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Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition

We inspire Southeast Alaskan’s and supportcommunity organizations working towards the wise

management of our watersheds

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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 ruralcommunities taking collective action

Encourage collaboration and partnership

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A broad-based allianceoperating “formally” since

2009.

As a network SAWC workstogether strategically to bringabout efficiency,effectiveness, capacity,learning and impact that isgreater than any single

organization could achieveon its own

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Founding Member

GroupsAdvisory Council

Takshanuk Watershed Council,Haines AK

Yakutat Salmon Board, City and

Borough of Yakutat

Taiya Inlet Watershed Council,Skagway AK

Juneau Watershed Partnership,

Juneau AK

Samia Savell: USDA- NRCS

Brock Tabor: DEC

Ben Kirkpatrick : Retired ADF&GHabitat Biologist

Cathy Needham: Kai Environmental

Ed Neil: USGS

Kathleen Dowd-Gailey : NationalForest Foundation

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Directors

Advisory Council

Member Groups

Partners

Staff

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Goal

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

resources

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Top Down Approach

or

Local citizensguide watershed

planning anddeveloping

Community-Based WatershedManagement

Legislative - regulatory- judicial management

Federal andState

Governmentagencies

Localgovern

ment

LandOwners

Federal, State , local regulatoryagencies and influential

stakeholders

Communities are informed ofdecisions and are enforced tofollow laws, regulations, and

pollution standards

TribalGovernment

Local

Stakeholders:

including

youth

Local and

regional

Businesses and

organizations

Industry AlaskaNativeCorporations

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Why Community-Based Watershed Management?

The health of our communitiesand economies depend on thehealth of our watersheds.

The concerns of thecommunity and the benefitsderived from the opportunities within our watersheds should be central to natural resourcesand land managementplanning and decision making.

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Sharing knowledgeand resources

Building local

economies

Building a regional voice for Community

Based WatershedManagement

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Services

SAWC organizes trainings and

resources

SAWC provides strategic planning,organizational development, andproject planning

SAWC promotes managementstrategies and develops programs thatsupport CBWM regionally and state- wide

• Watershed Planning

• In Lieu Fee Aquatic ResourceMitigation Program

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Services Regional Voice

Phase 1Phase 2

Communities without anorganized watershed

group

Communities with anorganized watershed effort

Local Capacity Building: Outreach

Engagement Facilitation

Governancestructure

Strategic plan

Watershed Planning

Regional Capacity Building: Provide information

Provide services Set common goals and

strategies Influence policy and

management strategies

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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

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Take Action

Interested Community

Agencies

Organized Group

Partners/funders

As c

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A network of organizations working in coordination is farmore capable of building the collective voice and powerneeded to bring about fundamental, long-term changes in

communities.

By joining a network, we will be better able to generate thenumbers that we need to bring about systemic change andpolicy change that supports are rural and isolatedcommunities to sustainably develop

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Questions or Comments?

www.alaskawatershedcoalition.org

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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 sodevelopment 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:

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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

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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 watershedpractitioners to support and enhance community- based/regional projects.

Highlight community- based work on the Coalition’s website

Collaborate to develop grants and regional projects thatsupport watershed initiatives in individual communitiesand regionally, if applicable.

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Facilitate teleconference calls that enablecommunities, 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 watershedmanagement issues and projects to the region and toindividual communities.

Promote on a regional, state and federal level forresources and funding to be allocated to community- based natural resource management efforts andpartnerships in Alaska.

Act as a regional and state lieason for communitywatershed efforts

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