Watershed Action Plan Complete Draft Dan Cloak Environmental Consulting April 3, 2003

Watershed Action Plan

Complete Draft

Dan Cloak Environmental Consulting

April 3, 2003

Outline

Update●Review Action Plan process.●Review events since August

2002.●What’s new in the complete

draft?

Outline

Update●Review Action Plan process.●Review events since August.●What’s new in the complete

draft?Evaluate

●Outputs●Outcomes

Update

Jan. – March 2002

General Features

2001

ActionWorksheet

s

June 2002

Draft Chaps. 1 –

9

August 2002

Draft Chap. 10

“Strategic Policy Objectives”

WMI’s Role & Future

Next Steps for the WMI

Target Audience & Length

Objectives

Contents

Since August 2002

Regulatory Executive Forum Structure & Staffing Prioritization Exercise San Jose/District Joint Meeting Action Plan Revisions

Major Changes in This Draft

Expanded Chapter 1 to describe process used to create the Plan.

Moved “Strategic Objectives” and “Next Steps” to Chapters 3 – 9

Focused Chapter 10 on WMI role

Incorporated comments Notes & bibliography Added information resources Created an Executive Summary Graphics & layout

Evaluation

Output:●Did we do what we said we’d

do?Outcome:

●Will we achieve our aims?

Output Outcome

Evaluating Outputs

Primary ObjectivesAdditional ObjectivesTarget AudiencesCharacteristicsContentsOutline

WAPTAG Achievements

Stayed focused on objectives

Met commitments & deadlines

Delivered more than expected

Maintained our sense of humor

Desired Outcomes

How can we use the Watershed Action Plan to preserve and enhance Basin watersheds?

Strategic Objectives

Incorporate the Vision

into General Plans &

Specific Area Plans

Strategic Objectives

Drainage systems that

detain or retain runoff.

Strategic Objectives

Integrated planning of

floodplains & riparian corridors

Strategic Objectives

Integrated Water

Resources Planning

Strategic Objectives

Habitat Conservation

Planning

Strategic Objectives

Expand the Refuge

Strategic Objectives

Multi-objective planning and

adaptive management for in-stream projects

& programs

Strategic Objectives

Better assessments,

TMDLs & discharge permits

Action Plan Structure

IntroductionOverview to Narratives

●Vision●Natural & social history●Regulatory mandates &

programs●Strategic objectives●Next steps for the WMI

WMI Role

Achieving Strategic Objectives

Objectives Opportunities Implement multi-objective stream restoration projects using adaptive management

Stream Stewardship Plans for the Guadalupe, West Valley, & Lower Peninsula watersheds

Coordinate TMDL & permit requirements to support planning & long-term regulatory stability

Guadalupe Hg TMDL, SFC Sediment TMDL, PBDEs, EDCs, Trash “watch list”

Integrated multi-use planning of floodplains & riparian corridors

Water Resources Protection Collaborative

Protect natural communities and species diversity on a landscape or ecosystem scale.

HCP/NCCP process and planning for DESFBNWR expansion.

WMI Roles

Facilitate stakeholder processes

Bring consensus recommendations to decision-makers

Educate and involve the public

Some Lessons Learned

The process is the plan. Experience of collective learning,

discovery, and problem-solving. Examine political & scientific

facts & uncertainties. Prepare for ongoing

adaptive management. The ways that we learn, as well

as our knowledge, improve with experience.

Summary

The complete draft incorporates stakeholder comments and the results of Core Group discussions.

WAPTAG kept their eye on the ball.

The Action Plan can help the WMI achieve significant results.

Role described in Chapter 10 would require WMI to build capacity.

ConclusionEcosystems are integrated and complex; social, legal, and political systems are also integrated and complex. These systems are in constant change, and change each other.

Successful intervention follows from a common understanding of how our social, political, and natural environments interact.

This Action Plan is one step in the journey toward that common understanding.

Discussion