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Bonneville Environmental Foundation Model Watershed Program

Bonneville Environmental Foundation Model Watershed Program. Presentation to the Pacific Northwest Monitoring Practitioner’s Workshop March 16, 2006. Bonneville Environmental Foundation. Founded 1998 to support renewable energy and watershed restoration efforts

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Bonneville Environmental Foundation Model Watershed Program

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  1. Bonneville Environmental FoundationModel Watershed Program Presentation to the Pacific Northwest Monitoring Practitioner’s Workshop March 16, 2006

  2. Bonneville Environmental Foundation Founded 1998 to support renewable energy and watershed restoration efforts Independent, self-supporting from non-profit renewable energy business ventures Board Watershed Committee Jim Lichatowich Bill Towey Jamie Pinkham Walt Pollock Staff Todd Reeve Angus Duncan

  3. A Functional History of Watershed Restoration Pre-1990: regulatory and technical interventions; little community engagement Post-1990: community-based watershed councils w/ “good intentions” Today: community + science = watershed councils guided by biological assessments Next: accountability, adaptive management, monitoring, evaluation, feedback loops

  4. BEF Model Watershed History 1999-2003: Conventional Watershed Restoration Project funding (MT, ID, OR, WA) 2003-2005: Model Watershed Approach (Kootenai, Chinook Programs) 2005: Coeur D’Alene Model Watershed Added 2006: Pending Programs in Upper Columbia, Deschutes, mid Columbia, To date: $1.6 MM Committed to PNW Watersheds

  5. The Role of Science Assess conditions, identify limiting factors Establish threshold requirements for watershed health Guide restoration with priorities and information feedback loops – provide choices to decision-makers Direct scarce resources to critical needs Provide a neutral “intermediator”

  6. The Role of Communities • Bring stakeholders and community groups together, facilitate landscape-scale solutions • Understand and apply the science • Develop, apply innovative & local solutions • Reconcile consumptive activities with watershed health thresholds

  7. BEF Model Watershed Program • Multi-stakeholder, community-based program • Monitoring-intensive, 10-year approach • Feedback loops to refine watershed strategies • 10-year funding for essential M+E • Independent Peer Review • Continuity: 10-year institutional oversight, fundraising assistance/coordination

  8. 10-12 Model Watersheds (OR, WA, ID, MT) Varied PNW ecosystem types Partner with local watershed councils, tribes, funders Minimum 10-year mutual commitments Regular peer review; reporting Program results documented, disseminated BEF’s Model Watershed Goals

  9. Setting Restoration Objectives;Measuring Progress, Learning Lessons For Each Restoration Objective . . . State Hypothesis (e.g., “statistical downward trend in water temperature to approved TMDL.”) Set Actions by Year Establish Metrics Establish Quantifiable Objectives Identify Limiting Factors Design, Adopt Strategies Apply Implementing Tools Schedule Peer Review

  10. Regional Watershed Monitoring and Evaluation:A Comparison of Approaches

  11. Comparison of Approaches (Continued)

  12. Complementary Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinating Approaches

  13. Priority Watersheds - Distribution Emap/IMW Shared BEF

  14. Opportunities for Collaboration • Coordinate data collection, evaluation, lessons learned especially in IMW, BEF focus watersheds • Tie regional priority support to community watershed programs with long-term, peer-reviewed M&E • Consistency between sub-basin and community programs in selecting watershed health indicators, language, protocols = more cost-effective M&E

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