These NEPA Bytes were recorded in April 2015 when the instructors taught the 3-day Developing and Writing Effective Documents class in all 9 Nevada BLM offices. The video quality isn't great in any of these Bytes, but the sound is good. The PPTs can't be seen well, so open the file below and go to the appropriate slide(s) when listening to each segment. All the slides from the 3-day workshop are in the file, allowing you to see what else was taught. When the instructors refer to other documents, links are provided in the description for that segment.
Watch these Bytes in any order you want. They can be used as a refresher or as a first-time lesson. To get the most out of each topic, after you listen to a Byte, go to one of your own documents and practice what you learned.
These Bytes range from 2 minutes to 23 and a half minutes.
Presenters: Ellen Unsworth and Laura Cooper, ICF International
Handouts
- Transitional Expressions
- Commonly Misused Words and Phrases
- EIS Document Development Checklist
- Style Sheet
- ICBEMP Editorial Consistency Guidelines
- Basic Writing Template EIS
- Project Initiation Example
Videos
- Parallelism - Slides 28-30 (6:19 minutes)
- Parallelism Example - Slide 32 (3:18 minutes)
- Outlining - Slides 36-41 (11:15 minutes)
- Using Questions as Writing Tool - Slide 47 (2:10 minutes)
- Using Questions Example - Slides 48 and 49 (4:58 minutes)
- Citing Sources - Slides 53-55 (7:45 minutes)
- What Not to Cite - Slides 56 and 57 (3:44 minutes)
- What You Need to Cite - Slide 58 (3:11 minutes)
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact David Korzilius.