Community-Based Watershed Management, March 2012, Juneau Alaska. Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition

1. Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition
We inspire Southeast Alaskan’s and support
community organizations working towards the wise
management of our watersheds

2. Objectives
 Introduce the Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition
 Build Awareness of CBWM and how SAWC builds
capacity throughout the region for CBWM
 Highlight the need for your participation and
information in order to build a network of rural
communities taking collective action
 Encourage collaboration and partnership

3. A broad-based alliance
operating “formally” since
2009.
As a network SAWC works
together strategically to bring
about efficiency,
effectiveness, capacity,
learning and impact that is
greater than any single
organization could achieve
on its own

4. Founding Member
Advisory Council
Groups
Samia Savell: USDA- NRCS
 Takshanuk Watershed Council,
Haines AK
Brock Tabor: DEC
 Yakutat Salmon Board, City and
Ben Kirkpatrick: Retired ADF&G
Borough of Yakutat
Habitat Biologist
 Taiya Inlet Watershed Council,
Cathy Needham: Kai Environmental
Skagway AK
Ed Neil: USGS
 Juneau Watershed Partnership,
Juneau AK
Kathleen Dowd-Gailey: National
Forest Foundation

5. Directors
Advisory Council
Member Groups
Partners
Staff

6. Goal
SE Alaska is a place where a network of community-based
watershed efforts is achieving informed management of the
resources

7. Legislative - regulatory Community-Based Watershed
or Management
- judicial management
Local
govern
Local ment
Top Down Approach Local and
Stakeholders: regional
including Businesses and
youth organizations
Federal and
Local citizens
State Land
Federal, State , local regulatory guide watershed
Government Owners
agencies and influential planning and
agencies
developing
stakeholders
Alaska
Industry Native
Communities are informed of Tribal
Corporations
decisions and are enforced to Govern
follow laws, regulations, and ment
pollution standards

8. Why Community-Based
Watershed Management?
 The health of our communities
and economies depend on the
health of our watersheds.
 The concerns of the community
and the benefits derived from
the opportunities within our
watersheds should be central to
natural resources and land
management planning and
decision making.

11.  Sharing knowledge
and resources
 Building local
economies
 Building a regional
voice for Community
Based Watershed
Management

14. Services
SAWC organizes trainings and
resources
SAWC provides strategic planning,
organizational development, and project
planning
SAWC promotes management
strategies and develops programs that
support CBWM regionally and state-
wide
• Watershed Planning
• In Lieu Fee Aquatic Resource
Mitigation Program

15. Phase 2
Phase 1
Communities without an
Communities with an
organized watershed
organized watershed effort
group
Services Regional Voice
Local Capacity Building: Regional Capacity Building:
Outreach Provide information
Engagement Provide services
Facilitation Set common goals and
 Governance strategies
structure Influence policy and
 Strategic plan management strategies
Watershed Planning

16. Challenges
 Participation to build a regional voice
 Creating measurable outcomes, goals
 Operating in an ever changing environment
 Capacity: Funding and Partnership
 Collective Impact does not happen over night

17. Take Action
 Interested Community  Organized Group
 Agencies  Partners/funders
As c

18.
A network of organizations working in coordination is far
more capable of building the collective voice and power
needed to bring about fundamental, long-term changes in
communities.
By joining a network, we will be better able to generate the
numbers that we need to bring about systemic change and
policy change that supports are rural and isolated
communities to sustainably develop

19. Questions or Comments?
www.alaskawatershedcoalition.org

20.  Call Action:
 look into watershed isssues in your community concerns, threats, opportunities
 Be aware of what is going on
 Obviously you are here because it is important- being aware of what is going on in your community so
development happens away that takes into consideration
 Examples: of community of hydaburg
 POW watershed association
 Get involved
 Visit SAWCs website
 Agencies, funders: projects, talk with us your concerns,
 Go to website and sign up: send information:
 We want to provide a voice for local communities
 Find out landowners, community watersheds
 Is there a watershed plan
 Is there a comprehensive plan
 Engage the agencies, outside groups working Capacity:

21.  Increase strategy in delivery of community-based
messages and services:
 Increase information accessibility for communities
 Increase awareness of presence of virtual place for the
network to function
 Build strategy for communication
 Increase communication and collaboration between
agencies, policy makers and communities
 Presence of environmental policy that supports CBWM
 Increase in (flexible) funding that support CBWM

22.
Provide relevant and meaningful information and
resources necessary to carry out community-based
watershed efforts and projects.
Facilitate communication with technical experts,
environmental consultants and other watershed
practitioners to support and enhance community-
based/regional projects.
Highlight community-based work on the Coalition’s
website
Collaborate to develop grants and regional projects that
support watershed initiatives in individual communities
and regionally, if applicable.

23.  Facilitate teleconference calls that enable
communities, scientists, organization and project
leaders, and natural resource agencies to discuss
watershed issues and projects.
 Raise funds and/or partner to provide trainings,
tools and resources on community-based watershed
management issues and projects to the region and to
individual communities.
 Promote on a regional, state and federal level for
resources and funding to be allocated to community-
based natural resource management efforts and
partnerships in Alaska.
 Act as a regional and state lieason for community
watershed efforts