On January 17 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Watershed Academy will sponsor a free webcast on “Local Land use Decision-Makers on Water Resource Protection.”

Featured presenters will include: Chet Arnold from the University of Connecticut’s Center for Land Use Education and Research, John Rosum with the Connecticut NEMO Project and Dave Dickson with the National NEMO Network.

The speakers will provide a thorough overview of the methods, impacts and educational offerings of the Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials Program. NEMO is a national award-winning program of the University of Connecticut that educates local land use decision makers on the links between land use and water resource protection.

During the program, the educational offerings, geospatial technology tools, and local impacts of the Connecticut program will be discussed. The instructors will reveal the mysteries of the National NEMO Network, an affiliated group of projects in 30 states.

Registration for this webcast will open on January 10. The webcast will begin at 1:00 p.m.

For more information, visit the Watershed Academy webcast webpage.

12/22/2006