Step 4: Design Implementation Program and Assemble the Watershed Plan (cont.)

Assembling the Watershed Plan
Once you’ve completed all the previous steps, it is time to put your plan together and get it out there. Be sure to have several people (at least one person who was not involved with writing the plan) review each section carefully. After you are sure it is complete it is time to put it together and distribute it. You might want to review this general watershed plan outline to make sure you’ve got all the pieces you need.

As part of your I/E program you might already have developed the beginning of a mailing list. If you cannot afford to produce enough copies of the plan to send out to everyone on your list, consider sending out a notice of availability, reader-friendly summary version executive summary, or a list of frequently asked questions that you can distribute to a wider audience. Make sure you have predetermined locations where the public can view the plan (such as public libraries or government centers) and print the location on the materials you mail out. Other distribution methods could include handouts at community events, articles in local papers or press releases. You should also consider creating a Web page for your organization or possibly posting your plan on another related Web page. Piggyback on the efforts of other organizations to help spread the word about the watershed plan.