YOUR LAND | YOUR WATERYOUR VOICE

What We Heardat the November 2011 Community Workshops

Community Meeting Locations

Community WorkshopsPurpose:

Share information from the SOW report to increase understanding and awareness of the current conditions and issues that exist in our watersheds

Encourage dialogue on the issues and opportunities facing our watersheds

Provide an overview of the watershed management planning process and allow opportunity for feedback

Who came?

36%

20%11%

8%

8%

4% 3%

3%

3%2% 1% Agriculture

Municipal Government

Other

Environment

Watershed Stewardship

Business and Industry

Education

Provincial Government

Oil and Gas

Tourism and Recreation

First Nations

Who came?

32%

15%8%

7%

6%

4%

6%

22%

Bigstone

Iron

Blackfoot

Ribstone

Paintearth

Sounding

Outside

Unknown

Focus QuestionsWhat do you appreciate about this

watershed?What do you appreciate about the place you

live?

What are your concerns related to land and water management in our watershed?What are the major issues facing our

watershed?

What are your hopes for a resolution to these issues?What needs to change to resolve these issues?

What We Heard: Appreciation

Biodiversity

Natural Features and FunctionsRecreation

Landscape

Rural

Water Supply

Culture and History

Social

Economic

Watershed Management, Education, and Action

What We Heard: Concerns

Watershed Health

Wetlands and Riparian Areas

Water Quantity

Water Quality

Land Management

Biodiversity

Education, Awareness, and Action

Governance and Watershed Management

What We Heard: Hopes

Know Care ActEducation, Awareness, Participation and

Action

Governance and Watershed ManagementPolicy and

LegislationOn-the-ground

ActionCooperation

and Collaboration

Next Steps

Watershed Management

Purpose of a comprehensive watershed management plan for the Battle River and Sounding Creek watersheds :

to develop recommendations for policy directions and management practices that lead to the protection, improvement and long-term sustainability of our watersheds’ environmental, social and economic values.

Watershed Management Components

Watershed Manageme

nt Component

Policy Research

Public Engagement

Policy Direction

Development

Bigstone Basin

Guidelines

Iron Basin Guidelines

Paintearth Basin

Guidelines

Ribstone Basin

Guidelines

Blackfoot Basin

Guidelines

Sounding Basin

Guideline

Prioritizing Watershed Management Components

DotmocracyThree dots per personPlace your three dots on your top three

prioritiesEach dot must be placed on a different priority

What will be done with this information?Dotmocracy results will help the WMP

Steering Committee to determine a schedule for completion of all watershed management components

Schedule will be based on the dotmocracy results as well as consideration of the relative urgency and potential impact of each component

Questions?

Cactus at Big Knife Provincial Park, in the Battle River watershed

Dotmocracy RankingSurface, ground and source water

protection: 33Point Source Pollution Management: 10

Surface Water Quantity: 12Ground Water Quantity: 15

Native and invasive species: 10Environmentally Significant Areas: 12Fish and Wildlife: 7

Land Use Practices: 27Wetlands: 12Riparian Areas: 14

Our promise to you:

These results will be taken back to the WMP Steering Committee and will form the basis of future watershed management initiatives