibits and Speakers
• NACD National Meetings
2012 – Las Vegas – Cosmopolitan 1-29 to 2-1, 2011
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NACD Regional Meetings (typically June, July, August, September)
• http://www.nacdnet.org/events/calendar/
Region Contacts:
• http://www.nacdnet.org/contact
Rich Duesterhaus, Senior Advisor – NE Region
Yenie Tran, Western Issues Specialist – P and SW Region
Debra Bogar, Natural Resources Policy Specialist NP Region
Beth Mason, Leadership Development Specialist – NC Region
Tamara Daniel, Leadership Development Specialist – SC Region
Phylis Vandevere Brooks, Leadership Development Specialist - SE Region
NACD Communication Tools
• NACD Resource
http://www.nacdnet.org/news/publications/resource/
• NACD Enotes
http://www.nacdnet.org/news/publications/enotes
• NACD website
http://www.nacdnet.org/
• What SWC communications
tools available to NACD?
Policy Input
• Farm Bill Ag Water Enhancement Program (AWEP)
provision: add goal to protect source water, for
ranking of contract applications
• Implementing AWEP: Make connections:Conservation Districts and local water systems
• Source Water Collaborative (SWC) members can
foster these kinds of partnerships.
www.protectdrinkingwater.org
Youth Education
• 2013 NACD Stewardship Theme
Watersheds
Project to start in early 2012
• GIS location of source water areas,
source water protection actions and soil type
connections
• Water resources coloring book
• Case studies: Successful source water projects
completed by state
Additional
• Field trip(s) to local conservation district/event
• Link up with missions of NACD Committees, e.g.,
Urban & Community Conservation Committee