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ews a *oard of Water and Soil EPA has released a set of new resouree guides designed to assist eSOUrCeS recently adopted local governments, watershed groups, watershed management agencies, and exempt rules relating to Watershed others in planning and conducting effective watershed outreach to improve water District Appeals for road authorities. quality. The rules of procedure in parts A book, (Publication #EPA841-B-03-002), pulls together principles, techniques, 8415.0100 to 8415.0120 will govern and information for effective watershed outreach into a single, user-friendly appeals to the board pursuant to source. A 35-minute video, (Publication #EPA841-V-03-001), reinforces the six- Minnesota Statutes, section 103D.537. step process outlined in the book, and showcases four successful outreach The legislation and this subsequent programs from around the United States. To obtain a free copy of the guide book rule development are the outgrowth of and video, please contact the National Service Center for Environmental Publica- issues debated in the 2003 legislative tions via phone at 1-800-490-9198 or via the web at www.epa.gov/ncepihom. session. The book may also be downloaded (PDF file) at epa.gov/nps/outreach.html. For more information contact Don Waye at 202-566-1170. *The Minnesota Association of loodplain Managers will hold their annual conference Novem- "After the St®rm" video available to watershed districts ber 3-5, 2004 at the Radisson Plaza EPA and the Weather Channel co-produced this documentary to raise citizen Hotel in Rochester. Abstracts and bios awareness about watersheds and the variety of problems impacting them, must be received by Brad Woznak at particularly those caused by polluted stormwater runoff. Copies of "After the bwoznak@sehinc.com on or before Storm" are now available on VHS tape and can be used by state and local July 16, 2004. governments and nonprofit or citizen's organizations for educational purposes. For information on the conference phase II MS4 communities are encouraged to integrate showings of "After the contact Nancy Johnson. Dent at Storm" into their education and outreach campaigns. Contact EPA's National ndent@barr.com. Service Center for Environmental Publications at 1-800-490-9198 or send an Conference brochures will be distribut- email to ncepimal@one.net. Please request "After the Storm -VHS" -EPA 840- ed mid-summer. V-04-001. * The Minnesota Environmen- - tal Initiative is sponsoring "Unfin- ~~ I~~nnesota's dvate~ quah~ data is nom ~u,t a f~« clicks a~~a~. Visit the fished Business -The Future of Minne- MPCA Envirotunental Data Access Web page at sota's Wetland Resources" on Tuesday, ; v'~'~'•pca-state.mn.us/data/eda/index.html to acre s~: June 15, 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., at the ° 'VIpCh water chemist~ydata, Science Museum of Minnesota in St. ° Citizen Lake ~VIonito7-ing Program data Paul. ° Citizen Stream Monitoring Program data Register on line ($40 members, $60 0 data from bioiogical monitoring site, non-members) at www.mn- ei.org/policy/events.html or contact USES stream flow data Suzy Knutson art 612-334-3388 ext. discharge monitoring reports. 100 or sknutson@mn-ei.org. ~ f'or additional informatiur~ contact Jahn ~~,~her~~ ~u C~~ 1-'~~(~-(l~~t) or <;rnail ialin:seaberg~r~pca.state:inn.us. -22-