NPS Awareness Campaign - Materials

Materials produced by the original NPS Awareness Campaign are
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"Eight Simple Steps To Clean Water"^* - a 3 color NPS poster (18x24") listing 8 things homeowners can do to protect water quality. (Still available)

"Eight Simple Steps To Clean Water"^* - a 3 color brochure to match the poster. (Still available)

"Clean Water Starts With You!" - a book cover suitable for grades 3 to 9. (No longer available)

"Maine's Polluted Water: We All Can Help" 22 minute video originally aired on TV stations across Maine. The TV show discusses how Maine's lakes, rivers, streams and coastal areas can be affected by polluted runoff from areas around the home. Contents include "watershed concepts, cumulative impacts, pervious/impervious surfaces, rainfall/runoff, erosion/sedimentation, nonpoint sources, water pollution of lakes and streams, vegetated buffers, boating sources, septic systems, developed area and road runoff, and lawns. (Available through loan).

"Maine's Polluted Water: 7 PSAs" 7 PSAs addressing various NPS sources of pollution.

*These text portions of the brochure and the graphics from the poster were used to create the "Prevention" portion of this web page.

Materials produced by the Soil Erosion Campaign are:

Postcard 1: "Please don't soil our waters!"
Postcard 2: "Does your town have a dirty little secret?"
Postcard 3: "The dangers of bare soil Exposed!"
Postcard 4: "Does your town have a dirty little secret?"
Radio PSA 1: "It's No Fish Story"
Radio PSA 2: "Town Meeting - Road Erosion"
Radio PSA 3: "Daddy, Why is the stream brown?"
Newspaper Ad 1: "It's No Fish Story: Soil erosion is our #1 water pollutant."
Newspaper Ad 2: "Soil erosion could be e-roading your tax dollars away."
Newspaper Ad 3: "It's a real scandal: eroding soil is polluting Maine's waters."
Newspaper Ad 4: "And it could be the start of something beautiful!"

If you would like copies of any of these materials, please contact Kathy Hoppe, DEP, (207) 764-0477 or 1235 Central Dr, Presque Isle, ME 04769.