This page provides links to many EPA documents that have played key roles in the development and operation of the Healthy Watersheds Program. These include:
- A Memorandum of Understanding among EPA and its healthy watersheds collaborators
- An action plan for the healthy watersheds initiative that led to this program
- A manual on concepts, assessments and management approaches
- A collection of workshop products, newsletters and fact sheets
View full descriptions of these documents on the main Healthy Watersheds Program Documents page.
You may need a PDF reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA’s About PDF page to learn more.- Memorandum of Understanding to Promote the Healthy Watersheds Initiative (PDF)(7 pp, 381 K)
- Healthy Watersheds Initiative National Framework and Action Plan 2011 (PDF)(28 pp, 9 MB)
- Identifying and Protecting Healthy Watersheds: Concepts, Assessments, and Management Approaches (Complete Technical Document) (PDF)(296 pp, 102 MB)
- Front Cover, Disclaimer, Table of Contents, Figures, Tables, Acronyms & Abbreviations, Memo from EPA Management, Acknowledgements (PDF)(20 pp, 4 MB)
- Chapter 1: Introduction (PDF)(8 pp, 661 K)
- Chapter 2: Key Concepts and Assessment Approaches (PDF)(34 pp, 9 MB)
- Chapter 3: Examples of Assessment Approaches (PDF)(84 pp, 63 MB)
- Chapter 4: Healthy Watersheds Integrated Assessments (PDF)(66 pp, 23 MB)
- Chapter 5: Management Approaches (PDF)(48 pp, 5 MB)
- References, Acronyms & Abbreviations, Appendix A, Appendix B, Appendix C, and Back Cover (PDF)(50 pp, 700 K)
- The Workshop Proceedings (PDF)(81 pp, 1 MB)
- Speaker Presentations: Attachment 1A (PDF)(136 pp, 11 MB)
- Speaker Presentations: Attachment 1B (PDF)(105 pp, 11 MB)
- Speaker Presentations: Attachment 1C (PDF)(96 pp, 9 MB)
- Speaker Program Summaries: Attachment 2A (PDF)(32 pp, 8 MB)
- Speaker Program Summaries: Attachment 2B (PDF)(56 pp, 15 MB)
- Healthy Watersheds Integrated Assessments Workshop Synthesis (PDF)(78 pp, 1 MB)
- Fact Sheet: The Economic Benefits of Protecting Healthy Watersheds (PDF)(4 pp, 853 K)
- EPA's Healthy Watersheds Program Fact Sheet (PDF)(2 pp, 183 K, December 2016, 841-F-16-008)
- Healthy Watersheds News Issue #1 (Winter 2011-2012) (PDF)(4 pp, 459 K)
- Healthy Watersheds News Issue #2 (Summer 2012) (PDF)(4 pp, 530 K)
- Healthy Watersheds News Issue #3 (Winter 2012-2013) (PDF)(5 pp, 598 K)