Watershed Planning Coordination

Background:

Tennessee Department of Agriculture  and Department of Environment host planning coordination meetings with partners and agencies engaged in watershed planning in Tennessee. The Watershed Planning Coordination meetings bring together these agencies and partners to a common forum in order to:

• enable coordination of objectives and priorities,
• build up planning capacity and resources, and
• align funding and technical support.

This type of coordination is taking place in the hope that every watershed in Tennessee can have a plan for the protection of water resources, restoration of water quality, and management of activities within  watersheds. 

Planning Agencies Involved:

Resources for Watershed Planning:

1. Guide to TN Watersheds (TDEC)
2. Landowners Guide to Streambank Stabilization (TDEC)
3. Watershed Approach Handbook (with Tennessee Case Study)  (The Nature Conservancy)
4. Citizen Action Guide (Tennessee Environmental Council)
5. Watershed Management Approach (TDEC Division of Water Resources)
6. Non-point Source Watershed Planning (EPA)
7. Healthy Watersheds Protection (EPA)
8.  Tennessee Integrated Assessment of Watershed Health (EPA) 
9.  Grants to Focus on Water Quality Improvement by Restored Wetlands  (Tennessee Tech)
   
10. The Compendium of Water Quality Restoration Approaches (Environmental Law Institute)
11. Natural Resource Plan 2020-Water Resources Stewardship (Tennessee Valley Authority)
12.  Southeastern Partnership for Forests and Water 
    •  Tennessee Forests and Water Forum 2021-Final Report