Watershed Training Certificate

Earn a Watershed Management 

Training Certificate! 

You can document your learning by meeting the 

requirements for the Watershed Academy’s Watershed 

Management Training Certificate. The certificate 

program recognizes website visitors who complete 15 

required modules and pass their self-tests with grades 

of 70% or higher. 

Hundreds of people from throughout the United States 

and many foreign countries have completed the certificate program. They include scientists and non-scientists, local, state and federal agency staff, community 

leaders, consultants, college students, active citizens, 

and others. 

After completing certificate requirements, provide your 

full name and mailing address to wacademy@epa.gov. 

We will mail you a signed certificate to add to your 

resume. 

For more information on watershed 

protection, see http://www.epa.gov/owow/ 

About the Watershed Academy 

The Watershed Academy was started by the EPA’s Office 

of Water in 1994 to provide training courses and educational materials on the basics of a watershed approach. 

Our target audience includes local, state, tribal, and federal 

officials as well as citizens and private practitioners of 

watershed management. The Watershed Academy has four 

main components: 

– Live watershed training courses. 

– Distance learning via Internet or CD. 

– Information Transfer Series publications. 

– State/Tribal watershed program assistance. 

Watershed Academy Web now available on CD! 

A set of 44 training modules from Watershed Academy 

Web are now available on a free CD. Single copies of the 

CD are available by requesting “Watershed Academy 

Web on CD” publication no. EPA 841-C-03-001 from 

the following distributor: 

By Email: 

ncepimal@one.net 

By Mail: 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 

EPA Publications Clearinghouse 

P. O. Box 42419

Cincinnati, Ohio 45242 

Phone: 

1-800-490-9198 (Toll-Free) 

1-513-489-8190 (Local) 

U. S. Environmental Protection Agency 

Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds 

(4503T) 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW 

Washington, DC 20460 

EPA841-F-04-001 

March 2004 

Watershed

Academy Web

Training in watershed 

management fundamentals 

Courses won’t fit in your schedule? 

Can’t get funding for watershed training? 

Instead, why not learn online? 

Watershed Academy Web is a comprehensive 

training course on watershed management that 

you can take for free, anytime and at your own 

pace, on your home or work computer. 

http://www.epa.gov/watertrain 
Introducing Watershed Academy Web http://www.epa.gov/watertrain Watershed Academy Web Topics 

Nationwide, even worldwide, 

thousands of people want 

watershed training. Many 

obstacles stand in the way: few 

course offerings, rigid training 

schedules vs. busy jobs, tuition 

and travel costs, narrow 

coverage of topics, limited time in classroom. As an 

alternative to classroom learning, EPA’s Watershed 

Academy Web offers self-paced training modules 

through the Internet, providing a basic but broad 

introduction to the many facets of watershed 

management. 

These modules cover the most important watershed 

management topics—those subjects about which 

watershed managers, local officials, involved citizens, 

decision makers, and others should have an 

introductory level of knowledge. 

Our goal is to make this basic but broad introduction 

to watershed management available to anyone who 

has access to the Internet or a computer with a CD 

drive. The length and complexity of each module varies, but most are at the college freshman level of instruction. Students and citizens new to 

Watershed Academy Web began as the first online, 

interactive “watershed textbook/lecture series” for the 

public. Our website now has over 48 modules and more 

continually under development. Many were authored 

by well-known figures in watershed management. Most 

modules have 25 to 50 color illustrations and photos, 

unlike an average technical paper. Many have interactive exercises, related links and references, and selftests. Our web-based training doesn’t duplicate a live 

class, but it has the following strengths: 

Public access, no cost 

There is no charge and it is available anytime, anywhere in the world. No registration is required—just 

go online and start learning. 

Coverage of key topics 

Web-based training is not limited to what can fit in a 

short course; there’s weeks of material here. 

Self-paced instruction and review 

Students control their own pace to fit their browsing 

style and work schedules, and can review modules at 

any time. 

We’ve organized the modules around these six themes 

that span the watershed management field: 

Introduction/Overview 

These modules introduce the principles of the 

watershed approach and the value of working at a 

watershed level. 

Watershed Ecology 

These modules show that watersheds are natural 

systems that provide substantial benefits to people 

and the environment when key natural functions are 

maintained. 

Watershed Change 

These modules describe both natural and humaninduced changes in watersheds, and contrast normal 

variability with changes of concern. 

Analysis and Planning 

These modules address how watershed planning, 

monitoring, and assessment are important steps toward 

finding solutions. 

Management Practices 

These modules show how watershed management 

challenges like urban runoff, cropland management, 

the watershed field can use Watershed forestry and other issues are addressed by techniques 

Academy Web as basic training. More that reduce environmental impacts. 

experienced watershed practitioners may Community/Social/Water Law Modules use it for review, study specific modules These modules concern society’s interactions with to fill gaps, or use the modules for intro- watersheds, including laws and regulations, decision- ducing watershed principles to others. making, communications and outreach, and lessons Professors have used the modules in col- learned. lege courses. 

Work with us... 

Are you an educator? Use our modules as the framework 

for a watershed course and add your own lectures, 

discussions or readings. Or, send us ideas for more 

modules. Email: wacademy@epa.gov or write: 

Modules feature color graphics, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, & Watersheds (4503T) 

narrative text, glossaries, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, 

numerous hot links, and Washington, D.C. 20460 

interactive tests.