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• SC NEMO site unveiled
• Environmental award winner announced

SC NEMO Web site unveiled

The S.C. Nonpoint Education for Municipal Officials—or SC NEMO—Web site was recently unveiled at www.scseagrant.org/scnemo.htm

The Web site features an array of information for local decisionmakers who want to understand the impacts of nonpoint source pollution on water quality, the link between those impacts and land use, and some innovative ways to manage for those impacts.

After starting a pilot program in the Waccamaw River region, SC NEMO has expanded the program to the Seneca, Saluda, Catawba, PeeDee, and S.C. Coastal watersheds.

Now any coastal community, municipality, or county can apply for the opportunity to participate in the program. Through free seminars, local elected and appointed officials can learn about the impacts of land use on water quality, and ultimately, the relationship between land use and natural-resource protection.

SC NEMO operates under a Section 319 grant administered by the S.C. Dept. of Health and Environmental Control in cooperation with the S.C. Sea Grant Extension Program and its partners at Clemson University, the University of South Carolina, and Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments.

Environmental award winner announced

Jack Turner, director of the Watershed Ecology Center based at the University of South Carolina at Spartanburg, is the winner of the 2002 S.C. Environmental Awareness Award.

Founded by Turner in 1999, the Watershed Ecology Center collects, analyzes, and disseminates sound scientific information on the watershed ecology of the upstate metropolitan region. The center places special emphasis on watershed conservation, water quality, and the study of organisms living in the area. The center provides education and research assistance to individuals, communities, and government organizations.

The S.C. Environmental Awareness Award was established by the General Assembly during the 1992 legislative session to recognize outstanding contributions made toward the protection, conservation, and improvement of the state’s natural resources.

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