Watershed-based construction watchdog programs

Groups around the country have developed citizen guides to help identify erosion and sedimentation problems and functioning erosion control techniques.

The upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, based in Atlanta, Georgia, has developed a citizen's field guide that illustrates both good and bad examples of erosion control techniques and tells users how to report problems. (www.getthedirtout.org)

Tualatin Riverkeepers, based west of Portland, Oregon, calls their program "Muddy Water Watch." (www.tualatinriverkeepers.org)

The West Virginia Rivers Coalition also has a Watershed Permit Assistance Program that will help citizens keep construction site mud out of streams. (www.wvrivers.org)

Ohio Environmental Council has developed a Guide to Erosion Prevention and Sediment Control. (www.theoec.org)

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