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Jon Averill PA 395 June 21, 2003

Jon Averill PA 395 June 21, 2003. Introduction Personal Goals Reality Background Themes What works What doesn’t work Test your River IQ – Prizes!. Personal Goals. Interested in “technical” nature of watersheds.

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Jon Averill PA 395 June 21, 2003

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  1. Jon Averill PA 395 June 21, 2003

  2. Introduction • Personal Goals • Reality • Background • Themes • What works • What doesn’t work • Test your River IQ – Prizes!

  3. Personal Goals • Interested in “technical” nature of watersheds. • I have been aware local articles & issues ICW the Potash Brook and the pending Lowe’s development. • Wanted to get down and dirty and find the bastards who are polluting our waters. • Expected to go out in the field, Petri dish in hand to prove pollution. And act…..

  4. Reality • Desk work. • I work at home…. • Organizing • Causation Issue. • Highly technical to prove. • Single Source vs. Multiple Source issues • balance of politics. • Rigidness of another point of view. • Governmental Agencies

  5. Background • Steve Dickens • River Network Program Director • Community and Program Organizing Director. • Psychology background • Part time RWN – Part time EAP manager. • Organizing Groups • Training Groups • Workshops

  6. Background • River Network – (Regional) • Phil Wallin • NM, 1988 • River guardians – start organization to help. • River Watch – (Regional) • Group, Jack Byrne - $ • VT, 1987 • Ottauquechee River – clean it up. • Merged in 1998 • - Organization Expertise (RN) • - Technical expertise (RW) • - National – VT, Oregon and D.C.

  7. Mission • Service Organization • River Network's Mission is to help people understand, protect and restore rivers and their watersheds. • We envision a nation whose rivers are cared for by those who use them and live in their watershed. Our constituency is comprised of grassroots river and watershed conservation organizations, public agencies, tribal governments and coalitions, and other working to save freshwater ecosystems.

  8. Membership • Partnership Network – 700 in 2002, 200 in 1998 • River Rally – 400 in 2002, 300 in 2001 • Partnerships in every state in the Union. • Belize, BC, CZECH Republic, Iran, Virgin Islands, Vietnam, Yukon • Vermont: • Batten Kill Watershed Alliance • Friends of Mad River • Friends of the Winooski River • Lake Champlain Lakekeeper • UVM Watershed Alliance • ….15 others. Ways to Give: Become a Friend - $100 Become a Partner - $100/Annual Become a Corporate Champion – River Protector $25,000 River Defender $10,000River Sustainer $5,000 River Partner $1,000

  9. Financing 2002 Figures Non-Profit 25 Staff $439,304 $17,572/Year

  10. Themes • Programs and Services to organize. • River Source Information Center • Training Sessions • Consultation Services • Financial Assistance • Publications • Partnership Programs

  11. River Rally 2003 What works • Funding • Foundation Grants • Government Grants • Donations • Programs • National • Training, Organization & Information • Branding with major corporations • Events • Financial Implication = Valuation of impact

  12. Lesson’s Learned • Economy • Politics • Adversarial Positions • Short-Term Decisions = Business Model • Keeping good people • Byrne – CSF: Center for Sustainable Future • Wallin - Western Rivers Conservancy The mission of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), as an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is to serve the public by using the best science, taking responsive public health actions, and providing trusted health information to prevent harmful exposures and disease related to toxic substances.

  13. Test your River IQ • Awareness • 12 Questions • Highest Score wins a prize. • Tie Breaker – “Price is Right” – • Pick a number 0 - 100

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