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Inyo-mono irwm program

Inyo-mono irwm program. Sierra water workgroup summit June 11, 2013. Regional water management group members (32). Amargosa Conservancy  Big Pine Community Services District Big Pine Paiute Tribe Birchim Community Services District Bishop Paiute Tribe Bridgeport Indian Colony

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Inyo-mono irwm program

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  1. Inyo-mono irwm program Sierra water workgroup summit June 11, 2013

  2. Regional water management group members (32) • Amargosa Conservancy  • Big Pine Community Services District • Big Pine Paiute Tribe • Birchim Community Services District • Bishop Paiute Tribe • Bridgeport Indian Colony • Bridgeport PUD • Bureau of Land Management • California Trout • Central Sierra Resource Conservation and Development Council • Crystal Crag Water & Development Association • Eastern Sierra Audubon Society • Eastern Sierra Land Trust • Eastern Sierra Unified School District • Fort Independence Amalgamated Reservation • Indian Wells Valley Cooperative Groundwater Management Group • Indian Wells Valley Water District • Inyo County • June Lake Public Utilities District • Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Reservation • Mammoth Community Water District • Mojave Desert Mountain RC&D • Mono County • Mono County RCD • Mono Lake Committee • Owens Valley Committee • Owens Valley Indian Water Commission • Round Valley Joint Elementary School • Sierra Club • Town of Mammoth Lakes • U.S. Forest Service – Inyo NF • Wheeler Crest CSD • Additional ~80 entities engaged at some level

  3. Achievements to date

  4. DAC Grant • Continued outreach • Needs assessments • Building capacity • Alternative DAC definition • Documentary

  5. upcoming Round 2 Planning Grant: • Integration • Climate change • Data management • Financing • Planning projects

  6. challenges • Size of region • Maintaining stakeholder engagement • Decision-making process • Limited financial resources and technical, human capacity • Small (but growing!) voice in Sacramento

  7. Lessons learned • Some entities require more help with grantwriting than others • Some stakeholders will participate more than others • Resources that are required by stakeholders within the region are not always project-based • Even within this large and diverse region, there ARE common water resource issues • People try to see past their differences to work towards a common good

  8. Inyo-mono program staff • W. Mark Drew Program Director mdrew@caltrout.org • Holly Alpert Program Manager holly@inyomonowater.org • Janet Hatfield GIS/Data Management Coordinator janet@inyomonowater.org • Maya Weinhart Program Assistant maya@inyo-monowater.org • Rick Kattelmann Project Development Specialist rick@inyomonowater.org • Heather Crall Legislative Analyst heather@inyomonowater.org

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