Assignment
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.