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Beyond
Local Impacts
NEMO educational programs are tightly focused on helping
local officials make better decisions regarding land use in their communities.
Thus,
the variety of local impacts already covered—to community plans,
regulations, local practices and policies and the landscape—are
the primary objectives of any NEMO effort. Nevertheless, NEMO programs
have often had additional impacts in the form of changes to statewide
policies and practices, and state and national recognition.
| Arizona |
| In
2004, the Governor appointed the AZ NEMO coordinator to the Arizona
Water Protection Fund Commission, which oversees funds for measures
to maintain, enhance and restore rivers and streams and associated
riparian habitat. In addition, thanks to NEMO’s classification and modeling for the Bill Williams,
Verde and Upper Gila watersheds, the state has decided that
restoration projects in those “NEMO” watersheds
will be considered priorities for the state’s 319 nonpoint
pollution program under the next round of funding. |
| California |
| The
CA NEMO Partnership has been effective in including land use
policies that are protective of natural resources in statewide
programs. For example, California’s Nonpoint Source Pollution
Control Program Plan, which combines the state’s section
319 nonpoint and 6217 coastal nonpoint programs, references
NEMO principles and establishes a committee to focus on urban
and NEMO issues. The plan also creates the Critical Coastal
Areas program, which will address the water quality impacts
of land use activities in coastal zone watersheds in critical
need of protection. |
| Twin
Cities, Minnesota |
| Northland
NEMO is partnering with the Minnesota Lakes Association and Twin
Cities Public Television to produce a 1/2 hour TV show version
of their Linking Land Use to Lake Quality video. The production
will be titled Development Decisions: the Future of Minnesota’s
Lakes is Crystal Clear. The production will be distributed
on CD to local governments and lake associations across the
state. |
| Minnesota |
| The
Northland NEMO Program is endorsed by the Minnesota Pollution
Control Agency and highlighted in the agency’s Framework
for Action to Address the Environmental Impacts of Growth and
Development for basin management and stormwater control issues
and in the Lake Superior Basin Plan. |
| Rhode
Island |
| RI
NEMO published two manuals through the EPA National Decentralized
Water Resources Capacity Development Project. The first of those,
Wastewater Planning Handbook: Mapping Onsite Treatment Needs,
Pollution Risks and Management Options, illustrates how communities
can adapt GIS-based approaches for assessment programs. The second
manual, Creative Community Design and Wastewater Management,
became a springboard for the development of a three-volume series
with easy-to-read information for homeowners, designer, installers,
planners and other local officials. |
| Indiana |
| The
Indiana NEMO effort, Planning with POWER, is closely integrated
with many statewide land use committees and boards. In addition,
POWER has served as an advisor to the Indiana Department of
Natural Resources and Indiana Department of Environmental Management
on stormwater management and regulatory issues, contributed
to the Indiana Rural Wastewater Task Force report to the Lieutenant
Governor and provided key input to the state legislature on
farmland protection legislation. |
| Michigan |
| A
NOAA Coastal Services Center Fellow, in collaboration with the
Planning and Zoning Center, Inc., incorporated NEMO educational
materials into a guidebook for local governments in Michigan
called Filling the Gaps: Environmental Protection Options for
Local Governments. The guidebook demonstrates how improvements
to community master plans and zoning ordinances can protect
wetlands, riparian areas and other natural resources. The guidebook
supports the Governor’s statewide “Land Use Leadership
Initiative” and is catalyzing local action throughout
the state. For example, Ada Township relied on the guidebook
in crafting a riparian protection ordinance that limits development
within specified distances of riparian features, completed
a Natural Features inventory, and established an endowment
to purchase lands that protect riparian resources. |
| Mississippi |
The
MS NEMO Program is run by the MDEQ Nonpoint Source Section
(administers the 319 grant program) and has been included in
the programs’ statewide mission. |
| South
Carolina |
| The
Coastal Waccamaw Stormwater Education Consortium (CWSEC), which
was formed in 2004, is a cooperative stormwater education initiative
created in response to NPDES Stormwater Phase II permitting requirements.
The education providers of the Consortium will utilize NEMO to
provide stormwater education to local officials in the six communities
that are members of the Consortium: the City of Conway, Georgetown
County, Horry County, the City of Myrtle Beach, the City of North
Myrtle Beach and the City of Surfside Beach. This regional
education approach will likely serve as a statewide model. |
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