Essay

You are the environmental liaison for an oil company and responsible for compliance with federal and state regulations.

• As part of your overall strategy to maintain your current image as an environmentally-conscious corporation, your organization has decided to lobby for more stringent regulations with regard to oil and gas impacts as they relate to watersheds.

• You have been tasked with developing a corporate strategy to formulate environmental policy that will be presented to local and state legislators.

• Review the "Process for Developing Policy" in Ch. 15 of Hydrology and the Management of Watersheds.

• Choose a contributing factor to the decline of watersheds in which you will formulate a policy.

• Draft a 1,100 Prospectus for your initiative using the 4-step watershed policy development process as your outline. Your Prospectus will be presented to the Corporate Board for approval.

Include the following:

• An overview of the 4-step watershed policy development process.

• A description of your policy issue.

• Key stakeholders who would be involved.

• Regulatory implications.

• Policy implementation strategy.

• Enforcement strategy.

Format your paper consistent with APA formatting.