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Watershed Action Plan. Complete Draft. Dan Cloak Environmental Consulting April 3, 2003. Outline. Update Review Action Plan process. Review events since August 2002. What’s new in the complete draft?. Outline. Update Review Action Plan process. Review events since August.
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Watershed Action Plan Complete Draft Dan Cloak Environmental ConsultingApril 3, 2003
Outline • Update • Review Action Plan process. • Review events since August 2002. • What’s new in the complete draft?
Outline • Update • Review Action Plan process. • Review events since August. • What’s new in the complete draft? • Evaluate • Outputs • Outcomes
Update 2001 ActionWorksheets June 2002 Draft Chaps. 1 – 9 Jan. – March 2002 General Features • August 2002 • Draft Chap. 10 • Objectives • WMI’s Role & Future • Target Audience & Length • “Strategic Policy Objectives” • Contents • Next Steps for the WMI
Since August 2002 • Regulatory Executive Forum • Structure & Staffing • Prioritization Exercise • San Jose/District Joint Meeting • Action Plan Revisions
Major Changes in This Draft • Expanded Chapter 1 to describe process used to create the Plan. • Moved “Strategic Objectives” and “Next Steps” to Chapters 3 – 9 • Focused Chapter 10 on WMI role • Incorporated comments • Notes & bibliography • Added information resources • Created an Executive Summary • Graphics & layout
Evaluation • Output: • Did we do what we said we’d do? • Outcome: • Will we achieve our aims? Output Outcome
Evaluating Outputs • Primary Objectives • Additional Objectives • Target Audiences • Characteristics • Contents • Outline
WAPTAG Achievements • Stayed focused on objectives • Met commitments & deadlines • Delivered more than expected • Maintained our sense of humor
Desired Outcomes • How can we use the Watershed Action Plan to preserve and enhance Basin watersheds?
Strategic Objectives Incorporate the Vision into General Plans & Specific Area Plans
Strategic Objectives Drainage systems that detain or retain runoff.
Strategic Objectives Integrated planning of floodplains & riparian corridors
Strategic Objectives Integrated Water Resources Planning
Strategic Objectives Habitat Conservation Planning
Strategic Objectives Expand the Refuge
Strategic Objectives Multi-objective planning and adaptive management for in-stream projects & programs
Strategic Objectives Better assessments, TMDLs & discharge permits
Action Plan Structure • Introduction • Overview • to Narratives • Vision • Natural & social history • Regulatory mandates & programs • Strategic objectives • Next steps for the WMI • WMI Role
WMI Roles • Facilitate stakeholder processes • Bring consensus recommendations to decision-makers • Educate and involve the public
Some Lessons Learned • The process is the plan. • Experience of collective learning, discovery, and problem-solving. • Examine political & scientific facts & uncertainties. • Prepare for ongoing adaptive management. • The ways that we learn, as well as our knowledge, improve with experience.
Summary • The complete draft incorporates stakeholder comments and the results of Core Group discussions. • WAPTAG kept their eye on the ball. • The Action Plan can help the WMI achieve significant results. • Role described in Chapter 10 would require WMI to build capacity.
Conclusion Ecosystems are integrated and complex; social, legal, and political systems are also integrated and complex. These systems are in constant change, and change each other. Successful intervention follows from a common understanding of how our social, political, and natural environments interact. This Action Plan is one step in the journey toward that common understanding.
