I have championed for many years non-point source legislation requiring management by watershed and requiring the practitioners--farmers individually, the State Departments of Natural Resources, Fish and Wildlife Service, a host of other Federal agencies--to combine efforts, develop a management plan for the watershed.
Oberstar discusses the need for collaborative watershed management legislation.
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