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Heron Lake
Watershed District
This seminar is FREE of charge and is open to
all local officials involved in making
land use decisions. Maximum attendance will
and
be 40 – please make your reservations early!
Okabena-Ocheda
Watershed District
Who should attend:
County Commissioners
Planning / Zoning Personnel
Boards of Adjustment
City Officials
SWCD / FSA Personnel
Watershed District Managers
County Engineers
Lake Associations
Registration is required for
program planning
Name:__________________________
Title:___________________________
present
Heron Lake Watershed District
1008 – 3rd Avenue
PO Box 345
Heron Lake, MN 56137
Phone: (507) 793-2462
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.hlwdonline.org
Organization:____________________
Nonpoint Education for Municipal
Officials – Connecting Land Use with
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HLWD
PO BOX 345
HERON LAKE, MN
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Okabena-Ocheda Watershed District
960 Diagonal Road
PO Box 114
Worthington, MN 56187
Phone: (507) 372-8228
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.okabenaochedawd.org
Water Quality. This will be a handson interactive workshop addressing
local issues determined by the
workshop participants.
7:00 – 10:00 pm
February 26, 2008
Farmers Room - Nobles
County Government Center
What Is NEMO?
About Our Speaker/Presenter:
NEMO, or Nonpoint Education for Municipal
Officials, is an education and outreach
program for local land use decision makers,
elected, officials, and planners. NEMO
focuses on
John Bilotta
Regional Extension Educator Water Resource Management & Policy
University of Minnesota
Phone: 651-480-7708
Email: [email protected]
Building the knowledge about the
relationship between land use and
water resources.
Increasing the understanding of
how development and land use
impacts water quality and quantity.
Conservation and management of a
community’s natural resources
through planning and policy
adoption.
Natural resource protection is the goal
Land use is the issue
Local elected and appointed officials are
the audience
Education is the method
John provides education and outreach for
several storm water related programs, including
the Northland NEMO Program. John
coordinates NEMO for the State, develops
effective education tools, and provides
workshops and trainings for local decision
makers, elected leaders, and planners.
Local Resources:
Dwayne Haffield, City Engineer
Phone: 507-372-8640
Email: [email protected]
Brad Chapulis, Director of
Community/Economic Development
Phone: 507-372-8647
Email: [email protected]
Wayne Smith, Director of Nobles County
Environmental Services
Phone: 507-376-3109
Email: [email protected]
Dan Livdahl, Administrator - Okabena-Ocheda
Watershed District
Phone: 507-372-8228
Email: [email protected]
Jan Voit, Administrator – Heron Lake
Watershed District
Phone: 507-793-2462
Email: [email protected]
Agenda:
6:45 pm - Registration
7:00 pm - Welcome
7:05 pm - NEMO – Part 1
John will guide workshop participants
through extracting water issues in the local
communities
8:00 pm – Review of Local Ordinances and
Permit Requirements
8:20 pm – Break
8:30 pm – NEMO – Part 2
Workshop participants will determine
solutions to the local issues extracted in
NEMO - Part 1
9:30 pm – Questions and discussion of
follow-up meeting possibilities
10:00 pm - Adjourn