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How Do I Get Involved?
There are many reasons to get involved with your local watershed group. Watershed groups are always looking for volunteers. When you join your local group you can:
• Participate in activities that benefit your community. Projects can involve creating nature trails, improving wildlife habitat, or protecting natural resources
• Learn more about your environment
• Experience the outdoors and become more familiar with your watershed
• Help to protect the water quality in your community
• Have a say in environmental issues that are important to you
The first step is to join your local watershed group. These groups represent the stakeholders and interests within the watershed. To find out shich watershed group is active in your area, check the watershed group locator application. With this application, you can search for your watershed group by entering your address. You can also get information for your local group from the contact list.
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Whatever your situation, a great way to begin is to read A Guide to Watershed Planning on Prince Edward Island. This guide has been developed for use by volunteer community watershed groups. It provides a 'cookbook' of ideas and strategies on how to engage local people in watershed planning, and how to craft a watershed management plan based on their input.
Other Resources
Contact
Ledgerwood, Sean (Watershed and Subdivision Specialist)
Provincial Watershed Coordinators
West: Bernard, Ross
East: Handrahan, Candace
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