Stakeholder Engagement in Water Resources …...Herding cats Messy process Time consuming Outside...

StakeholderEngagementin

WaterResourcesResearch

MarkSolomonIdahoWaterResourcesResearchInstitute

Why?

AdvancesinstitutemissionTargetsresearchLeveragesinstitutecapacityBuildsstakeholdersupportBuildsfundingsupportBuildspoliticalcapital

WhyNotHerdingcatsMessyprocessTimeconsumingOutsidethecomfortzoneResultsnotalwaysappreciated

Ask!

DesignResearch

VetDesign

ConductResearch

Report

ExploreEmergentQuestions

StakeholderEngagement

AMessyProcess

Payoff:IdahoDroughtPlanning• Stakeholderlisteningsessions• Droughtresponseemergesasprimaryresearch

need• IWRRIaskedtoexploredevelopment• Scientists,notregulatorsorresourcemanagers• Neutralparty• Trusted

Comprehensive DroughtPlanning

Application:IdahoDroughtPlanning☐ Ask☐ DesignProcess☐ VetDesign☐ ConductResearch☐ Report☐ EmergentQuestions☐ AskAgain

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• Threeyearprocess• Estimatedcost@$1M

StakeholderPartners(todate)• IdahoDepartmentofWaterResources• BureauofReclamation• USGSIdahoWaterScienceCenter• USForestService• NaturalResourcesConservationService• IdahoPowerCompany• IdahoConservationLeague• Coeurd’AleneTribe• IdahoDepartmentofAgriculture