sterling insights el capitan watershed case study
DESCRIPTION
The El Capitan Watershed is at the headwaters of the San Diego River and serves as a major catchment for water used by communities in the San Diego Region. This Sterling Insighs Case Study highlights how diverse stakeholders (agencies, NGO's, tribal government and public) were able to collaborate toward improvement in watershed health.TRANSCRIPT
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El Capitan Land & Watershed ProjectConfluence in a Watershed!Summary of 2010Planning & PublicEngagement
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For the common good… • Protect and improve habitat and water quality• Increase commitment and participation
For the Back Country Land Trust and the San Diego River Park Foundation…• Identify key parcels forprotection, acquisition and restoration
• Develop and leverage expertise, processes, and reputation
El Capitan Land & Watershed Project
Why did we do it?
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Results Already!Short‐term wins… • more outreach and community involvement• more awareness among citizens and agencies• more partnerships taking new action already
Momentum for longer‐term wins…• new collaborations forming around vision• enthusiasm in community for more• re‐usable process tools to further progress
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ProcessDesign&Preparation
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Two Discovery Events
What? Where? WIFM?Vision of Health?
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WatershedTour
Get real. Get dusty. Get clear.
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Organizational Event
Progress?Possibilities? Probabilities? Priorities? Next Steps?
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ActionPlanning
What do we do now? Who does what?
4/1 5/3 and 5/15 5/22 5/24 5/29
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How? In just 60 days?
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Who participated?
+ residents of Alpine and Peutz Valley
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BackCountry Land Trust
SD Gas & Electric
Watershed concernsre: SRPL
AlpineRevitalization& Local Groups
Vision &Priorities for Alpine
CountyOf SD
Watershed restoration specifics for Alpine
SDRPF& others
Other Authorities &
Experts
• Klein Edwards Professional Svcs.• Sterling Insights
Watershed expertise,protection &enforcement
Collaborationand expertiseexchange
City of SD
SD River & El Capitanwatershedauthority
• Fed. EPA• CalTrans• Others
TSDFLand & Watershed Expertise & Funding
Other Funding Sources
Results:More… OutreachAwarenessInvolvementStrategiesDonations
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WatershedProject
El Capitan Land & Watershed Project Major Stakeholders
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A great start. Needs more promotion.
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Experts helped us understand our watershed.
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Their projects inspired and motivated us.
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10 El Capitan Land & Watershed Project Watershed Restoration: a Virtuous Cycle
The big picture is starting to come into focus.
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Getting into the field makes it all real.
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In the neighborhoods it gets very real.
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Residents have vision… if you ask them.
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El Capitan matters to residents. That’s good!
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Six priority initiatives have emerged.
Partnership Initiative • Expand list of partners• Survey needs/wants of potential partners
Craft a Vision for collaboration to share planning budgets
Make a Decision:do we go after 303D federal funding?
Watershed Report Card & Strategic Plan• Conduct survey of proven models
• Identify pollutants
Craft a Vision for leveraging existing access to El Capitan
Work out how to win IRWM Grant
These accelerate or amplify all the others!
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16 El Capitan Land & Watershed Project Closing Comments – George Barnett
Onward!