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Welcome to River Network's Resource Library; a growing compilation of manuals, publications, web pages, articles, videos, presentations and more available to you. You can browse through our resources by scrolling through our list of categories, or use the search filter to type in a specific keyword. If you have a resource to share, please contact us!

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Title & Source	Description
Ecotrust Ecotrust	Ecotrust is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the emergence of a conservation economy along North America's rain forested West coast, the region from San Francisco to Anchorage
Community Tool Box: Goal Setting National Park Service - RTCA	This resource outlines the basic steps of group goal setting--people working together to transform a vision, purpose or desire into discrete statements of direction.
Community Tool Box: Vision Creating National Park Service - RTCA	This resources outlines the basic process of creating a vision for your group, which is simply an articulation of desired future outcomes.
Community Tool Box: Awards National Park Service - RTCA	Awards are a valuable inspirational and motivational tool and also a way of expressing gratitude to individuals and organizations that have gone above and beyond in their efforts.
Creek Care Guide National Park Service - RTCA	Offers practical information on proper creek care and how to solve existing problems in degraded creeks
Understanding the Clean Water Act River Network	An online course designed to give you options about how to learn about the Clean Water Act based on your interests.
Community Tool Box: Break-out Groups National Park Service - RTCA	A breakout group is the result of dividing a large gathering of people into smaller groups.
Community Tool Box: Ice Breakers National Park Service - RTCA	The basics of short activities intended to help a group of people become acquainted with one another.
Community Tool Box: Meetings National Park Service - RTCA	This resource will teach you how to organize and facilitate a productive meeting including how to create an agenda, how to assign roles to meeting participants, and how to keep the group on time an
Community Tool Box: Open Space National Park Service - RTCA	This resource will instruct you in how to organize an open space meeting.
Community Tool Box: Focus Groups National Park Service - RTCA	This resource will introduce you to focus groups as a means to generate ideas and obtain people's questions and opinions.
Community Tool Box: Inventory National Park Service - RTCA	A systematic gathering of information about or related to a resource or community.
Community Tool Box: Public Surveys National Park Service - RTCA	This resource provides the basics for conducting public surveys, whether face-to-face, telephone, or by mail.
How to Run a Successful Car Wash Fundraiser The Car Wash Guys	This book was compiled after 1,000 car wash fundraisers were done.
Community Tool Box: Conferences & Symposiums National Park Service - RTCA	This resource provides the basic steps to planning and running a conference, including naming a chairperson and committee, recruiting speakers, and selecting a facility.
Community Tool Box: Festivals National Park Service - RTCA	Although organizing it can be labor intensive, a festival can be a way of starting a community tradition and reaching people who are not normally involved with a particular cause or organization.
Community Tool Box: Field Trips National Park Service - RTCA	This resource explains how field trips can be an integral part of your organization's strategy to protect a resource or area, by bringing together a diverse group of people who care or are curious,
Community Tool Box: Active Listening National Park Service - RTCA	Learn the basics of making a conscious effort to hear, analyze, assign meaning to and respond to what another person is saying.
Community Tool Box: Brain Storming National Park Service - RTCA	Learn the basics of idea generation and information gathering through a free-flowing, energetic, creative exchange.
Community Tool Box: Flip Charts Natural Resources Conservation Service	The basics of recording people's comments, opinions and ideas for purposes of group discussion.
Community Tool Box: Charettes National Park Service - RTCA	This resource introduces you to how to facilitate a charette--an intensive brainstorming session where participants share their ideas for improving natural and/or cultural resources.
Community Tool Box: Workshops National Park Service - RTCA	Learn the basics of workshops: a combination of presentations and interactive sessions that bring people together to work towards a consensus on an issue or topic.
Community Tool Box: Group Mapping National Park Service - RTCA	A method of gathering information and opening discussions as people express their ideas graphically on a map.
Community Tool Box: Photo Mapping National Park Service - RTCA	The basics of documenting on film the special places and features of a community or resource.
Community Tool Box: Storytelling National Park Service - RTCA	This resource explains how storytelling can enhance your organizational and project planning efforts.
Community Tool Box: Partnerships National Park Service - RTCA	Building partnerships is key to the success of any community based project. This resource will guide you through the steps involved with forming and strengthening partnerships.
Community Tool Box: Displays National Park Service - RTCA	Displays can be a great outreach tool for your organization.
Community Tool Box: Videos National Park Service - RTCA	This resource explains how and when to use videos as a tool for promoting your organization and projects.
Community Tool Box: Newspaper Questionnaires National Park Service - RTCA	This resource outlines the process for using a newspaper questionnaire to raise awareness about your group or obtain public feedback.
Economics of Watershed Protection Center for Watershed Protection	An article, available in full for download from the Center for Watershed Protection site, addresses the economics of watershed protection and the various tools used to protect water quality.
Eastern Hellbender Fact Sheet New York State Department of Environmental Conservation	Inhabiting only two of New York State's river drainages, the eastern hellbender is an intriguing and bizarre animal and hails as the Americas' largest aquatic salamander.
Paving Our Way to Water Shortages: How Sprawl Aggravates Drought American Rivers, NRDC, Smart Growth America	This report investigates what happens to water supplies when we replace our natural areas with roads, parking lots and buildings.
Introduction to the Clean Water Act US EPA	The Office of Water's Watershed Academy has completed a web-based training module called Introduction to the Clean Water Act.
U.S. Geological Survey WaterWatch Website USGS	USGS has unveiled its new online WaterWatch website which gives visitors an instantaneous picture of water conditions nationwide in near real time.
Storm Drain Stenciling - Public Involvement & Participation EPA - NPDES	The new EPA Clean Water Act Phase II storm water nonpoint rule for urban areas recommends storm drain stenciling under requirements Public Education and Outreach and Public Participation/Involvemen
Nonprofit Lobbying and the Law MN Council of Nonprofits	Answers to frequently asked questions such as "What is Lobbying", "Lobbying Limits", "Grassroots Lobbying" and more.
Coping with Cutbacks: The Nonprofit Guide to Success when Times are Tight Amherst H. Wilder Foundation	Condensed from the book of the same name, this page offers readers a strategies checklist to be used as a thinking tool for direct action.
Community Tool Box: Consensus Building National Park Service - RTCA	This resource outlines the community decision-making process that is consensus building.
Vegetated Stream Riparian Zones: Their Effects on Stream Nutrients, Sediments, and Toxic Substances Dave Correll - Smithsonian Environmental Research Center	Vegetated Stream Riparian Zones: Their Effects on Stream Nutrients, Sediments, and Toxic Substances
Multicultural Grant Guides for Ethnic Minorities	Reference Directories and Guides to FUNDING for multicultural projects from corporations, foundations, and religious denominations. Includes a good list of Native American funding directories.