Phosphorus public information campaigns need:
- Sufficient media exposure to outline the seriousness of the collective problem
Howard, J. and D. McGregor (2000) Finding 2
Best Education Practice: Community 
See below for: research findings about outreach with a community.
For the Community, the learning experience:
- Builds on locally existing skills and resources.
- Supports a person who takes responsibility for managing or leading the process, and relies on quality group planning and facilitation techniques.
- Is flexible in response to both process and conditions.
- Provides participants with feedback about the results of their actions.
- Generates and makes use of data about the local condition.
- Takes into consideration the community as a whole, including: socio-political, economic, historical, and cultural influences.
- Evolves from work with a coalition or group.
- Builds effectiveness through linkages to other communities, partners, and resources.
- Takes place close to the location where people practice a behavior of concern.
- Reaches people in multiple ways.
- Relates to long-term community vision and goals.
- Provides training to increase skills needed to accomplish goals identified by the group.
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de Loe, R. C., & Kreutzwiser, R. D. (2005) Finding 1
Education to protect drinking water quality should focus, at least in part, on water utility managers and local government officials responsible for ensuring reliable and safe drinking water.
de Loe, R. C., & Kreutzwiser, R. D. (2005) Finding 2
Drinking water education for managers and government officials should address proper management in 5 risk categories: technical, financial, institutional, political, and social. These include: appropriate hydrogeological analyses required for local groundwater protection planning; allocation of adequate resources for groundwater protection; the quality of laws, regulations, policies, plans, and organizational structure that governs groundwater protection; leadership that can provide vision, direction, and partnerships with other communities; and the quantity and quality of citizen particiation in groundwater protection initiatives.
de Loe, R. C., & Kreutzwiser, R. D. (2005) Finding 3
Drinking water education for citizens and the private sector can build capacity for implementing groundwater protection by increasing individual knowledge and skills for protecting groundwater, and assessing the credibility of policy and financial initiatives.
Clark, B. T., Burkardt, N., & King, M. D. (2005) Finding 1
Assess watershed organizations to channel future research and to better approximate the organizational dynamics, issue concerns, and information needs unique to the organization. Continue reading →
Clark, B. T., Burkardt, N., & King, M. D. (2005) Finding 2
Assess patterns or organizational similarities that may facilitate the linkage among organizations to coordinate their actions at the river basin or ecosystem scale. Continue reading →
Berry, K. A., Markee, N. L., Stewart, M. J., & Giewat, G. R. (1996) Finding 4
Identify and provide additional support for group-designated water “experts” Continue reading →
Langston, A. (2004) Finding 2
Support watershed planning groups with assistance from agencies. Continue reading →
Severtson, D. J., L. C.Baumann, & R. L. Shepard. (2004) Finding 4
Assure that different agencies provide consistent messages
Alkon, A. H. (2004) Finding 1
Local understanding about place and identity can provide coherence and justification for the creation and function of an organization as well as for individual or policy decisions about land use.
