Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition

We inspire Southeast Alaskan’s and support community organizations working towards the

wise management of our watersheds

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 rural communities taking collective action

Encourage collaboration and partnership

A broad-based alliance operating “formally” since 2009.

As a network SAWC works together strategically to bring about efficiency, effectiveness, capacity, learning and impact that is greater than any single organization could achieve on its own

Founding Member Groups

Advisory 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&G Habitat Biologist

Cathy Needham: Kai Environmental

Ed Neil: USGS

Kathleen Dowd-Gailey: National Forest Foundation

Directors

Advisory Council

Member Groups

Partners

Staff

Goal

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

management of the resources

Top Down Approach

or

Local citizens guide

watershed planning and developing

Community-Based Watershed

Management

Legislative - regulatory - judicial

management

Federal and State

Government agencies

Local government

Land Owners

Federal, State , local regulatory agencies and influential stakeholders

Communities are informed of decisions and are

enforced to follow laws, regulations, and pollution

standards

Tribal Government

Local Stakeholders: including

youth

Local and regional Businesses and organizations

Industry

Alaska Native Corporations

Why Community-Based Watershed Management?

The health of our communities and economies depend on the health of our watersheds.

The concerns of the community and the benefits derived from the opportunities within our watersheds should be central to natural resources and land management planning and decision making.

Sharing knowledge and resources

Building local economies

Building a regional voice for Community Based Watershed Management

Services

SAWC organizes trainings and resources

SAWC provides strategic planning, organizational development, and project planning

SAWC promotes management strategies and develops programs that support CBWM regionally and state-wide

• Watershed Planning

• In Lieu Fee Aquatic Resource Mitigation Program

Services Regional Voice

Phase 1Phase 2

Communities without an organized

watershed group

Communities with an organized watershed

effort

Local Capacity Building:OutreachEngagementFacilitation

Governance structure

Strategic planWatershed Planning

Regional Capacity Building:Provide informationProvide servicesSet common goals and strategiesInfluence policy and management strategies

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

Take Action

Interested Community

Agencies

Organized Group

Partners/funders

As c

 

A network of organizations working in coordination is far more capable of building the collective voice and power needed to bring about fundamental, long-term changes in communities.

By joining a network, we will be better able to generate the numbers that we need to bring about systemic change and policy change that supports are rural and isolated communities to sustainably develop

Questions or Comments?

www.alaskawatershedcoalition.org

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 so development 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:

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

 

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 watershed practitioners to support and enhance community-based/regional projects.

Highlight community-based work on the Coalition’s website

Collaborate to develop grants and regional projects that support watershed initiatives in individual communities and regionally, if applicable.

Facilitate teleconference calls that enable communities, 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 watershed management issues and projects to the region and to individual communities.

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

Act as a regional and state lieason for community watershed efforts