Communities can grow while still protecting water and other natural resources.

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Communities can grow while still protecting water
and other natural resources.
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The Purpose of Planning with POWER
Watershed Natural Resource Planning
Land Use Decisions and Planning
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Increased Pollution
Polluted Runoff is the 1 water quality problem
in the United States today
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Comprehensive Planning is a Key Step
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Planning with POWER Can Assist You With

• Evaluating where your community is in the
  planning process

• Identifying the steps needed to incorporate
  natural resource protection into
• your communitys long term comprehensive
  planning

• Connecting your community to the appropriate
  technical and educational
• resources needed to
• Identify natural resources at risk in your
  community
• Evaluate management and policy options that can
  protect these resources
• Select practices needed to balance natural
  resource objectives with
• economic objectives

• Assisting your community in evaluating your
  progress and identifying additional
• steps that could be taken.

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Planning with POWER Project IS
Statewide educational program that links land use
and watershed planning at the local level
Provides education, resources and technical
assistance to local communities to address land
use decisions as they impact water quality and
environmental resources
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Planning with POWER Project
Works with the Purdue Extension Land Use Team and
the Indiana Conservation Partnership
Coordinated by the Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
College Program and Purdue University Extension
Service
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Planning with POWER Funded By

• Purdue Extension Service
• Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program
• Indiana Department of Environmental Management
  (319)
• NOAA Coastal Services Center

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Project Partners

• Purdue Extension Service
• Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program
• Indiana Department of Environmental Management
• Indiana Department of Natural Resources
• Indiana Land Resources Council
• Natural Resource Conservation Service
• Soil and Water Conservation Districts

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Technical ResourcesPurdue Department of
Agricultural and Biological Engineering

• Impacts of Land Use Change on Water Resources
• Long-Term Hydrologic Impact Assessment (L-THIA)
  is a tool that provides estimates of changes in
  surface runoff, recharge and nonpoint source
  pollution resulting from past or proposed land
  use changes
• Purdue Residential Onsite Wastewater Disposal
  (PROWD) Onsite wastewater information to protect
  your family and the environment

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Technical ResourcesPurdue Department of Forestry
and Natural Resources

• Engaging Citizens As Stewards of Ecosystems
  (ECASE)
• Utilizing Upper Wabash Basin Predictive Model of
  land use change on natural resources to assist in
  making local planning decisions
• Development and Evaluation of Ecosystem
  Indicators for Urbanizing Midwestern Watersheds
• The research examines seven watersheds in central
  Indiana that are in transition from rural to urban

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Contact Information
For more information on Planning with POWER or to
schedule a program contact
Bob McCormick rmccormick_at_fnr.purdue.edu (765)
494-3627
Brian Miller bmiller_at_fnr.purdue.ed [phone]
1200 Forest Products Building West Lafayette, IN
48907 Fax [phone]
http//planningwithpower.org
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Planning with POWER Presentation created by
Bob McCormick, Planning with POWER Coordinator,
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant Renee Gunn, Extension
Specialist, Purdue Agriculture and Biological
Engineering Mark Spelbring, Extension Land Use
Specialist, Purdue Agriculture Economics Brian
K. Miller, Assistant Director, Illinois-Indiana
Sea Grant
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The authors wish to acknowledge the Planning with
POWER Advisory Committee for assistance in
developing this presentation
Janet Ayres, Assistant Extension Director,
Leadership and Community Development Randy
Braun, Chief, Storm water and Sediment Control
Program, Indiana Department of Natural
Resources Leslie Dorworth, Aquatic Ecology
Specialist, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College
Program Jane Frankenburger, Extension Specialist,
Purdue Agriculture and Biological
Engineering Bill Hoover, Extension Specialist,
Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources Jim Krejci,
Department of Agronomy, Purdue University Christa
Martin Jones, Executive Director, Indiana
Association of Soil and Water Conservation
Districts, Inc. Susan McLoud, NRCS Water Quality
Liaison, Indiana Department of Environmental
Management James Ray, Chief, Land Water
Resources, Indiana Department of Natural
Resources Amy Reeves, Indiana Department of
Environmental Management Jill Reinhart, Section
Chief, Watershed Management Section, Indiana
Department of Environmental Management Joe
Tutterroww, Director, Indiana Land Resources
Council
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Additional Acknowledgements
Dr. Rob Swihart, Purdue University Dr. Anne
Spacie, Purdue University Cindy Salazar,
Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program Angela
Archer, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program
Golf course photo credit to ltwww.tippecanoecountry
club.comgt
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